Boston Red Sox to visit the Philadelphia Phillies

Posted September 08, 2020 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

Boston Red Sox (14-28, fifth in the AL East) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (20-17, second in the NL East)

Philadelphia; Tuesday, 7:35 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Philadelphia and Boston will play on Tuesday.

The Phillies are 13-9 on their home turf. Philadelphia's team on-base percentage of .335 is fifth in the league. Bryce Harper leads the club with an OBP of .406.

The Red Sox are 7-11 on the road. Boston has slugged .444, good for third in the American League. Xander Bogaerts leads the club with a .541 slugging percentage, including 18 extra-base hits and 10 home runs.

TOP PERFORMERS: J.T. Realmuto leads the Phillies with 27 RBIs and is batting .262.

Bogaerts leads the Red Sox with 10 home runs home runs and is slugging .541.

INJURIES: Phillies: David Robertson: (elbow), Seranthony Dominguez: (elbow), Jose Alvarez: (undisclosed), Roman Quinn: (concussion), Jay Bruce: (quad), Scott Kingery: (back).

Red Sox: Chris Sale: (elbow), Eduardo Rodriguez: (heart), Darwinzon Hernandez: (sc joint), Kyle Hart: (hip), Nathan Eovaldi: (calf), Colten Brewer: (finger), Andrew Benintendi: (rib), Dustin Pedroia: (knee), Yairo Munoz: (right hip).

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

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