Boston Red Sox (56-51, third in the AL East) vs. Athletics (45-63, fourth in the AL West)West Sacramento, California; Thursday, 9:40 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Sonny Gray (12-2, 2.78 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 93 strikeouts); Athletics: Mason Barnett (1-1, 4.74 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 23 strikeouts)LINE: Red Sox -170, Athletics +139; over/under is 10 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox lead 2-1 in a four-game series against the Athletics. The Red Sox have gone 37-20 in games when they record at least eight hits. Willson Contreras leads the Red Sox with 22 home runs while slugging .539. Ginn: 15-Day IL (finger), Mark Leiter Jr.: 15-Day IL (hip), Justin Sterner: 15-Day IL (knee), Brent Rooker: 60-Day IL (knee), Denzel Clarke: 60-Day IL (foot), Gunnar Hoglund: 60-Day IL (knee)Red Sox: Curtis Mead: 10-Day IL (hand), Marcelo Mayer: 10-Day IL (forearm), Roman Anthony: 60-Day IL (wrist), Garrett Crochet: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Trevor Story: 60-Day IL (abdomen), Isiah Kiner-Falefa: 10-Day IL (forearm), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Zack Kelly: 60-Day IL (elbow), Johan Oviedo: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (wrist), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (elbow)___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.