Huge Red Sox/Rays series: Go Under 8½ in Game 1
Game Time: 09/15/2008 07:10 PM -
By: LT Profits Sports Group | who2beton.com
Scott Kazmir shut down the Red Sox last week and has allowed three runs or less in nine of 10 starts. Dice-K was off in that same game, but he hardly ever has two bad starts in a row. Go Under in Tampa.
The Tampa Bay Rays begin the biggest series in the history of the franchise tonight vs. the Boston Red Sox, and we look for the pitchers to dominate Game 1.
This is a pitching rematch from last Tuesday, a game that snuck Over late in a 5-4 Rays win. Scott Kazmir did his part though, allowing only two runs and five hits in six innings. This marked the ninth time in the last 10 starts that Kazmir has allowed three runs or less, lowering his ERA for the season to a sparkling 2.99. Furthermore, he has been brilliant here at home, where he is 7-1 with a 2.10 ERA, with the Rays as a team going 11-1 in all of his home starts.
Do not lose sight of the fact that Daisuke Matsuzaka is 16-2 with a 2.97 ERA in his own right however. Sure, he did not have his best stuff vs. the Rays last week while putting men on in every inning, and he was lucky to allow only three runs in five innings. Sill, Dice-K does not usually turn in back-to-back bad efforts, so look for a return to normalcy for him tonight. He has still allowed three runs or less seven of his last eight outings.
If not for the Rays reaching Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon for two runs in the ninth inning of this pitching matchup last week, all three games of the that series in Fenway Park would have gone Under. Look for another Under here tonight.
Free Pick: Red Sox, Rays Under 8½ (-120)
Game Time: 09/15/2008 07:10 PM -
By: LT Profits Sports Group | who2beton.com
Scott Kazmir shut down the Red Sox last week and has allowed three runs or less in nine of 10 starts. Dice-K was off in that same game, but he hardly ever has two bad starts in a row. Go Under in Tampa.
The Tampa Bay Rays begin the biggest series in the history of the franchise tonight vs. the Boston Red Sox, and we look for the pitchers to dominate Game 1.
This is a pitching rematch from last Tuesday, a game that snuck Over late in a 5-4 Rays win. Scott Kazmir did his part though, allowing only two runs and five hits in six innings. This marked the ninth time in the last 10 starts that Kazmir has allowed three runs or less, lowering his ERA for the season to a sparkling 2.99. Furthermore, he has been brilliant here at home, where he is 7-1 with a 2.10 ERA, with the Rays as a team going 11-1 in all of his home starts.
Do not lose sight of the fact that Daisuke Matsuzaka is 16-2 with a 2.97 ERA in his own right however. Sure, he did not have his best stuff vs. the Rays last week while putting men on in every inning, and he was lucky to allow only three runs in five innings. Sill, Dice-K does not usually turn in back-to-back bad efforts, so look for a return to normalcy for him tonight. He has still allowed three runs or less seven of his last eight outings.
If not for the Rays reaching Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon for two runs in the ninth inning of this pitching matchup last week, all three games of the that series in Fenway Park would have gone Under. Look for another Under here tonight.
Free Pick: Red Sox, Rays Under 8½ (-120)
