The Red Sox don’t play the Astros (for once) when they host the Blue Jays tonight at Fenway Park behind Garrett Richards (7:10 p.m., NESN).
Right now the Sox sit one game behind Tampa Bay for the AL East lead, with the Yankees and Blue Jays six and six and a half games back, respectively. Now that they’re playing a division rival, losses could sting a little bit more than those to the Astros—and wins might be easier to come by after whatever last night’s game was.
Richards continues to do his Richards thing of getting into and out of trouble, and will have his hands full tonight as everyone does with Toronto’s bat-heavy lineup.