Red Sox at Blue Jays: Lineups, preview, wildcard rankings

Brayan Bello gets the nod in Toronto for the Sox, who want to win another series and keep their slim playoff hopes alive.

Lineups

RED SOX (79-78): Duran LF, Gonzalez 3B, Casas 1B, Story SS, Yoshida DH, Grissom 2B, Abreu RF, Jansen C, Rafaela CF

Set up: RHP Brayan Bello (14-8, 4.49 ERA)

BLUE JAYS (73-84): Springer RF, Lukes LF, Guerrero Jr. DH, Horwitz 1B, Kirk C, Barger 3B, Clement SS, Schneider 2B, Loperfido CF

Set up: RHP Bowden Francis (8-5, 3.47 ERA)

Time: 19:07

Television, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7

Red Sox vs Francis: Wilyer Abreu 0-2, Triston Casas 0-4, Jarren Duran 0-3, Mickey Gasper 0-3, Danny Jansen 0-2, Tyler O'Neill 0-4, Ceddanne Rafaela 0-2, Nick Sicherd 1-2, Masataka Yoshida 0-3

Blue Jays vs. Bello: Addison Barger 3-6, Ernie Clement 0-3, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 9-22, Spencer Horwitz 1-6, Alejandro Kirk 3-9, Joey Loperfido 0-3, Davis Schneider 0-3, George Springer 8-23

Statistics of the day: Jarren Duran leads the American League with 14 triples and 47 doubles.

Notes: The Red Sox have allowed three or fewer earned runs in each of their last six games. … Bello is 3-4 with a 5.58 ERA in eight career starts against the Blue Jays, including 2-1 with a 4.96 ERA in three starts against Toronto this season. … Francis has not allowed a run in 9⅔ innings in four career games against the Red Sox, including one start. That start came on Aug. 29, when he had five strikeouts and did not allow a walk in seven innings. … Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has a .324 batting average with 30 home runs and 100 RBIs. He is six hits short of 200. … Toronto catcher Alejandro Kirk has a 15-game hitting streak in which he has a .286 batting average.

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