On deck: Boston Red Sox at Astros

When/where: 7:10 p.m. today, 6:15 p.m. Saturday, 1:10 p.m. Sunday; Minute Maid Park.

TV/radio: ATTSW today and Sunday, Fox on Saturday; 790 AM, 740 AM, 850 AM (Spanish), 101.7 FM (Spanish).

Pitchers: Today, LHP Wade Miley (4-2, 3.51) vs. LHP Chris Sale (1-5, 4.31); Saturday, RHP Brad Peacock (5-2, 3.59) vs. LHP David Price (2-2, 3.29); Sunday, RHP Justin Verlander (8-1, 2.24) vs. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (4-2, 4.89).

Astros (33-18) update: The 33-17 start is their second-best 50-game mark in club history, surpassed by the 34-16 record from the 2017 World Series championship team. … George Springer (back stiffness) should return to the lineup for the series opener Friday. Springer leads the American League in home runs and RBIs. … Wade Miley — who pitched for the Red Sox in 2015 — has allowed three or fewer runs in nine of his 10 starts this season. … Justin Verlander will enter his start with 2,795 career strikeouts. He is eight shy of tying Cy Young for 21st on the all-time list. … With 10 homers in May, Alex Bregman is one shy of Jimmy Wynn’s club-record 11 for the month, set in 1969.

Red Sox (27-23) update: Outfielder/DH J.D. Martinez did not play during the Sox’s four-game series in Toronto, sitting out once with an illness and the next day with a sore back.. … Chris Sale has 51 strikeouts in 261⁄3 May innings. … Last weekend in Fenway Park, the Astros took two of three. … On Monday, David Price made his return from an 18-day stay the injured list, throwing 67 pitches in five innings of a 12-2 win over the Blue Jays. … The Red Sox series win over the Blue Jays put them at four games over .500 for the first time all season. … Boston hit 11 home runs in its four-game series against the Jays..