At Rogers Centre on Monday, the Toronto Blue Jays (10-6) take on the Boston Red Sox (7-9), fellow members of the AL East, at 7:07 PM ET.
The favored Blue Jays (-133 moneyline odds to win) play at home against the Red Sox (+111). The starting pitchers are Jose Berrios (1-0) for the Toronto Blue Jays, and Nathan Eovaldi (1-0) for the Boston Red Sox.
The Blue Jays lost 8-7 against the Astros yesterday, with Jordan Romano getting credited with the loss. He threw 1/3 of an inning, giving up one earned run on one hit while striking out one. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went 2-for-5 with a double, a home run and two RBI to lead the Blue Jays offensively.
The Red Sox lost to the Rays yesterday, with Phillips Valdez registering the loss while throwing 1/3 of an inning, giving up three earned runs without allowing a hit. Trevor Story went 1-for-5 with a double and a home run to pace the Red Sox’s offense.
Prepare for the Blue Jays vs. Red Sox with what you need to know about Monday’s game.
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Boston Red Sox Odds and Betting Lines
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- Favorite: Blue Jays (-133, bet $133 to win $100)
- Underdog: Red Sox (+111, bet $100 to win $111)
- Over/under: 8.5
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Blue Jays Stats and Trends
Blue Jays Betting Records
- This season, the Blue Jays have been favored nine times and won seven of those games.
- Toronto is 4-2 this season when entering a game favored by -133 or more on the moneyline.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Blue Jays have a 57.1% chance to win.
- Toronto and its opponents have gone over the total this season in five of their 15 opportunities.
- In 15 games with a spread this season, the Blue Jays are 8-7-0 ATS.
José Berríos (Blue Jays Probable Starter)
- Berrios (1-0) will take the mound for the Blue Jays, his fourth start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Wednesday, when he tossed 6 2/3 innings while giving up one earned run on eight hits in a matchup with the Boston Red Sox.
- The 27-year-old has pitched to a 6.35 ERA this season with 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 4.8 walks per nine across three games.
- Berrios has pitched five or more innings in two straight games and will look to extend that streak.
- The Red Sox have scored 58 runs this season, which ranks 19th in MLB. They are batting .225 for the campaign with 11 home runs, 23rd in the league.
- The Red Sox have gone 8-for-26 with three doubles and an RBI in six innings this season against the right-hander.
Blue Jays Batting Stats
- No team in MLB has hit more homers than the Blue Jays, who have connected on 22 this season.
- Hitters for the Blue Jays rank fourth in the majors with a combined .419 team slugging percentage.
- Toronto ranks sixth in MLB with a .250 team batting average.
- The Blue Jays rank 14th in the league with 66 total runs scored this season.
- Toronto has an OBP of .308 this season, which ranks 18th in MLB.
- The Blue Jays rank 15th in strikeouts per game (8.6) among MLB offenses.
Red Sox Stats and Trends
Red Sox Betting Records
- The Red Sox have come away with two wins in the eight contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- This season, Boston has been victorious two times in six chances when named as an underdog of at least +111 or longer on the moneyline.
- The Red Sox have an implied victory probability of 47.4% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
- Boston’s games have gone over the total in four of their 16 opportunities.
- The Red Sox are 9-7-0 against the spread in their 16 games that had a posted line this season.
Nathan Eovaldi (Red Sox Probable Starter)
- Eovaldi (1-0 with a 3.68 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 14 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Red Sox, his fourth of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Tuesday against the Toronto Blue Jays, when he went 4 2/3 innings, allowing one earned run while giving up seven hits.
- The 32-year-old has put up a 3.68 ERA and 11.7 strikeouts per nine innings across three games this season, while allowing a batting average of .262 to opposing hitters.
- Eovaldi enters the matchup with two outings of five or more innings pitched this year.
- He meets a Blue Jays offense that ranks 14th in the league with 66 total runs scored while batting .250 as a unit. His opponent has a collective .419 slugging percentage (fourth in MLB action) and has hit a total of 22 home runs (first in the league).
- Eovaldi has pitched 4 2/3 innings, giving up one earned run on seven hits while striking out six against the Blue Jays this season.
Red Sox Batting Stats
- The Red Sox average 0.7 home runs per game to rank 23rd in baseball with 11 total home runs .
- So far this season, the Red Sox rank 18th in the league with a .350 slugging percentage.
- Boston’s .225 batting average ranks 19th in the league.
- The Red Sox score the 19th-most runs in baseball (58 total, 3.6 per game).
- Boston is 27th in baseball with a .276 on-base percentage.
- The Red Sox strike out 8.1 times per game to rank 10th in baseball.
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