Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox 7/26/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Monday night baseball on ESPN, the Toronto Blue Jays will travel to Fenway Park to face the Boston Red Sox. The Blue Jays (49-46) have split their previous ten games and trail Oakland by 5.5 games for the final AL Wild Card spot. On Sunday, All-Star 2B Marcus Semien doubled twice and scored a pair of runs during a 5-4 road loss against the New York Mets.

Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo has yet to name a starting pitcher for the series opener. The Blue Jays currently rank 12th in the majors with a 4.01 team ERA and have logged 32 quality starts.

The Boston Red Sox have won 31 of their first 51 home games and lead Tampa Bay by one full game in the AL East Division race. On Sunday, Boston rallied for five runs in the eighth inning of a 5-4 home victory versus New York. All-Star SS Xander Bogaerts delivered a sacrifice fly to score Kiki Hernandez with the winning run for the Red Sox (61-39).

The Red Sox will turn to twenty-eight year old righty Nick Pivetta (8-4 4.37 ERA) on Monday. Through 103 innings of work, Pivetta has struck out 117 batters and owns a 1.32 WHIP.