Red Sox and Blue Jays play to identify series winner
Toronto Blue Jays (44-38, 3rd in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (41-43, 4th in the AL East)
Boston; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays: Eric Lauer (4-1, 2.21 AGE, 1.01 WHIP, 41 strikeouts); Red Sox: Walker Buehler (5-5, 6.29 PERIOD, 1.57 WHIP, 56 strikeouts)
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BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue Jays -123, Red Sox +103; over/under is 9 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays play on Sunday with the winner declaring the three-game series.Boston has gone
23-18 in home games and 41-43 total. The Red Sox have a 28-14 record in games when they tape eight or more hits.Toronto is 44-38 overall and 19-22 in roadway games. Heaven Jays have the second-ranked group batting average in the AL at.256. The groups satisfy Sunday for the 10th time this season. The Blue Jays lead the season
series 6-3. LEADING ENTERTAINERS: Jarren Duran has 20 doubles, 8 triples and 5 home runs for the Red Sox.
Trevor Story is 9 for 36 with a double and two home runs over the last 10 games.Advertisement Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads the Blue Jays with 11 home runs while slugging.443.
Ernie Clement is 14 for 37 with two doubles and three RBIs over the last 10 games.LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 3-7,.221 batting average, 4.55 AGE, outscored by 12 runs Blue Jays: 5-5,.272 batting average, 4.25 ERA, outscored challengers by 5 runs INJURIES: Red Sox: Justin Slaten: 60-Day IL(shoulder), Luis Guerrero: 15-Day IL(elbow ), Hunter Dobbins: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Hicks: 15-Day IL (toe), Josh Winckowski: 60-Day IL (elbow ), Nick Burdi: 15-Day IL(knee), Liam Hendriks: 15-Day IL (hip), Alex Bregman: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Masataka Yoshida: 60-Day IL (shoulder ), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL(knee ), Tanner Houck: 15-Day IL (flexor ), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL(elbow)Ad Blue Jays: Bowden Francis: 15-Day IL (shoulder ), Daulton Varsho: 10-Day IL(hamstring), Anthony Santander: 10-Day IL( shoulder), Yimi Garcia: 15-Day IL(shoulder), Ryan Burr: 60-Day IL(shoulder), Alek Manoah: 60-Day
IL(elbow), Angel Bastardo: 60-Day IL (elbow)___ The Associated Press produced this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and information from Sportradar.