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Red Sox try to continue road win streak in matchup with the Blue Jays

By The Associated PressYahoo Sports

Boston Red Sox (12-17, fifth in the AL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (12-16, fourth in the AL East) Toronto; Tuesday, 7:07 p. m.

EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Payton Tolle (0-0, 1. 50 ERA, 0. 67 WHIP, 11 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Trey Yesavage (0-0) LINE: Blue Jays -117, Red Sox -103; over/under is 7 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox will try to keep a three-game road win streak alive when they face the Toronto Blue Jays.

Toronto has a 12-16 record overall and an 8-8 record at home. The Blue Jays have the 10th-best team batting average in MLB play at . 249.

Boston is 12-17 overall and 7-9 in road games. Red Sox hitters are batting a collective . 234, which ranks 10th in the AL.

The teams meet Tuesday for the second time this season. TOP PERFORMERS: Ernie Clement has 13 doubles and seven RBIs for the Blue Jays. Kazuma Okamoto is 9 for 34 with a double and three home runs over the last 10 games.