Lucas Giolito is set to start for the Boston Red Sox on Friday against Jackson Holliday and the Baltimore Orioles. First pitch is at 7:10 p.m. ET at Fenway Park. The Red Sox average 1.2 home runs per game to rank eighth in MLB play with 62 total home runs. The Orioles' .232 batting average ranks 24th in the league this season.

Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman had to leave Friday afternoon's game against the Baltimore Orioles in the fifth inning with an apparent leg injury.

Game 1 of this series was postopined yesterday, which came at a bad time for Baltimore. The Orioles are coming off a 8-4 wn in extra innings that snapped a eight-game losing streak. Morton takes the mound for the O's and they are 0-12 in his starts this season.