Red Sox vs. Rays Prediction
Can the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays find some hitting when they meet up today at 1:10PM ET?
The Red Sox have Drew Pomeranz on the mound to face Jake Odorizzi of the Rays. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, Boston is favored on the road. The Red Sox are getting odds of -125 to win, while the Rays are getting odds of +115 to prevail. The over/under total for the contest is set at 7.5 runs.
Boston is 71-55 overall, 33-28 on the road and 62-59-5 with the over. Tampa Bay is 53-72 overall, 31-37 at home and 60-58-7 with the under. Boston has picked up wins in two of the three games in this series and these two have hit the under in four of their last five meetings.
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Runs have been hard to come by in this series and that could be the issue again today. Pomeranz has a 2.00 ERA in his last three starts while Odorizzi has a 3.12 mark in his last three outings. Both teams are struggling at the plate in this series, so with good pitchers on the mound, don’t look for a lot of runs.
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