The Sox will send lefthander Ranger Suarez to the mound for the opener. The Braves, who won two of three when the teams met in Atlanta earlier this month, will counter with righthander Spencer Strider.

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BRAVES (36-18): Acuña Jr. RF, Dubón LF, Olson 1B, Albies 2B, Riley 3B, White DH, Harris II CF, Kim SS, León C.

Pitching: RHP Spencer Strider (2-0, 3.00 ERA)

RED SOX (22-30): Duran LF, Rafaela CF, Abreu RF, Contreras 1B, Yoshida DH, Gasper C, Sogard 2B, Mayer SS, Kiner-Falefa 3B.

Pitching: LHP Ranger Suarez (2-2, 2.40 ERA)

Time: 6:45 p.m.

TV, radio: NESN, TBS, WEEI-FM 93.7

Braves vs. Suarez: Ronald Acuña Jr. 5-22, Ozzie Albies 9-28, Mauricio Dubón 0-3, Michael Harris II 3-20, Ha-Seong Kim 3-11, Sandy León 0-3, Jorge Mateo 1-5, Matt Olson 7-28, Austin Riley 9-26, Dominic Smith 3-10, Chadwick Tromp 0-2, Eli White 1-10, Mike Yastrzemski 1-3

Red Sox vs. Strider: Wilyer Abreu 0-2, Willson Contreras 1-4, Jarren Duran 0-4, Caleb Durbin 0-2, Mickey Gasper 1-2, Marcelo Mayer 0-2, Andruw Monasterio 0-2, Carlos Narváez 1-1, Ceddanne Rafaela 1-1, Connor Wong 2-3, Masataka Yoshida 0-3

Stat of the day: The Red Sox have never made the playoffs in a year when they lost 17 of 25 home games

Notes: Suarez has made 22 appearances against Atlanta, including 13 starts. He’s 4-4 with a 3.38 ERA, recording 86 strikeouts in 80 innings. … The Sox are batting .272 with a .340 OBP and .782 OPS in their last seven games. … Willson Contreras is batting.452 with a 1.372 OPS over his eight-game hitting streak. … Wilyer Abreu is hitting .301 with an .804 OPS over his last 29 games. … The Braves are coming off a pair of losses to the Nationals in which they managed just one run, which came in the ninth inning of Sunday’s 2-1 defeat. Matt Olson is batting .160 with two extra-base hits in his last 13 games. … Strider has allowed three earned runs on nine hits in 11⅔ innings in two starts against the Red Sox, but didn’t get a decision in either game.

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