1:07 pm
August 8

Red Sox @ Blue Jays

Who will WIN this matchup?

Boston Red Sox (65-48)

@ Toronto Blue Jays (59-50)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Richards (BOS): 6-7; 5.21 ERA

Ryu (TOR) 11-5; 3.22 ERA

 

Current odds:

Boston Red Sox: (+175)

Toronto Blue Jays: (-195)

 

• The Boston Red Sox will take good news anywhere they can, and the possibility of a split of a four-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon would qualify. The struggling Red Sox eked out a 2-1 extra-inning victory on Saturday night to salvage a split in a doubleheader and win for only the second time in 10 games. The outcome ended the Blue Jays’ winning streak at five games.

• The Blue Jays won the first game Saturday 1-0 on walkoff home run in the seventh inning by Marcus Semien. It looked like more of the same in the second game. The Red Sox fell behind 1-0, but Alex Verdugo tied it with a home run in the sixth inning. Jonathan Arauz singled in the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth.

• The Blue Jays, who are 8-2 on a homestand that ends Sunday, will start left-hander Hyun Jin Ryu (11-5, 3.22 ERA), while right-hander Garrett Richards (6-7, 5.21) will start for the Red Sox. Ryu has faced Boston three times this year, going 2-1 with a 2.00 ERA. In five career outings against the Red Sox, he is 2-2, 2.40.

• Richards is 2-2, 6.15, in five starts against the Blue Jays this season. In 13 career games (11 starts) against them, he is 4-6, 5.60.

5/10
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