Toronto Blue Jays\u00a0(34-38, third in the AL East) vs.\u00a0Boston Red Sox\u00a0(29-40, fifth in the AL East)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boston; Tuesday, 6:45 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays:\u00a0Dylan Cease\u00a0(3-3, 2.91 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 103 strikeouts); Red Sox:\u00a0Payton Tolle\u00a0(3-3, 2.70 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 54 strikeouts)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LINE: Blue Jays -121, Red Sox -101; over\/under is 7 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox host the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday to open a three-game series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boston is 29-40 overall and 12-22 in home games. Red Sox pitchers have a collective 3.91 ERA, which ranks fifth in the AL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Toronto has a 34-38 record overall and a 13-20 record in road games. The Blue Jays have a 12-6 record in games when they hit at least two home runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The matchup Tuesday is the fourth time these teams match up this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TOP PERFORMERS:\u00a0Willson Contreras\u00a0leads the Red Sox with 16 home runs while slugging .570.\u00a0Ceddanne Rafaela\u00a0is 13 for 41 with three doubles, two home runs and nine RBI over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ernie Clement\u00a0has a .304 batting average to lead the Blue Jays, and has 20 doubles, a triple and seven home runs.\u00a0Kazuma Okamoto\u00a0is 12 for 38 with two home runs and seven RBI over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 4-6, .249 batting average, 4.40 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blue Jays: 5-5, .285 batting average, 5.10 ERA, outscored by 10 runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
INJURIES: Red Sox:\u00a0Nick Sogard: 10-Day IL (oblique),\u00a0Mickey Gasper: day-to-day (groin), Jovani Moran: 15-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Garrett Crochet: 60-Day IL (shoulder),\u00a0Trevor Story: 60-Day IL (abdomen),\u00a0Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (wrist),\u00a0Romy Gonzalez: 60-Day IL (shoulder),\u00a0Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee),\u00a0Roman Anthony: 10-Day IL (wrist),\u00a0Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Johan Oviedo: 60-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blue Jays:\u00a0Vladimir Guerrero Jr.: day-to-day (back),\u00a0Andres Gimenez: day-to-day (wrist),\u00a0Daulton Varsho: 10-Day IL (wrist),\u00a0Lazaro Estrada: 60-Day IL (shoulder),\u00a0Lenyn Sosa: 10-Day IL (wrist),\u00a0Joe Mantiply: 60-Day IL (knee),\u00a0Addison Barger: 10-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Jose Berrios: 60-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Shane Bieber: 60-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Yimi Garcia: 60-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Cody Ponce: 60-Day IL (knee),\u00a0Anthony Santander: 60-Day IL (shoulder),\u00a0Bowden Francis: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Toronto Blue Jays\u00a0(34-38, third in the AL East) vs.\u00a0Boston Red Sox\u00a0(29-40, fifth in the AL East) Boston; Tuesday, 6:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays:\u00a0Dylan Cease\u00a0(3-3, 2.91 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 103 strikeouts); Red Sox:\u00a0Payton Tolle\u00a0(3-3, 2.70 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 54 strikeouts) LINE: Blue Jays -121, Red Sox -101; over\/under is 7 1\/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416412,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416411\/revisions\/416412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}