Sox, Indians trending with over
The Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians hold the rubber match of their season-opening series tonight at 6:10PM ET. Will it be a high-scoring contest?
Boston sends Joe Kelly to the mound today to face Danny Salazar of the Indians. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Indians are favored at home, as they are getting odds of -135 to win, while the Red Sox are getting a money line of +125 to win. The over/under total for the contest has been set at 7.5 runs.
These two have split the first two games of the series. Boston picked up a 6-2 win on Tuesday night to open the season, but Cleveland bounced back on Wednesday with a 7-6 win at home. Cleveland has now won seven of its last 10 meetings with the Red Sox and the two have hit the over in six of their last eight outings.
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Scoring runs hasn’t been an issue thus far in the series and now the Red Sox have Kelly taking the mound, which has led to plenty of overs. The Sox are 8-1-1 with the over in his last 10 overall starts and 13-6 with the over in their last 19 road games against a right-handed starter. Cleveland has hit the over in 21 of its last 30 home games and they clearly showed some pop in their bats on Wednesday night.
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