Boston Red Sox (78-65, third in the AL East) vs. Baltimore Orioles (69-74, fifth in the AL East)
Baltimore; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Payton Tolle (8-6, 3.23 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 147 strikeouts); Orioles: Kyle Bradish (7-12, 4.01 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 137 strikeouts)
LINE: Red Sox -138, Orioles +113; over/under is 7 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Baltimore Orioles aim to end their four-game home losing streak with a win over the Boston Red Sox.
Baltimore has gone 34-37 at home and 69-74 overall. The Orioles have gone 51-18 in games when they scored at least five runs.
Boston is 78-65 overall and 43-31 on the road. The Red Sox have the ninth-best team on-base percentage in MLB play at .323.
The teams meet Sunday for the 13th time this season. The Red Sox lead the season series 8-4.
TOP PERFORMERS: Pete Alonso has a .265 batting average to lead the Orioles, and has 24 doubles and 33 home runs. Gunnar Henderson is 10 for 38 with two home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games.
Wilyer Abreu has 34 doubles, four triples and 23 home runs while hitting .256 for the Red Sox. Mickey Gasper is 9 for 29 with a double and five home runs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Orioles: 4-6, .198 batting average, 3.79 ERA, outscored by five runs
Red Sox: 5-5, .241 batting average, 5.63 ERA, outscored by 17 runs
INJURIES: Orioles: Keegan Akin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tyler O'Neill: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Christian Franklin: 10-Day IL (hand), Ryan Mountcastle: 60-Day IL (foot), Colin Selby: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Zach Eflin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ryan Helsley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Felix Bautista: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jordan Westburg: 60-Day IL (ucl)
Red Sox: Johan Oviedo: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ceddanne Rafaela: day-to-day (quadricep), Willson Contreras: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Justin Slaten: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (wrist), Tayron Guerrero: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Masataka Yoshida: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Zack Kelly: 60-Day IL (elbow), Eduardo Rivera: 60-Day IL (undisclosed), Garrett Crochet: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Curtis Mead: 10-Day IL (hand), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
