Overview

• Boston enters at 79-65 with a wild-card position, while Oakland is 66-78 to start the three-game set.
• The scheduled matchup features Garrett Crochet (14-5, 2.67 ERA) against 22-year-old Luis Morales (3-0, 1.59 ERA), who has 30 strikeouts and 17 hits allowed in 28 1/3 innings since his Aug. 1 debut.
• Crochet allowed seven runs and four homers in his last start, prompting renewed focus on his 178 1/3 innings after earlier Tommy John surgery, and he says he feels strong.
• Boston stopped a three-game skid with a 7-4 road win Sunday, and Aroldis Chapman earned his 29th save while extending a hitless-appearance streak to 17 games over 14 2/3 innings.
• This is the teams’ first meeting of 2025, with first pitch set for 10:05 p.m. EDT at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento.