Red Sox vs Blue Jays: Staring Lineup - Game Two Preview

The Blue Jays lost to the Boston Red Sox 4-1 on Tuesday night and the New York Yankees completed a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the Chicago White Sox within 30 seconds of each other Tuesday night.

That narrowed Toronto's lead in the American League East to just one game, with five games left in the regular season, although the Blue Jays hold the tiebreaker over New York.

Blue Jays veteran Max Scherzer goes up against Red Sox lefty Garrett Crochet. First pitch is at 7:07 PM ET on Sportsnet and TVA Sports.

In his last outing Scherzer (5-4) coughed up seven runs on seven hits and one walk over two-thirds of an inning to take the loss at Kansas City. He struck out two.

The future Hall of Famer posted the second-shortest start of his 18-year career, with the briefest being a one-out appearance June 11, 2021 he left with injury.

Despite generating a respectable eight whiffs out of his 45 total pitches, Scherzer was pounded by the Royals, as five of the seven hits he allowed went for extra bases.

Overall, the 41-year-old now sports a 5.06 ERA, 1.25 WHIP and 77:23 K:BB while giving up 18 long balls in 80 total frames.

Bosox ace Garrett Crochet (17-5) toes the rubber tonight in Toronto. In his last outing the lefty earned the win against the Rays, allowing three runs on four hits and three walks with nine strikeouts over six innings.

Crochet threw just 56 of 98 pitches for strikes and gave up a run in each of his first three innings before settling in to finish with three scoreless frames.

The 26-year-old has bounced back from a seven-run blowup Sept. 2 with three straight quality starts and leads the majors with 197.1 innings across 31 outings this season.

For the season, he owns a 2.69 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 249:46 K:BB, and he'll try to reach the 200-inning mark for the first time in his career tonight at Rogers Centre.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .299 with 23 home runs and 83 RBI for Toronto this season.

George Springer's 30 home runs are most among Toronto batters. He's driven in 80 runs this season while slugging .552.

Ernie Clement has collected 146 base hits, an OBP of .315 and a slugging percentage of .401 this season.

Alejandro Kirk has 123 hits and an OBP of .352 to go with a slugging percentage of .407 this season.

Jarren Duran has 39 doubles, 13 triples, 16 home runs and 59 walks while hitting .260.

Trevor Story has hit 25 home runs with 95 runs batted in while hitting .264. Those stats are all team-highs.

Alex Bregman has 27 doubles, 18 home runs and 49 walks while hitting .278.

Ceddanne Rafaela is batting .244 with 31 doubles, three triples, 16 home runs and 26 walks.

Blue Jays:Bo Bichette: 10 Day IL (Knee), Chris Bassitt: 15 Day IL (Back), Ryan Burr: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Yimi Garcia: 60 Day IL (Ankle), Robinson Pina: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Nick Sandlin: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Bowden Francis: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Anthony Santander: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Angel Bastardo: 60 Day IL (Elbow)

Red Sox:Roman Anthony: 10 Day IL (Oblique), Brennan Bernardino: 15 Day IL (Lat), Dustin May: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Jordan Hicks: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Richard Fitts: 15 Day IL (Biceps), Triston Casas: 60 Day IL (Knee), Marcelo Mayer: 60 Day IL (Wrist), Josh Winckowski: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Luis Guerrero: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Kutter Crawford: 60 Day IL (Knee), Patrick Sandoval: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Liam Hendriks: 60 Day IL (Hip), Tanner Houck: 60 Day IL (Flexor), Hunter Dobbins: 60 Day IL (Acl), Vaughn Grissom: 60 Day IL (Foot)