Rutschman was 0 for 3 with a strikeout as the designated hitter for Triple-A Worcester on Sunday. Over two games, he was 1 for 5 with two walks.

Rutschman’s return would give the Red Sox three catchers, one more than they usually carry. Tracy said the team has to decide how that will shake out.

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Jake Rogers, who arrived with Rutschman in the trade with Baltimore last week, is 3 for 6 with two doubles and two RBIs in three games for the Sox. But Connor Wong, who has been with the team since 2021, has worked well with several starters, in particular Sonny Gray.

The Sox open the series against the Blue Jays with Gray facing Jameson Taillon. Patrick Sandoval, Ranger Suarez, and Payton Tolle will follow.

Gray asked to stay to turn. Sandoval will pitch with two extra days of rest. Suarez and Tolle will get one extra.

The Sox are being careful with Sandoval, who is pitching for the first time since 2024 after recovering from Tommy John surgery. They also don’t want to overload Tolle or fellow rookie lefthander Jake Bennett.

“This gives the kids an [extra] day,” Tracy said. “There are certain spots in the schedule where it’s a layup as far as doing that.”

Tolle has pitched 122 innings this season, well beyond the 108⅓ he had last season. Bennett is 21 innings beyond last season’s total.

“Innings is a macro way of looking at it,” Tracy said. “They’re going to surpass [last season], which is fine. You increase innings each year, so they’re going to go past it.”

Baseball can be unfair, just ask Raymond Burgos.

We would have, but the Red Sox optioned the 27-year-old lefthander back to Triple-A Worcester before the game.

Raymond Burgos allowed two runs in six relief innings but was sent right back down to the minors with the addition of Seth Martinez. Christian Kantosky for The Boston Globe

Burgos threw three scoreless innings in relief on Friday, then came back Saturday and threw three more innings, giving up two runs.

Because he would not have been available to pitch Sunday, Burgos went back to the minors and righthanded reliever Seth Martinez was added to the roster.

Burgos was signed out of the Mexican League in May and appeared in 15 games for Worcester before joining the Sox. Friday and Saturday were the second and third major league games of his career.

The 31-year-old Martinez is a baseball vagabond. He played parts of four seasons for the Astros, then made six appearances for the Marlins last year.

He signed a minor league deal with the Sox in January and pitched in seven spring training games with mixed results before being assigned to Worcester, where he had a 5.55 ERA in 33 games.

Masataka Yoshida missed his second straight game because of the same illness that kept Willson Contreras out of the lineup Thursday and Friday. “We have some of that stuff going around,” Tracy said. Yoshida stayed home Saturday but was at the ballpark on Sunday and feeling a little better . . . Caleb Durbin was out of the lineup for the first time since June 17. Tracy said it was just a rest day with the Sox not scheduled to have a day off until Aug. 20. “You’re going through this stretch, and you feel like a hot day game, he’s one of those guys I need to get off their feet,” said Tracy, who plans to give Andruw Monasterio and Ceddanne Rafaela days off during the upcoming road trip. Durbin pinch hit in the ninth inning and drew a walk . . . James Tubin, who has worked at Fenway Park for 50 years as a ticket taker, threw out the first pitch with nine members of his family on the field with him. The Chelmsford Children’s Chorus followed with an excellent rendition of the national anthem.

Peter Abraham can be reached at peter.abraham@globe.com. Follow him on Bluesky at peteabeglobe.bsky.social‬.