The Tampa Bay Rays will take on the Boston Red Sox Wednesday night at 7:10pm EST in Game 2 of their series at Fenway Park. MLB predictions have the Red Sox -106 money line favorites in MLB predictions vs the Rays -104 for tonight’s game. Online sportsbooks also have Boston -1.5 (+175) on the run line vs Tampa Bay +1.5 (-210) with the over/under MLB betting odds total set at 9.5 UNDER (-115). The Red Sox will send righthander Daisuke Matsuzaka to the mound for tonight’s home game with a 5-2 record and 4.5 ERA this season while the Rays will counter with righthander Matt Garza who has gone 8-5 with a 4.10 ERA this year.
The Red Sox won the first game of the series on Tuesday night 8-5 vs the Rays as -110 favorites in MLB predictions at home while the over/under flew over the 9.5 posted at sportsbooks. Red Sox pitcher John Lackey had a masterful night giving up only one run in seven innings worth of work for his fifth straight decision. The Rays pitcher James Shields gave up 5 runs after six innings and Tampa Bay simply couldn’t recoup down 8-1 by the seventh. Wil Aybar provided the only excitement for the Rays with a 398-ft homer in the eighth innings.
The Red Sox have gone 47-31 in MLB predictions for the season, 4-6 when playing on Wednesday and 7-3 after a win. Boston is 4-1 in their last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay, 5-0 in their last 5 games at home and 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. The Rays have gone 4-1 in their last 5 games when playing on the road against Red Sox, 2-6 in their last 8 games and 1-4 in their last 5 games when playing Boston. The total has gone OVER in 8 of Tampa Bay’s last 12 games on the road and OVER in 4 of the Red Sox last 6 games.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka alowed just one hit and one walk through 7. Can he return to his 2008 form?
I think he might do just that. If he does many of us, including Red Sox fans such as myself, will be forced to eat crow as we have been saying he was washed up. This crow meal I won’t mind eating though. GO DICE K!
I think he can! I have to admit i was ready to give up on him after that last fiasco…
