Red Sox play the Braves in first of 3-game series

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Atlanta Braves (36-18, first in the NL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (22-30, fifth in the AL East)

Boston; Tuesday, 6:45 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Spencer Strider (2-0, 3.00 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 27 strikeouts); Red Sox: Ranger Suarez (2-2, 2.40 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 43 strikeouts)

LINE: Braves -114, Red Sox -106; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox host the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday to open a three-game series.

Boston has an 8-17 record at home and a 22-30 record overall. Red Sox pitchers have a collective 3.76 ERA, which ranks ninth in the majors.

Atlanta has gone 19-8 in road games and 36-18 overall. Braves hitters have a collective .431 slugging percentage to lead the NL.

Tuesday's game is the fourth meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Willson Contreras leads the Red Sox with 11 home runs while slugging .522. Wilyer Abreu is 11 for 44 with four doubles and two RBIs over the last 10 games.

Michael Harris II has five doubles, 11 home runs and 29 RBIs for the Braves. Drake Baldwin is 10 for 30 with a double and four home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 4-6, .258 batting average, 3.44 ERA, outscored by five runs

Braves: 6-4, .220 batting average, 3.13 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs

INJURIES: Red Sox: Trevor Story: 10-Day IL (groin), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (wrist), Roman Anthony: 10-Day IL (wrist), Garrett Crochet: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Johan Oviedo: 60-Day IL (elbow), Romy Gonzalez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Braves: Hurston Waldrep: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sean Murphy: 10-Day IL (finger), Drake Baldwin: 10-Day IL (oblique), Kyle Farmer: 10-Day IL (forearm), AJ Smith-Shawver: 60-Day IL (elbow), Danny Young: 60-Day IL (elbow), Spencer Schwellenbach: 60-Day IL (elbow), Joe Jimenez: 60-Day IL (knee), Joey Wentz: 60-Day IL (knee)

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