Red Sox bring road slide into matchup with the Blue Jays

Boston Red Sox (64-56, third in the AL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (59-63, fourth in the AL East)

Toronto; Thursday, 3:07 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Payton Tolle (7-6, 3.20 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 124 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Max Scherzer (1-4, 7.25 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 27 strikeouts)

LINE: Red Sox -159, Blue Jays +141; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox visit the Toronto Blue Jays looking to break a three-game road losing streak.

Toronto has a 31-31 record at home and a 59-63 record overall. The Blue Jays have gone 20-12 in games when they hit two or more home runs.

Boston has a 35-25 record in road games and a 64-56 record overall. The Red Sox have a 23-9 record in games when they hit at least two home runs.

The teams square off Thursday for the 13th time this season. The Blue Jays are ahead 9-3 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kazuma Okamoto has 16 doubles, 24 home runs and 71 RBIs for the Blue Jays. Alejandro Kirk is 12 for 34 with a home run over the last 10 games.

Wilyer Abreu has 24 doubles, three triples and 21 home runs while hitting .254 for the Red Sox. Jarren Duran is 9 for 38 with three doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 7-3, .244 batting average, 3.12 ERA, outscored opponents by four runs

Red Sox: 5-5, .286 batting average, 3.26 ERA, outscored opponents by 23 runs

INJURIES: Blue Jays: Jake Bloss: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jameson Taillon: 15-Day IL (forearm), Jonatan Clase: 10-Day IL (foot), Spencer Arrighetti: 15-Day IL (foot), Lenyn Sosa: 60-Day IL (wrist), Luis Urias: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Jose Berrios: 60-Day IL (elbow), Trey Yesavage: 15-Day IL (knee), Patrick Corbin: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Ponce: 60-Day IL (knee), Joe Mantiply: 60-Day IL (knee), Yimi Garcia: 60-Day IL (elbow), Addison Barger: 60-Day IL (elbow), Anthony Santander: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Bowden Francis: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Red Sox: Garrett Whitlock: day-to-day (elbow), Isiah Kiner-Falefa: 60-Day IL (forearm), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (wrist), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Curtis Mead: 10-Day IL (hand), Roman Anthony: 60-Day IL (wrist), Johan Oviedo: 60-Day IL (elbow), Garrett Crochet: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Trevor Story: 60-Day IL (abdomen), Zack Kelly: 60-Day IL (elbow), 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.