The Boston Red Sox will play the Houston Astros in Game 1 of their series at Minute Maid Park on Monday night.
The Boston Red Sox are 51-52 this season and have lost nine of their last twelve games. Boston is coming off of a series loss against Milwaukee, where they lost two out of the three games played in the series. The Boston pitching staff has a 4.33 ERA, a 1.31 WHIP, and a .248 opponent batting average this season. The Red Sox offense has scored 468 runs with a .255 batting average and a .316 on base percentage. Xander Bogaerts is batting .316 with eight home runs and 45 RBI’s for the Red Sox this season. The projected starter for Boston is Nathan Eovaldi, who is 4-3 with a 4.43 ERA and a 1.25 WHIP over 81.1 innings pitched this season.
The Houston Astros are 67-36 this season and have won three of their last four games. Houston is coming off of a series win against Seattle, where they won three out of the four games played. The Houston pitching staff has a 3.04 ERA, a 1.10 WHIP, and a .211 opponent batting average. The Astros offense has scored 461 runs with a .240 batting average and a .318 on base percentage this year. Yordan Alvarez is batting .310 with 30 home runs and 70 RBI’s for the Astros this season. The projected starter for Houston is Luis Garcia, who is 8-6 with a 3.81 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP over 99.1 innings pitched this season.
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