Blue Jays host the Red Sox on 4-game home win streak
Boston Red Sox (85-71, third in the AL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (90-66, first in the AL East)
Toronto; Tuesday, 7:07 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Lucas Giolito (10-4, 3.46 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 118 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Kevin Gausman (10-10, 3.38 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 177 strikeouts)
BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays, on a four-game home winning streak, host the Boston Red Sox.
Toronto has a 90-66 record overall and a 50-25 record at home. Blue Jays hitters have a collective .334 on-base percentage, the highest percentage in the AL.
Boston has an 85-71 record overall and a 39-39 record on the road. Red Sox hitters have a collective .423 slugging percentage to rank ninth in MLB.
The teams match up Tuesday for the 11th time this season. The Blue Jays lead the season series 7-3.
TOP PERFORMERS: George Springer is third on the Blue Jays with 56 extra base hits (25 doubles, a triple and 30 home runs). Daulton Varsho is 9 for 35 with two doubles, a triple, a home run and four RBIs over the past 10 games.
Trevor Story has a .264 batting average to lead the Red Sox, and has 28 doubles and 25 home runs. Nate Eaton is 11 for 30 with a home run and three RBIs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 6-4, .238 batting average, 4.70 ERA, outscored by five runs
Red Sox: 4-6, .258 batting average, 4.24 ERA, outscored by three runs
INJURIES: Blue Jays: Chris Bassitt: 15-Day IL (back), Bo Bichette: 10-Day IL (knee), Robinson Pina: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nick Sandlin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Yimi Garcia: 60-Day IL (ankle), Bowden Francis: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Burr: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Anthony Santander: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Angel Bastardo: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Red Sox: Brennan Bernardino: 15-Day IL (lat), Vaughn Grissom: 60-Day IL (foot), Dustin May: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Hicks: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Roman Anthony: 10-Day IL (oblique), Hunter Dobbins: 60-Day IL (acl), Marcelo Mayer: 60-Day IL (wrist), Richard Fitts: 15-Day IL (biceps), Luis Guerrero: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (flexor), Liam Hendriks: 60-Day IL (hip), Josh Winckowski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (knee), 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.