Toronto Blue Jays (6-5, third in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (6-5, second in the AL East)
Boston; Tuesday, 6:45 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays: Easton Lucas (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.60 WHIP, three strikeouts); Red Sox: Garrett Crochet (1-0, 1.38 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 12 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Sox -189, Blue Jays +158; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays take on the Boston Red Sox after George Springer's four-hit game on Monday.
Boston has a 6-5 record overall and a 3-1 record in home games. The Red Sox are 5-2 in games when they record at least eight hits.
Toronto has a 6-5 record overall and a 1-3 record on the road. Blue Jays hitters have a collective .345 on-base percentage, the fourth-ranked percentage in the AL.
The teams meet Tuesday for the second time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Wilyer Abreu has three home runs, eight walks and 12 RBI while hitting .424 for the Red Sox. Alex Bregman is 16-for-44 with five doubles, two home runs and 10 RBI over the past 10 games.
Andres Gimenez leads the Blue Jays with three home runs while slugging .513. Springer is 15-for-33 with a home run and eight RBI over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 5-5, .282 batting average, 4.66 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs
Blue Jays: 6-4, .277 batting average, 3.10 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs
INJURIES: Red Sox: Connor Wong: 10-Day IL (hand), Brayan Bello: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Zach Penrod: 60-Day IL (elbow), Masataka Yoshida: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Kutter Crawford: 15-Day IL (knee), Lucas Giolito: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Liam Hendriks: 15-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Blue Jays: Max Scherzer: 15-Day IL (lat), Erik Swanson: 15-Day IL (hand), Ryan Burr: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Daulton Varsho: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Alek Manoah: 60-Day IL (elbow), Angel Bastardo: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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