Athletics (70-80, fourth in the AL West) vs. Boston Red Sox (82-68, third in the AL East) Boston; Tuesday, 6:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Jeffrey Springs (10-11, 4.28 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 132 strikeouts); Red Sox: Connelly Early (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 11 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Sox -161, Athletics +135; over/under is 9 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox host the Athletics to begin a three-game series. Boston has gone 45-30 at home and 82-68 overall. The Red Sox have hit 177 total home runs to rank eighth in the AL.