Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox play in game 3 of series

Toronto Blue Jays (7-5, first in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (6-6, third in the AL East)

Boston; Wednesday, 6:45 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays: Kevin Gausman (1-1, 3.97 ERA, 0.71 WHIP, four strikeouts); Red Sox: Tanner Houck (0-1, 6.52 ERA, 1.76 WHIP, eight strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Sox -131, Blue Jays +110; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays play the Boston Red Sox leading the series 2-0.

Boston is 3-2 in home games and 6-6 overall. The Red Sox have the ninth-ranked team ERA in the AL at 4.29.

Toronto is 7-5 overall and 2-3 on the road. The Blue Jays have the sixth-best team on-base percentage in MLB play at .346.

The teams meet Wednesday for the third time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Wilyer Abreu has a .412 batting average to lead the Red Sox, and has three doubles and three home runs. Alex Bregman is 15-for-44 with two home runs and 10 RBI over the past 10 games.

Andres Gimenez leads the Blue Jays with five extra base hits (two doubles and three home runs). George Springer is 17-for-34 with two doubles, a triple, two home runs and nine RBI over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 5-5, .280 batting average, 4.50 ERA, outscored opponents by nine runs

Blue Jays: 6-4, .260 batting average, 2.99 ERA, outscored opponents by seven runs

INJURIES: Red Sox: Connor Wong: 10-Day IL (hand), Brayan Bello: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Zach Penrod: 60-Day IL (elbow), Masataka Yoshida: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Kutter Crawford: 15-Day IL (knee), Lucas Giolito: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Liam Hendriks: 15-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Blue Jays: Max Scherzer: 15-Day IL (lat), Erik Swanson: 15-Day IL (hand), Ryan Burr: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Daulton Varsho: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Alek Manoah: 60-Day IL (elbow), Angel Bastardo: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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