A pair of baseball’s best hitters face off when the Toronto Blue Jays (34-38) and the Boston Red Sox (29-40) meet at 6:45 p.m. ET on Tuesday at Fenway Park. Ernie Clement has a .304 batting average (ninth in MLB) for the favored Blue Jays (-115), and Willson Contreras ranks ninth in MLB action batting .304 this season for the underdog Red Sox (-105). Toronto’s Dylan Cease and Boston’s Payton Tolle will start this matchup.

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Blue Jays vs. Red Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Blue Jays (-115)
• Underdog: Red Sox (-105)
• Over/under: 7.5

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

• The Blue Jays have been favored on the moneyline 39 total times this season. They’ve finished 22-17 in those games.
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -115 or shorter, Toronto has gone 22-16 (57.9%).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Blue Jays have an implied win probability of 53.5%.
• Toronto has combined with opponents to go over the total 36 times this season for a 36-33-3 record against the over/under.
• The Blue Jays have a 35-37-0 record against the spread this season (covering 48.6% of the time).

Blue Jays hitting info

• Clement leads the Blue Jays with a .304 batting average.
• Among all batters in MLB play, Clement’s home run total ranks 114th and his RBI tally ranks 120th.
• Clement has hit safely in four straight games. In his last five games he is batting .250 with a double, a walk and two RBIs.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .280 with 12 doubles, three home runs and 34 walks.
• Among all MLB hitters, Guerrero ranks 232nd in home runs and 130th in RBI.
• Guerrero heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .150 with a double, two walks and two RBIs.
• Kazuma Okamoto leads the Blue Jays with 15 home runs and 42 runs batted in.
• Okamoto enters this matchup on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .294 with two doubles, two home runs, two walks and five RBIs.
• Jesus Sanchez is hitting .287 with 13 doubles, seven home runs and nine walks.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Blue Jays has a collective 9.1 K/9, the fourth-best in the majors.
• Toronto has a 4.13 team ERA that ranks 15th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Blue Jays combine for the 13th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.276).
• Blue Jays pitchers combine to allow 77 total home runs at a clip of 1.1 per game (15th-fewest in baseball).
• Toronto fell to the Yankees 8-3 in its last game with eight strikeouts while allowing 12 hits.

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• This season, the Red Sox have won 10 out of the 25 games, or 40%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Boston is 9-15 this season when entering a game as the underdog by -105 or more on the moneyline.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 51.2% chance of a victory for the Red Sox.
• Games involving Boston have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 31 of 69 chances this season.
• The Red Sox are 29-40-0 against the spread this season.

Red Sox hitting info

• Contreras leads Boston in home runs with 16, runs batted in with 43 and his batting average of .304 is also best on his team.
• Contreras ranks 15th in homers and 21st in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Contreras heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .421 with two doubles, three home runs and four RBIs.
• Wilyer Abreu is batting .279 with an OBP of .336 and a slugging percentage of .434 this season.
• Abreu ranks 93rd overall in home runs and 66th in RBI this season.
• Abreu takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .300 with three doubles, a home run and five RBIs.
• Ceddanne Rafaela has 68 hits this season and a slash line of .286/.341/.450.
• Jarren Duran has 55 hits and an OBP of .268 to go with a slugging percentage of .387 this season.
• Duran has hit safely in five straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .238 with a home run and three RBIs.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The Red Sox average the 13th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the majors this season.
• Boston pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.91 ERA this year, ninth-best in baseball.
• Red Sox pitchers have a 1.289 WHIP this season, 15th in the majors.
• The Red Sox have given up the 11th-fewest long balls so far this season with 75 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Boston fell to the Rangers 6-4. Its pitchers compiled six strikeouts and 13 hits allowed.