Red Sox face the Marlins leading series 1-0

Miami Marlins (58-64, third in the NL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (67-56, second in the AL East)

Boston; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Cal Quantrill (4-9, 5.09 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 80 strikeouts); Red Sox: Brayan Bello (8-6, 3.25 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 95 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox play the Miami Marlins with a 1-0 series lead.

Boston is 40-22 at home and 67-56 overall. Red Sox hitters have a collective .428 slugging percentage to rank third in the AL.

Miami is 58-64 overall and 30-33 on the road. The Marlins have the fourth-ranked team batting average in the NL at .252.

The matchup Saturday is the second meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jarren Duran has 31 doubles, 12 triples, 12 home runs and 65 RBIs for the Red Sox. Alex Bregman is 12 for 35 with three doubles, two home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.

Otto Lopez has 16 doubles, 11 home runs and 56 RBIs for the Marlins. Graham Pauley is 8 for 24 with a double and three home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 5-5, .252 batting average, 3.93 ERA, outscored opponents by 16 runs

Marlins: 3-7, .259 batting average, 5.86 ERA, outscored by eight runs

INJURIES: Red Sox: Luis Guerrero: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (flexor), Hunter Dobbins: 60-Day IL (acl), Marcelo Mayer: 10-Day IL (wrist), Liam Hendriks: 60-Day IL (hip), Justin Slaten: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Josh Winckowski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (knee), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Marlins: Jesus Tinoco: 60-Day IL (forearm), Connor Norby: 10-Day IL (wrist), Max Meyer: 60-Day IL (hip), Ryan Weathers: 60-Day IL (lat), Griffin Conine: 60-Day IL (arm), Andrew Nardi: 60-Day IL (back), Braxton Garrett: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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