The Toronto Blue Jays (47-56) visit the Boston Red Sox (52-49) in AL East action on Friday at 7:15 p.m. ET. The Blue Jays are moneyline underdogs (+106) against the favored Red Sox (-128). Patrick Sandoval starts for Boston, and Trey Yesavage is Toronto’s choice to start.

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Red Sox vs. Blue Jays betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-128)
• Underdog: Blue Jays (+106)
• Over/under: 8.5

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have won 50.8% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (33-32).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -128 or shorter, Boston has a record of 17-23 (42.5%).
• The Red Sox have a 56.1% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Boston has played in 101 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 44 times (44-52-5).
• The Red Sox have gone 49-52-0 ATS this season.

Red Sox hitting info

• Willson Contreras leads the Red Sox in home runs (22), runs batted in (66) and has racked up a team-high batting average of .293.
• Among batters in MLB, Contreras ranks 12th in homers and 10th in RBI.
• Contreras heads into this game on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .467 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and four RBIs.
• Wilyer Abreu is batting .261 with 21 doubles, three triples, 15 home runs and 41 walks.
• Abreu ranks 62nd in home runs and 62nd in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Ceddanne Rafaela is batting .280 with 25 doubles, three triples, nine home runs and 18 walks.
• Caleb Durbin has 18 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 23 walks while hitting .237.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The Red Sox pitching staff is 15th in the majors with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Boston’s 3.56 team ERA ranks fourth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Red Sox pitchers combine for the No. 6 WHIP in baseball (1.223).
• Red Sox pitchers combine to surrender 102 home runs (1.0 per game), the fourth-fewest in the majors.
• Boston lost to the Orioles 5-1 in its last game with eight strikeouts while allowing nine hits.

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

• The Blue Jays have been underdogs in 44 games this season and won 17 (38.6%) of those contests.
• Toronto has entered 25 games this season as the underdog by +106 or more and is 9-16 in those contests.
• The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 48.5% chance of a victory for the Blue Jays.
• So far this season, Toronto and its opponents have hit the over in 52 of its 103 games with a total.
• The Blue Jays have an ATS record of 48-55-0 in 103 games with a spread this season.

Blue Jays hitting info

• Ernie Clement leads Toronto with a .296 batting average. He’s also hit eight homers and has 32 RBI.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Clement ranks 164th in home runs and 180th in RBI.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .259 with an OBP of .340 and a slugging percentage of .353 this season.
• Among all MLB hitters, Guerrero ranks 222nd in home runs and 107th in RBI.
• Guerrero heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .150 with a double and an RBI.
• Kazuma Okamoto leads Toronto in home runs with 22 and runs batted in with 62.
• George Springer has collected 64 hits this season and has an OBP of .312. He’s slugging .391 on the year.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

• The Blue Jays have a 9.0 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, seventh-best in baseball.
• Toronto has pitched to a 4.16 ERA this season, which ranks 12th in baseball.
• Blue Jays pitchers have a 1.310 WHIP this season, 14th in the majors.
• The Blue Jays have given up the 13th-fewest long balls so far this season with 113 home runs allowed.
• Toronto earned a 3-1 win in its most recent game, striking out six Rays batters while allowing three hits.