Boston Red Sox at Athletics

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Interstat) — The Boston Red Sox visit the Athletics on Tuesday, July 28, in the second game of a three-game series at Sutter Health Park. Boston enters 54-50, while the Athletics are 44-61.

Ranger Suarez is scheduled to start for Boston. Suarez earned a win in his last outing Sunday against Toronto, allowing no runs and four hits in four innings with six strikeouts. He also won July 5 at the Los Angeles Angels, allowing three runs in 2 2/3 innings.

Luis Morales is the probable starter for the Athletics. Morales took a loss Sunday at Minnesota, allowing two runs and four hits in 4 2/3 innings with five strikeouts in an 11-8 defeat.

The teams met Monday in the series opener, but the game was suspended scoreless in the first inning. The contest will be completed Wednesday before the regularly scheduled game.

Boston enters having won seven of its past 10 games. The Red Sox beat Toronto 6-1 on Sunday behind Suarez’s outing and a two-RBI game from left fielder Jarren Duran, who went 3-for-4. Jahmai Jones added two RBIs as a pinch hitter.

The Athletics have lost four of their past six games. Sunday’s 11-8 defeat to Minnesota featured a home run and three RBIs from first baseman Nick Kurtz, who went 1-for-3. Second baseman Jeff McNeil went 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Boston has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The over/under is 9 runs, and the Internet Sports Consortium’s game simulator projects an 8-3 Red Sox victory.

Tuesday’s game is the second of a five-game road trip for Boston, which travels to Los Angeles for a three-game series against the Dodgers starting Friday. The Athletics continue a 10-game homestand, with a three-game series against Detroit beginning Friday.

The series concludes with games Wednesday and Thursday. The teams meet again Aug. 7-8 in Boston.