The Red Sox have thrived away from Fenway Park, posting a 35-22 mark for the season. Boston has won five straight road games.
Sonny Gray, who has been rock-solid all season, will open the series. The righthander has faced Toronto twice this year and owns an 0-1 record with a 6.00 ERA against the Blue Jays.
The Blue Jays counter with Jameson Taillon, who struggled with the Cubs before Toronto took a flier on the veteran at the deadline. Taillon uses six pitches at least 10 percent of the time. He has a four-seam fastball, cutter, sweeper, change-up, slurve, and a sinker in his arsenal.
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RED SOX (64-53): Sogard SS, Rafaela CF, Abreu RF, Contreras 1B, Yoshida DH, Durbin 3B, Duran LF, Seigler 2B, Wong C
Pitching: RHP Sonny Gray (14-2, 2.78 ERA)
BLUE JAYS (56-63): Lukes RF, Bateman CF, Guerrero Jr. 1B, Springer DH, Sanchez LF, Gimenez SS, Okamoto 3B, Smith 2B, Valenzuela C
Pitching: RHP Jameson Taillon (2-6, 5.96 ERA)
Time: 7:07 p.m.
TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7
Stat of the day: Toronto leads the season series, 6-3.
Notes: In Taillon’s Blue Jays debut on August 5 against Houston, he surrendered three runs on six hits over four innings, walking two and striking out four. … Taillon has a 3-1 career record and 2.59 ERA in eight starts against the Red Sox. … Ceddanne Rafaela is 15 for 46 with two doubles, four home runs, and 10 RBIs over the last 10 games. … Alejandro Kirk is 12 for 34 with a home run over the last 10 games. … Four of the Blue Jays’ last five games have gone into extra innings, with Toronto going 2-2 over those contests. … Toronto kicks off a stretch of 12 games against AL East opponents, facing the Yankees, the Rays, and then New York again after welcoming Boston to the Rogers Centre. … Jarren Duran has one hit in 16 at-bats the last four games.
Cam Kerry can be reached at cam.kerry@globe.com.