Red Sox and Brewers meet, winner secures 3-game series

Milwaukee Brewers (8-3, second in the NL Central) vs. Boston Red Sox (3-8, fifth in the AL East)

Boston; Wednesday, 1:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Brewers: Shane Drohan (0-0); Red Sox: Sonny Gray (1-0, 4.50 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, eight strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers meet on Wednesday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Boston has a 2-3 record at home and a 3-8 record overall. The Red Sox have gone 1-3 in games decided by one run.

Milwaukee is 8-3 overall and 3-2 on the road. The Brewers have a 7-1 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents.

The teams play Wednesday for the third time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Wilyer Abreu has four doubles, a triple and three home runs for the Red Sox. Willson Contreras is 9 for 32 with a double and two home runs over the last 10 games.

Christian Yelich leads the Brewers with a .385 batting average, and has two doubles, a triple, a home run, three walks and 10 RBIs. Brice Turang is 10 for 37 with a home run and seven RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 2-8, .211 batting average, 5.06 ERA, outscored by 19 runs

Brewers: 7-3, .253 batting average, 3.58 ERA, outscored opponents by 17 runs

INJURIES: Red Sox: Johan Oviedo: 15-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kutter Crawford: 15-Day IL (wrist), Anthony Seigler: 10-Day IL (knee), Triston Casas: 10-Day IL (knee), Romy Gonzalez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Brewers: Jared Koenig: 15-Day IL (elbow), Andrew Vaughn: 10-Day IL (hand), Craig Yoho: 15-Day IL (calf), Rob Zastryzny: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Jackson Chourio: 10-Day IL (hand), Quinn Priester: 15-Day IL (wrist), Akil Baddoo: 60-Day IL (quadricep)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.