Red Sox host the Nationals on home winning streak

Washington Nationals (43-43, fourth in the NL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (37-46, fifth in the AL East)

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

PITCHING PROBABLES: Nationals: Cade Cavalli (4-4, 4.00 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 89 strikeouts); Red Sox: Connelly Early (7-5, 3.59 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 88 strikeouts)

LINE: Red Sox -142, Nationals +118; over/under is 9 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox will try to keep their five-game home win streak intact when they play the Washington Nationals.

Boston has a 17-25 record at home and a 37-46 record overall. The Red Sox are 21-13 in games when they did not allow a home run.

Washington has a 43-43 record overall and a 26-18 record in road games. The Nationals have a 33-18 record in games when they record eight or more hits.

The teams match up Tuesday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Willson Contreras has 14 doubles, two triples, 18 home runs and 53 RBIs for the Red Sox. Caleb Durbin is 14 for 35 with three doubles, two home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.

James Wood has 21 home runs, 64 walks and 50 RBIs while hitting .258 for the Nationals. Luis Garcia is 13 for 30 with two doubles, seven home runs and 10 RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 7-3, .238 batting average, 2.15 ERA, outscored opponents by 17 runs

Nationals: 4-6, .236 batting average, 5.11 ERA, outscored by 10 runs

INJURIES: Red Sox: Roman Anthony: 60-Day IL (wrist), Jovani Moran: 15-Day IL (elbow), Marcelo Mayer: 10-Day IL (forearm), Isiah Kiner-Falefa: 10-Day IL (forearm), Johan Oviedo: 60-Day IL (elbow), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Nick Sogard: 10-Day IL (oblique), Garrett Crochet: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Trevor Story: 60-Day IL (abdomen), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (wrist), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Nationals: Richard Lovelady: 15-Day IL (tricep), Mitchell Parker: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jake Irvin: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Josiah Gray: 60-Day IL (elbow), Max Kranick: 60-Day IL (elbow), Trevor Williams: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ken Waldichuk: 60-Day IL (forearm), DJ Herz: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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