Red Sox play the Blue Jays after Duran's 4-hit game
Boston Red Sox (16-14, second in the AL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (13-15, fourth in the AL East)
Toronto; Tuesday, 7:07 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Garrett Nolan Crochet (2-2, 1.95 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 44 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Bowden Francis (2-3, 3.58 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 22 strikeouts)
BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox play the Toronto Blue Jays after Jarren Duran had four hits on Sunday in a 13-3 win over the Guardians.
Toronto is 13-15 overall and 8-5 at home. The Blue Jays have gone 2-4 in games decided by one run.
Boston has gone 8-8 in road games and 16-14 overall. The Red Sox have hit 33 total home runs to rank 10th in MLB play.
The teams square off Tuesday for the fifth time this season. The Blue Jays are ahead 3-1 in the season series.
TOP PERFORMERS: George Springer has seven doubles, a triple, two home runs and 12 RBI while hitting .325 for the Blue Jays. Bo Joseph Bichette is 12-for-42 with two doubles over the past 10 games.
Alexander David Bregman has a .319 batting average to lead the Red Sox, and has 11 doubles and five home runs. Duran is 16-for-46 with four RBI over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 3-7, .208 batting average, 5.11 ERA, outscored by 29 runs
Red Sox: 6-4, .254 batting average, 3.80 ERA, outscored opponents by 20 runs
INJURIES: Blue Jays: Ryan Matthew Burr: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Nick Sandlin: 15-Day IL (back), Max Scherzer: 15-Day IL (lat), Erik Swanson: 15-Day IL (hand), Daulton Varsho: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Alek Manoah: 60-Day IL (elbow), Angel Bastardo: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Red Sox: Richard Fitts: 15-Day IL (pectoral), Connor Wong: 10-Day IL (hand), Zach Penrod: 60-Day IL (elbow), Masataka Yoshida: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Kutter Martin Crawford: 15-Day IL (knee), Lucas Giolito: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.