The Red Sox are coming into this game with a 42-36 record this season and they have been playing very well in their recent games. They have won their last 2 straight as well as 7 of their last 8 games and after hovering right around .500 for most of the season, they have played themselves back into this Wild Card race in the AL. They are going up against a Blue Jays team that is 35-42 this season and has been awful in their recent games. They have lost their last 6 straight games and have now been swept in B2B series, getting swept by the Red Sox in Toronto and the Guardians in Cleveland. Tanner Houck is starting for the Red Sox in this game and he is 7-5 with a 2.14 ERA this season. He has been pitching very well in his recent starts as he has allowed 2 earned runs or less in 6 of his last 7 starts. He has also been much better at home recently as he has allowed 1 earned run or less in 3 of his last 4 starts there. His last start was also against the Blue Jays and he only allowed 2 earned runs in their 4-3 win over the Jays. Chris Bassitt is starting for the Jays in this game and he is 6-6 with a 3.52 ERA this season. He has also been pitching well recently and he only allowed 2 earned runs in his last start which was against the Jays, but the Jays have also struggled to offer him run support in his starts. The Jays have lost 3 straight games when Bassitt was starting and they only scored 8 runs total between those 3 games. The Blue Jays are in the middle of a slump right now and the Red Sox have been heating up with the better offense recently. The Red Sox will win this game.