The Boston Red Sox will play the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 1 of their series at Rogers Centre on Friday night.
The Boston Red Sox are 75-81 this season and have won three games in a row. Boston is coming off of a series win against Baltimore, where they won three out of the four games played in the series. The Boston pitching staff has a 4.50 ERA, a 1.35 WHIP, and a .254 opponent batting average this season. The Red Sox offense has scored 716 runs with a .259 batting average and a .323 on base percentage. Rafael Devers is batting .292 with 27 home runs and 87 RBI’s for the Red Sox this season. The projected starter for Boston is Nick Pivetta, who is 10-11 with a 4.48 ERA and a 1.36 WHIP over 170.2 innings pitched this season.
The Toronto Blue Jays are 87-69 this season and have won three of their last five games. Toronto is coming off of a series loss against the Yankees, where they lost two out of the three games played. The Toronto pitching staff has a 3.95 ERA, a 1.25 WHIP, and a .249 opponent batting average. The Blue Jays offense has scored 736 runs with a .260 batting average and a .326 on base percentage this year. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .275 with 30 home runs and 93 RBI’s for the Blue Jays this season. The projected starter for Toronto is Alek Manoah, who is 15-7 with a 2.31 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP over 190.2 innings pitched this season.
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