The Miami Marlins and Boston Red Sox will play Tuesday at Fenway Park. First pitch is at 7:10 p.m. ET.
Miami (45-34 SU and 38-41 RL) is starting righty Sandy Alcantara. The 27-year-old is 2-6 with a 5.08 ERA and a 1.25 WHIP in 15 outings this year.
Boston (40-39 SU and 41-38 RL) is going with Garrett Whitlock. The 27-year-old right-hander is 4-2 with a 4.50 ERA and a 1.22 WHIP in eight starts.
The Red Sox are -115 moneyline favorites and the game total is nine.
Miami won three of four against Pittsburgh in its last series, boosting its record to 8-3 in its last eleven overall. Are the Marlins legitimate Wild Card contenders?
Miami scores 4.00 runs per game (26th) and hits .261 (7th) with a .715 OPS (19th). It's hit 72 long balls (25th) and stolen 52 bases (18th) this year. The Marlins' pitching staff sports a 3.96 ERA (12th) and a 1.26 WHIP (9th) with 23 quality starts.
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Alcantara will make his 16th start of the season on Tuesday. The former Cy Young Award winner is having another disappointing month, surrendering 15 runs in three of his starts and one run in the other. He's surrendered four-plus runs in nine outings this season and seven or more hits in five of his starts. The seventh-year pro has yet to record double-digit strikeouts in a start this year.