Red Sox-Blue Jays series thumbnails

at Rogers Centre, Toronto

Tonight (7:07, NESN, WRKO 680): RHP Paul Byrd (7-11, 4.55) vs. RHP Shaun Marcum (8-5, 3.36).

Tomorrow (1:07 p.m., NESN, WRKO): LHP Jon Lester (12-4, 3.17) vs. RHP Jesse Litsch (8-7, 4.20).

Sunday (1:07 p.m., NESN, WRKO): RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka (15-2, 2.77) vs. RHP A.J. Burnett (16-9, 4.51).

Head to head: The Red Sox trail the season series, 6-2. The Blue Jays swept a pair at Fenway Park last weekend.

Miscellany: Toronto leads the American League in team ERA (3.61), starting pitching (3.86), and relief pitching (3.01) . . . Burnett's six-game win streak ties him for the longest in the league . . . In his Boston debut, against Toronto Saturday, Byrd became the first Sox starter to go at least seven innings without a walk or strikeout since Bret Saberhagen at Anaheim July 31, 1998 . . . Alex Rios had a five-hit game against the Red Sox Sunday . . . The Blue Jays acquired utilityman Jose Bautista from the Pirates yesterday for a player to be named.