Ranger Suarez will get the start for the opener. The 30-year-old lefty allowed four runs in 4⅔ innings in his most recent start, a 4-1 home loss to the Yankees.
The Blue Jays will counter with righthander Dylan Cease, who matched a season-high 12 strikeouts in his last start, a 5-2 win at the Angels.
Here is a preview.
RED SOX (11-17): Duran LF, Contreras 1B, Anthony DH, Abreu RF, Story SS, Mayer 2B, Rafaela CF, Narváez C, Durbin 3B.
Pitching: LHP Ranger Suarez (1-2, 4.00 ERA)
BLUE JAYS (12-15): Straw CF, Clement SS, Guerrero Jr. 1B, Okamoto 3B, Sosa 2B, Jiménez DH, Sánchez RF, Schneider LF, Heineman C.
Pitching: RHP Dylan Cease (1-0, 2.10 ERA)
Time: 7:07 p.m.
TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7
Red Sox vs. Cease: Wilyer Abreu 1-2, Roman Anthony 1-2, Willson Contreras 3-12, Jarren Duran 0-2, Caleb Durbin 0-2, Isiah Kiner-Falefa 4-7, Andruw Monasterio 1-5, Ceddanne Rafaela 1-5, Trevor Story 2-10, Connor Wong 0-2, Masataka Yoshida 3-5
Blue Jays vs. Suarez: Ernie Clement 2-3, Andrés Giménez 0-4, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 0-4, Tyler Heineman 0-1, Eloy Jiménez 0-1, Davis Schneider 1-2, Myles Straw 0-5, Jesús Sánchez 1-4, Daulton Varsho 0-2
Stat of the day: The Red Sox have homered in a season-high four consecutive games.
Notes: Suarez has failed to complete five innings in three of his five starts. … The Sox are 10-1 when starting pitchers complete six innings. … Suarez, who inked a five-year, $130 million deal in January, has faced Toronto twice. In his lone start against the Blue Jays, he tossed seven scoreless innings in an 8-0 victory on June 13, 2025. … In six starts against the Red Sox, Cease is 1-1 with a 6.04 ERA. … Toronto’s 4.45 ERA ranks 11th in the American League. … The Blue Jays won five of their previous seven and took two of three against the Guardians over the weekend. … Offseason addition Kazuma Okamoto, who signed a four-year, $60 million contract with the club after a decade playing in Japan, homered twice against Cleveland.
Information from Field Level Media was used in this story.
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