The Red Sox face the AL East-leading Blue Jays—get used to hearing that—tonight behind Nathan Eovaldi at Fenway Park (7:10 p.m., NESN, MLBN out-of-market).
True, the Sox are a single game back of first place, and they would pull into a tie with a win. The broader point is that the Blue Jays are extremely good and fun. Yusei Kikuchi, their starter tonight, looks to rebound from a disastrous first start, whereas Nathan Eovaldi goes out there likely on his way toward doing Big Nate things. Not the Big Nate things like giving up 4 homers over 10 innings, as he has, because this lineup, with Vladimir Gurrero Jr.