Boston Red Sox (17-15, second in the AL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (14-16, fourth in the AL East); Toronto; Thursday, 7:07 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Tanner Houck (0-2, 7.58 ERA, 1.69 WHIP, 24 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Jose Berrios (1-1, 4.24 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 28 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue Jays -112, Red Sox -107; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox play on Thursday with the three-game series tied 1-1.

Toronto is 14-16 overall and 9-6 in home games. The Blue Jays have an 11-3 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents.

Boston has a 9-9 record in road games and a 17-15 record overall. The Red Sox are 14-3 in games when they record at least eight hits.

The teams match up Thursday for the seventh time this season. The Blue Jays lead the season series 4-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: George Springer leads the Blue Jays with a .306 batting average, and has seven doubles, a triple, two home runs, 15 walks and 12 RBI. Bo Bichette is 12-for-43 with two RBI over the last 10 games.

Alexander Bregman has a .328 batting average to lead the Red Sox, and has 11 doubles and seven home runs. Jarren Duran is 17-for-46 with a home run and seven RBI over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 2-8, .201 batting average, 6.47 ERA, outscored by 40 runs

Red Sox: 5-5, .257 batting average, 4.14 ERA, outscored opponents by 19 runs

INJURIES: Blue Jays: Ryan Burr: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Nick Sandlin: 15-Day IL (back), Max Scherzer: 15-Day IL (lat), Erik Swanson: 15-Day IL (hand), Alek Manoah: 60-Day IL (elbow), Angel Bastardo: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Red Sox: Richard Fitts: 15-Day IL (pectoral), Connor Wong: 10-Day IL (hand), Zach Penrod: 60-Day IL (elbow), Masataka Yoshida: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Kutter Crawford: 15-Day IL (knee), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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