The Tampa Bay Rays will play the Boston Red Sox in Game 3 of their series at Fenway Park on Wednesday afternoon.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 86-75 this season and have lost six of their last seven games. Tampa Bay has lost the first two games of this series by scores of 4-3 and 6-0. The Tampa Bay pitching staff has a 3.39 ERA, a 1.14 WHIP, and a .232 opponent batting average this season. The Rays offense has scored 663 runs with a .239 batting average and a .308 on base percentage. Randy Arozarena is batting .262 with 20 home runs and 89 RBI’s for the Rays this season. The projected starter for Tampa Bay is Josh Fleming, who is 2-4 with a 6.23 ERA and a 1.91 WHIP over 30.1 innings pitched this season.
The Boston Red Sox are 77-84 this season and have won five of their last eight games. Prior to winning the first games of this series, Boston lost all three games played in their series against Toronto. The Boston pitching staff has a 4.54 ERA, a 1.35 WHIP, and a .256 opponent batting average. The Red Sox offense has scored 729 runs with a .257 batting average and a .321 on base percentage this year. Xander Bogaerts is batting .305 with 15 home runs and 73 RBI’s for the Red Sox this season. The projected starter for Boston is Nick Pivetta, who is 10-12 with a 4.56 ERA and a 1.37 WHIP over 175.2 innings pitched this season.
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