The Red Sox (85-35) look to continue their own personal Summerslam tour tonight against the Phillies (65-52) tonight behind Rick Porcello at Citizen’s Bank Ballpark (7:05 p.m., NESN, MLBN out-of-network). Read Matt’s series preview here.
About tonight’s game: Porcello (14-5, 4.17 ERA), who was touched up for seven runs last time out in Toronto, leading the team’s only loss of the month, looks to get back on track against a Philly team hanging a mere game out of first place in the N.L. East. He’ll face Nick Pivetta (7-9, 4.