Red Sox bring 2-1 series advantage over Orioles into game 4

Baltimore Orioles (17-34, fifth in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (27-27, second in the AL East)

Boston; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Orioles: Dean Kremer (3-5, 5.50 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 40 strikeouts); Red Sox: Walker Buehler (4-1, 4.00 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 33 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Sox -134, Orioles +113; over/under is 9 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox bring a 2-1 lead into the latest game of the series against the Baltimore Orioles.

Boston is 27-27 overall and 16-13 at home. The Red Sox are 19-4 in games when they have more hits than their opponents.

Baltimore has gone 9-19 on the road and 17-34 overall. Orioles hitters have a collective .385 slugging percentage to rank eighth in the AL.

Sunday’s game is the seventh time these teams meet this season. The Red Sox are ahead 4-2 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS:

Adley Rutschman has seven doubles, a triple, five home runs and 15 RBIs for the Orioles. Cedric Mullins is 9 for 38 with three doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 5-5, .256 batting average, 4.39 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs

Orioles: 2-8, .266 batting average, 6.57 ERA, outscored by 29 runs

INJURIES: Red Sox: Alex Bregman: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Masataka Yoshida: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (knee), Tanner Houck: 15-Day IL (flexor), Romy Gonzalez: 10-Day IL (back), Richard Fitts: 15-Day IL (pectoral), Zach Penrod: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Orioles: Ramon Laureano: 10-Day IL (ankle), Tyler O’Neill: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Grayson Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Colton Cowser: 60-Day IL (thumb), Jordan Westburg: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Gary Sanchez: 10-Day IL (wrist), Cody Poteet: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Albert Suarez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tyler Wells: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Bradish: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.