Red Sox try to continue road win streak in matchup with the Blue Jays

Boston Red Sox (12-17, fifth in the AL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (12-16, fourth in the AL East)

Toronto; Tuesday, 7:07 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Payton Tolle (0-0, 1.50 ERA, 0.67 WHIP, 11 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Trey Yesavage (0-0)

LINE: Blue Jays -117, Red Sox -103; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox will try to keep a three-game road win streak alive when they face the Toronto Blue Jays.

Toronto has a 12-16 record overall and an 8-8 record at home. The Blue Jays have the 10th-best team batting average in MLB play at .249.

Boston is 12-17 overall and 7-9 in road games. Red Sox hitters are batting a collective .234, which ranks 10th in the AL.

The teams meet Tuesday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ernie Clement has 13 doubles and seven RBIs for the Blue Jays. Kazuma Okamoto is 9 for 34 with a double and three home runs over the last 10 games.

Wilyer Abreu has six doubles, a triple and four home runs for the Red Sox. Ceddanne Rafaela is 10 for 38 with three doubles, two triples and five RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 5-5, .263 batting average, 4.45 ERA, outscored by three runs

Red Sox: 4-6, .234 batting average, 4.15 ERA, outscored opponents by two runs

INJURIES: Blue Jays: Max Scherzer: 15-Day IL (forearm), George Springer: 10-Day IL (toe), Addison Barger: 10-Day IL (ankle), Nathan Lukes: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Yimi Garcia: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cody Ponce: 60-Day IL (knee), Anthony Santander: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Trey Yesavage: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Alejandro Kirk: 10-Day IL (hand), Shane Bieber: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jose Berrios: 15-Day IL (elbow), Lazaro Estrada: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Bowden Francis: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Red Sox: Patrick Sandoval: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kutter Crawford: 15-Day IL (wrist), Justin Slaten: 15-Day IL (oblique), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Sonny Gray: 15-Day IL (leg), Johan Oviedo: 60-Day IL (elbow), Romy Gonzalez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), 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.