On Saturday, the Boston Red Sox (10-10, 5th AL East) play the middle game of a three-game interleague series on the road against the National League Central leading Milwaukee Brewers (14-5, 1st NL Central). Boston defeated the Minnesota Twins 11-5 on Thursday, scoring six runs in the third inning. The Red Sox have won five of the last seven. Milwaukee defeated the Seattle Mariners 5-3 on Wednesday for their fourth consecutive win and the sixth win in the last seven. Boston will play without four pitchers as well as position players Trevor Story, Adalberto Mondesi and Adam Duvall. Milwaukee will play without 7 pitchers as well as position players Garrett Mitchell, Tyrone Taylor and Luis Urias.
The Boston Red Sox have scored the third most runs in baseball with 111. Boston has a team batting average of.247 which is 17th, an on base percentage of .327 which is 14th and the 10th best slugging percentage at .420. Rafael Devers has hit a team best 7 home runs while the next closest is Adam Duvall with four dingers, but the center fielder is on the injured list. Devers is the leader in RBIs with 18 and the next closest active player is Enrique Hernandez with nine RBIs. Boston has hit 41 doubles, two triples and 24 home runs in 20 games.
Boston has shown signs of better performances on the mound, but the Red Sox continue to struggle. Boston is 24th in team ERA at 5.19 and 18th in WHIP at 1.36. The starting rotation for Boston has only three Quality Starts which is 26th and the pitching staff as a whole is allowing op ponents to average .255 at the plate, which is 21st. Chris Sale has a team best 30 strikeouts and Tanner Houck has a team high three wins. Garrett Whitlock gets the nod on the mound Saturday for Boston. This season the right-hander is 1-1 with an ERA of 4.50 and 10 strikeouts.