Atlanta Braves vs. Boston Red Sox (7/26/23): FREE live stream, time, details, odds

At their best, the Red Sox are capable of beating anyone in baseball. At their worst, and there have been some clunkers so far in a season in which they are 54-47, they’re capable of sheer ineptitude.

Both were on display in 7-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves, baseball’s best team by a long shot, on Tuesday night.

Despite running into a rare 8-3-5 triple play, the first in Major League Baseball in 139 years, the Red Sox otherwise dominated the best team in the league behind former Phillies pitcher Nick Pivetta, who went five innings in relief and lowered his bullpen ERA to 1.98.

Masataka Yoshida’s two-run homer to right in the eighth was his third hit of the night, and it put the game away.

The two teams will meet again on Wednesday at Fenway Park, starting at 7:30 p.m. EDT, with ESPN and ESPN Deportes airing the game, and fubo TV (FREE trial), Sling TV (half-off first month) and DirecTV Stream all live streaming it.

Atlanta RHP Spencer Strider (11-3, 3.78 ERA) will face RHP Brayan Bello (7-6, 3.60) of the Red Sox in the finale of the two-game interleague series.

The Braves (64-35) have lost 6 of their last 9 games yet still has the best record in the majors and an 11-game lead over second-place Philadelphia in the NL East.

Braves pitchers have a collective 3.83 ERA, which ranks fifth in MLB play. Offensively, Matt Olson leads Atlanta with 32 home runs while slugging .569 while Austin Riley is 12 for 40 with six home runs and 17 RBI over the past 10 games.

Justin Turner has 16 home runs, 38 walks and 64 RBI while hitting .286 to lead the Red Sox offensively. Yoshida is 15 for 43 with three doubles, a triple, two home runs and nine RBI over the last 10 games.

The Red Sox (54-47) enter in fourth place in the AL East, 8 games behind first-place Baltimore and 1.5 games out of a wild card spot.

According to the Fanduel Spertsbook MLB line: Braves -160, Red Sox +136; over/under is 9 1/2 runs