The Toronto Blue Jays will play the Boston Red Sox in Game 2 of their series at Fenway Park on Saturday afternoon.
The Toronto Blue Jays are 51-43 this season and have won six of their last seven games. Toronto won Game 1 of this series by a score of 28-5. The Toronto pitching staff has a 3.97 ERA, a 1.24 WHIP, and a .249 opponent batting average this season. The Blue Jays offense has scored 456 runs with a .266 batting average and a .330 on base percentage. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .273 with 20 home runs and 59 RBI’s for the Blue Jays this season. The projected starter for Toronto is Alek Manoah, who is 10-4 with a 2.28 ERA and a 0.96 WHIP over 114.2 innings pitched this season.
The Boston Red Sox are 48-46 this season and have lost seven of their last eight games. Prior to getting blown out in Game 1, Boston lost two out of the three games played in their series against the Yankees. The Boston pitching staff has a 4.28 ERA, a 1.30 WHIP, and a .245 opponent batting average. The Red Sox offense has scored 435 runs with a .256 batting average and a .317 on base percentage this year. Rafael Devers is batting .324 with 22 home runs and 55 RBI’s for the Red Sox this season. The projected starter for Boston is Kutter Crawford, who is 2-2 with a 4.50 ERA and a 1.36 WHIP over 36 innings pitched this season.