Coming into this series at home against the Boston Red Sox, there was reason for the Atlanta Braves to feel optimistic. It wasn’t all that long ago when the Braves went up to Fenway Park and took two out of three against the Red Sox in their ballpark.

Abraham Toro and the Boston Red Sox take on Ronald Acuna and the Atlanta Braves on Sunday at 1:35 p.m. ET, in the final of a three-game series at Truist Park. The 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Red Sox pitching staff ranks 14th in MLB. The Braves strike out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, eighth-best in MLB.

As the Red Sox continue to slump, they bring up veteran minor leaguer Nate Eaton and leave Roman Anthony at Triple-A Worcester