The Boston Red Sox (29-40) and the Toronto Blue Jays (34-38) meet on Wednesday at Fenway Park, beginning at 6:45 p.m. ET. The Red Sox are moneyline favorites (-125), while the Blue Jays are +103 underdogs, despite being favored against the spread (1.5) with +158 odds. Jake Bennett gets the starting nod for Boston, and Max Scherzer is Toronto’s choice to start.

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Red Sox vs. Blue Jays betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-125)
• Underdog: Blue Jays (+103)
• Over/under: 9.5

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have won 43.2% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (19-25).
• Boston has a record of 12-17 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -125 or shorter (41.4% winning percentage).
• The Red Sox have an implied moneyline win probability of 55.6% in this game.
• Boston has played in 69 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 31 times (31-34-4).
• The Red Sox have put together a 29-40-0 record ATS this season (covering 42% of the time).

Red Sox hitting info

• Willson Contreras has put up a team-high batting average of .304, while leading the Red Sox in home runs (16) and runs batted in (43).
• Contreras ranks 16th in homers and 22nd in RBI among all batters in MLB action.
• Contreras has safely hit in three straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .421 with two doubles, three home runs and four RBIs.
• Wilyer Abreu is batting .279 with 15 doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 24 walks.
• Among all MLB hitters, Abreu ranks 94th in homers and 69th in RBI.
• Abreu heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .300 with three doubles, a home run and five RBIs.
• Ceddanne Rafaela has 14 doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 14 walks while hitting .286.
• Jarren Duran is hitting .211 with nine doubles, two triples, 11 home runs and 18 walks.
• Duran brings a five-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .238 with a home run and three RBIs.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Red Sox pitching staff ranks 14th in the majors.
• Boston’s 3.91 team ERA ranks ninth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Red Sox average baseball’s 15th-ranked WHIP (1.289).
• Red Sox pitchers combine to surrender the 10th-fewest home runs in baseball (75 total, 1.1 per game).
• Boston its 6-4 loss the last time out, the team struck out six Rangers batters while allowing 13 hits.

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

• This season, the Blue Jays have won 12 out of the 33 games, or 36.4%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Toronto is 7-16 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +103 or more on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 49.3% chance of a victory for the Blue Jays.
• Toronto’s games have gone over the total in 36 of its 72 chances.
• The Blue Jays are 35-37-0 against the spread this season.

Blue Jays hitting info

• Ernie Clement leads Toronto in batting average (.304) this season while adding seven home runs and 28 RBI.
• Clement ranks 115th in home runs and 122nd in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Clement takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .250 with a double, a walk and two RBIs.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has 69 hits and an OBP of .372 to go with a slugging percentage of .366 this season.
• Among all major league hitters, Guerrero ranks 235th in homers and 130th in RBI.
• Guerrero takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .150 with a double, two walks and two RBIs.
• Kazuma Okamoto leads Toronto in home runs (15) and runs batted in (42) this season while batting .235.
• Okamoto enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .294 with two doubles, two home runs, two walks and five RBIs.
• Jesus Sanchez has 56 hits and an OBP of .325 to go with a slugging percentage of .462 this season.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

• The Blue Jays strike out 9.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-best in MLB.
• Toronto has the 16th-ranked ERA (4.13) in the majors this season.
• The Blue Jays rank 12th in MLB with a combined 1.276 WHIP this season.
• The Blue Jays have given up the 15th-fewest long balls so far this season with 77 home runs allowed.
• Toronto pitchers struck out eight Yankees hitters while allowing 12 base hits in an 8-3 loss its last time out.