AL East Division foes will square off on Saturday afternoon, when the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox continue their weekend series from Fenway Park. The Rays (69-56) have won seven of their last ten games and hold a half-game lead over Toronto for the top spot in the AL Wild Card race. Last night, Tampa Bay 3B Yandy Diaz collected three hits and scored twice during a 9-8 road loss.
Twenty-nine year old southpaw Jeffrey Springs (6-3 2.46 ERA) is quietly having an outstanding season for the Rays. Last time out, Springs allowed one run in five plus innings during a 2-1 home victory versus Los Angeles.
The Boston Red Sox are three games below .500 at home and are currently in last place in the AL East Division standings. On Friday, Boston SP Michael Wacha (9-1) allowed four runs and fanned six batters across six frames to earn the victory. SS Xander Bogaerts drove in three runs and scored twice for the Red Sox, who improved to 61-65 on the season.
The Red Sox will counter with forty-two year old lefty Rich Hill (5-5 4.68 ERA) on Saturday. In his last start, Hill allowed two runs across five frames during an 8-3 road victory against Pittsburgh.
Recent Betting Trends
- Rays are 7-0 in their last 7 games vs. a left-handed starter.
- Red Sox are 4-12 in their last 16 during game 2 of a series.
- Over is 9-3 in Rays last 12 Saturday games.
- Over is 16-4-1 in the last 21 meetings in Boston.
- Rays are 19-9 in the last 28 meetings in Boston.
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