Rested and ready: Red Sox lefty returns to the mound

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: The first Tuesday of August brings a 15-game slate. LHP Garrett Crochet returns to the mound after skipping a turn; he's the boldest green rating on a day with otherwise low strikeout ratings holding down the overall average. Tuesday looks to be a mostly benign day on the baseball weather map.

Notable Starts:

Garrett Crochet returns to action after some workload-management rest time. Crochet had been ticketed for last Friday's series opener against the Astros, but the 26-year-old left-hander was pushed back. He'll square off against a Kansas City Royals club that has been productive of late (.761 OPS since the all-star break). But Crochet has a highly efficient history against KC: current Royals batters...

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