Toronto Blue Jays (65-70, fifth in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (69-64, third in the AL East)
Boston; Thursday, 7:10 p.m. EDT
LIKELY PITCHING VALUES: Blue Jays: Bowden Francis (7-3, 4.02 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 70 strikeouts); Red Sox: Cutter Crawford (8-11, 4.19 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 138 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Red Sox -142, Blue Jays +120; Over/Under is 9 runs
CONCLUSION: The Boston Red Sox host the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday.
Boston has a 69-64 record overall and a 31-37 record at home. The Red Sox have a 53-8 record in games in which they have more hits than their opponents.
Toronto has a 31-37 record on the road and a 65-70 record overall. The Blue Jays hitters have a combined on-base percentage of .312, the seventh-best percentage in the AL.
The teams meet for the 10th time this season on Thursday. The Red Sox lead the season series 6-3.
TOP PERFORMERS: Rafael Devers leads the Red Sox with 28 home runs and a .571 slugging average. Jarren Duran has hit 14 of 35 home runs in the last 10 games, with five doubles, five home runs and seven RBIs.
Daulton Varsho has 19 doubles, seven triples and 16 home runs for the Blue Jays. George Springer has hit 8 for 40 with a double and five home runs in his last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 4-6, .220 batting average, 4.24 ERA, 13 runs batted in
Blue Jays: 7-3, .251 batting average, 3.48 ERA, 15 runs more points than the opponents
INJURIES: Red Sox: David Hamilton: day-to-day (finger), Luis Garcia: 15-day IL (elbow), Lucas Sims: 15-day IL (lat), James Paxton: 60-day IL (leg), Cam Booser: 15-day IL (elbow), Bryan Mata: 60-day IL (hamstring), Garrett Whitlock: 60-day IL (oblique), Trevor Story: 60-day IL (shoulder), Liam Hendriks: 60-day IL (elbow), Chris Murphy: 60-day IL (elbow), Lucas Giolito: 60-day IL (elbow)
Blue Jays: Alek Manoah: 60-day IL (elbow), Jordan Romano: 60-day IL (elbow), Bo Bichette: 10-day IL (calf)
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The Associated Press produced this article using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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