Athletics take on the Red Sox in first of 4-game series

Boston Red Sox (54-50, third in the AL East) vs. Athletics (44-61, fourth in the AL West)

West Sacramento, California; Monday, 9:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Payton Tolle (5-6, 3.31 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 96 strikeouts); Athletics: Jack Perkins (2-5, 6.75 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 76 strikeouts)

LINE: Red Sox -176, Athletics +144; over/under is 9 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Athletics host the Boston Red Sox on Monday to open a four-game series.

The Athletics are 44-61 overall and 20-30 in home games. The Athletics have gone 33-15 in games when they scored five or more runs.

Boston has a 54-50 record overall and a 29-21 record on the road. The Red Sox are 35-19 in games when they record at least eight hits.

Monday's game is the first time these teams meet this season.

TOP PERFORMERS:

Willson Contreras has 18 doubles, two triples, 22 home runs and 66 RBIs for the Red Sox. Wilyer Abreu is 7 for 38 with two doubles, four home runs and eight RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Athletics: 3-7, .263 batting average, 7.21 ERA, outscored by 27 runs

Red Sox: 8-2, .256 batting average, 3.30 ERA, outscored opponents by 19 runs

INJURIES: Athletics: Jeffrey Springs: day-to-day (undisclosed), Zack Gelof: 10-Day IL (knee), Shea Langeliers: 10-Day IL (knee), Luis Severino: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brooks Kriske: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Josh Kuroda-Grauer: 10-Day IL (testicle), J.T. Ginn: 15-Day IL (finger), Mark Leiter Jr.: 15-Day IL (hip), Justin Sterner: 15-Day IL (knee), Brent Rooker: 60-Day IL (knee), Denzel Clarke: 60-Day IL (foot), Gunnar Hoglund: 60-Day IL (knee)

Red Sox: Marcelo Mayer: 10-Day IL (forearm), Roman Anthony: 60-Day IL (wrist), Garrett Crochet: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Trevor Story: 60-Day IL (abdomen), Isiah Kiner-Falefa: 10-Day IL (forearm), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Zack Kelly: 60-Day IL (elbow), Johan Oviedo: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (wrist), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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