Toronto Blue Jays (36-43, fifth in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (43-37, third in the AL East)

Boston; Wednesday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays: Yariel Rodriguez (0-2, 5.94 ERA, 1.92 WHIP, 17 strikeouts); Red Sox: Kutter Crawford (3-7, 3.59 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 95 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays play on Wednesday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Boston is 43-37 overall and 19-21 at home. The Red Sox have a 34-4 record in games when they scored five or more runs.

Toronto has an 18-24 record in road games and a 36-43 record overall. The Blue Jays are 8-14 in games decided by one run.

The matchup Wednesday is the sixth meeting between these teams this season. The Red Sox have a 4-1 advantage in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Rafael Devers is second on the Red Sox with 35 extra base hits (16 doubles, three triples and 16 home runs). Tyler O’Neill is 11-for-38 with four doubles, four home runs and six RBI over the past 10 games.

Daulton Varsho leads Toronto with 11 home runs while slugging .426. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is 15-for-43 with three home runs and 10 RBI over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 8-2, .285 batting average, 3.94 ERA, outscored opponents by 16 runs

Blue Jays: 3-7, .253 batting average, 4.92 ERA, outscored by nine runs

INJURIES: Red Sox: Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (rib), Vaughn Grissom: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Garrett Whitlock: 60-Day IL (oblique), Trevor Story: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Bryan Mata: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Liam Hendriks: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lucas Giolito: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Blue Jays: Daulton Varsho: day-to-day (back), Yimi Garcia: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Romano: 15-Day IL (elbow), Alek Manoah: 15-Day IL (elbow)

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