Lineups:
Blue Jays:
1. George Springer ® DH
2. Bo Bichette ® SS
3. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ® LF
4. Raimel Tapia (L) RF
5. Matt Chapman ® 3B
6. Alejandro Kirk ® C
7. Santiago Espinal ® 2B
8. Gosuke Katoh (L) 1B
9. Bradley Zimmer (L) CF
Red Sox:
1. Trevor Story ® 2B
2. Alex Verdugo (L) LF
3. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
4. Enrique Hernandez ® CF
5. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) RF
6. Christian Arroyo ® SS
7. Bobby Dalbec ® 1B
8. Travis Shaw (L) DH
9. Christian Vazquez ® C
Blue Jays’ Starter
Alek Manoah R
3-0 2.00 ERA
The young and exciting Alek Manoah heads back to the mound for the Blue Jays, making his fourth start of the season. Each of his first three resulted in a successful 6 innings, with Manoah earning the win in each game as well. As a result, he enters play today with a 3-0 record and 2.00 ERA over 18 innings. He has allowed 12 hits and 6 walks, giving him a 1.00 WHIP, with 18 strikeouts as well. Just a very balanced and clean looking stat line thanks to his 18 innings.
Red Sox’ Starter
Garrett Whitlock R
1-0 .66 ERA
The Red Sox will go with closer-turned starter Garrett Whitlock. Whitlock found his way into the rotation for the first time in his career last week against the Rays, where he made it through 4 shutout innings, where he allowed just 1 hit and struck out 7 of the 13 batters he faced. He threw just 48 pitches, so maybe 60 total today would be a reasonable expectation. Overall on the season, he has allowed 1 run over 13.2 innings. surrendering just 5 hits and 2 walks while striking out 18.