The Boston Red Sox (87-71) have a 2-0 series lead and will attempt to sweep the Toronto Blue Jays (90-68) on Thursday at Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays are favored (-138) against the underdog Red Sox (+118) in the matchup, which starts at 7:07 p.m. ET. Louie Varland starts for Toronto, and Brayan Bello is Boston’s pick to start.

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Blue Jays vs. Red Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Blue Jays (-138)
• Underdog: Red Sox (+118)
• Over/under: 8

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

• The Blue Jays have compiled a 47-35 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 57.3% of those games).
• Toronto has gone 32-15 (winning 68.1% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -138 or shorter.
• The Blue Jays have an implied moneyline win probability of 58% in this contest.
• Toronto has played in 157 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 84 times (84-65-8).
• The Blue Jays have put together an 87-70-0 record against the spread this season.

Blue Jays hitting info

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is hitting .295 with 34 doubles, 23 home runs and 81 walks.
• Guerrero’s home runs rank 56th in MLB and he ranks 41st in RBI in MLB.
• George Springer’s 30 home runs pace his team.
• Among all MLB hitters, Springer ranks 24th in homers and 49th in RBI.
• Ernie Clement has 34 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 26 walks while hitting .276.
• Alejandro Kirk is batting .280 with 17 doubles, 12 home runs and 48 walks.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Blue Jays has a collective 8.9 K/9, the fifth-best in MLB.
• Toronto has the 20th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.25).
• Pitchers for the Blue Jays combine for the 16th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.277).
• Blue Jays pitchers combine to give up 206 total home runs at a clip of 1.3 per game (25th-fewest in MLB).
• Toronto struck out eight Red Sox batters while allowing 12 hits in a 7-1 loss in its last game.

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• This season, the Red Sox have won 28 out of the 56 games, or 50%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Boston is 11-15 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +118 or more on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Red Sox, based on the moneyline, is 45.9%.
• Games involving Boston have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 75 of 157 chances this season.
• The Red Sox are 81-76-0 against the spread this season.

Red Sox hitting info

• Jarren Duran has been key for Boston with 16 home runs, 82 RBI and a batting average of .257 this season.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Duran ranks 123rd in homers and 46th in RBI.
• Trevor Story is batting .267 with 25 home runs and 95 RBI, all three of which rank first for Boston this season.
• Story ranks 46th in homers and 18th in RBI among all major league hitters this season.
• Story brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .240 with a double, a walk and two RBIs.
• Alex Bregman has 117 hits this season and a slash line of .275/.361/.465.
• Ceddanne Rafaela has 131 hits and an OBP of .292 to go with a slugging percentage of .408 this season.
• Rafaela enters this game on a five-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .474 with three doubles, two walks and two RBIs.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The Red Sox strike out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 18th in MLB.
• Boston has the fifth-best ERA (3.73) in the majors this season.
• Red Sox pitchers have a 1.287 WHIP this season, 17th in the majors.
• The Red Sox have given up the fourth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 161 home runs allowed.
• Boston pitchers struck out seven Blue Jays batters while allowing four hits in a 7-1 win last time out.