Toronto @ Boston preview

Last Meeting ( Jun 13, 2015 ) Toronto 5, Boston 4

The Toronto Blue Jays have won 10 straight games and are showing no signs of slowing down. The Blue Jays will try to post No. 11 and wrap up a three-game sweep when they visit the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.

Toronto busted out the offense in a 13-10 victory in Friday’s opener and then leaned on what had been the team’s weakness – the bullpen – in finishing off Saturday’s 5-4, 11-inning triumph. Four relievers combined to allow three hits in five scoreless innings without walking a batter, giving Russell Martin enough time to put the Blue Jays on top to stay with a solo homer in the top of the 11th. The Red Sox are losers of five in a row and squandered a seven-run lead on Friday before battling back to tie and then going cold on Saturday. Last-place Boston is just 10-20 against the other teams in the American League East.

TV: 1:35 p.m. ET, SNET (Toronto), NESN (Boston)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Blue Jays RH Marco Estrada (3-3, 3.78 ERA) vs. Red Sox LH Eduardo Rodriguez (2-0, 0.44)

Estrada has posted two straight wins and three consecutive quality starts, scattering three runs and seven hits over seven innings to beat Miami on Monday. The 31-year-old issued a total of two walks in 20 innings over those last three turns. Estrada earned himself a spot in the rotation by pitching three scoreless innings of relief at Boston on April 28 and picking up a win.

Rodriguez continues to be one of the few bright spots for the Red Sox and has dominated in each of his first three major-league starts. The Venezuela native could not get any help from the offense at Baltimore on Tuesday and ended up without a decision despite allowing three hits and striking out seven in six scoreless frames. Rodriguez won his lone previous start at home on June 3 while limiting the Minnesota Twins to one run and two hits in seven innings.

WALK-OFFS

1. Red Sox CF Mookie Betts (sprained lower back) missed Saturday and “will need a couple of days” before returning to the lineup according to manager John Farrell.

2. The Blue Jays reached an agreement on Saturday with first-round draft pick RHP Joe Harris.

3. Toronto SS Jose Reyes has hit safely in 10 straight games.

PREDICTION: Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 1