Overview

• The three-game set begins Monday at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, the clubs’ first meeting of 2025, with first pitch at 10:05 p.m. EDT.
• Probable starters: Boston left-hander Garrett Crochet (14-5, 2.67 ERA, 218 strikeouts) and Oakland right-hander Luis Morales (3-0, 1.59 ERA, 30 strikeouts since his Aug. 1 debut).
• Crochet seeks a rebound after allowing seven runs and four homers to Cleveland in his last start, with his season workload at 178 1/3 innings; he said he feels really good.
• Boston enters 79-65 holding the American League’s second wild-card spot after a 7-4 win Sunday that snapped a three-game skid, highlighted by Aroldis Chapman’s franchise-record 17 straight hitless appearances and his 29th save.
• Oakland is 66-78 after a 4-3 loss to the Angels, with 22-year-old Tyler Soderstrom batting .276 with 24 homers and a team-leading 86 RBIs as a key young contributor.