Boston Red Sox at Miami Marlins odds, picks and best bets

The Miami Marlins and Boston Red Sox play the third game of a three-game set Thursday at 1:10 p.m. ET.

Nathan Eovaldi and Jose Urena are the Red Sox and the Marlins' projected starting pitchers. Eevaldi is 2-2 with a 4.82 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 8.9 K/9 and 1 BB/ 9 in 37 1/3 IP over 7 starts. U Rena is 0-1 with 7.71 ERA and a 1 WHip in 9 1-3 innings in 2 starts, including a 12-6 loss against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Last start: No-decision with 3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 4 K and 0 BB in a 5-4 loss at the Tampa Bay Rays (Sept. 12).

C Jorge Alfaro is questionable, C Francisco Cervelli is out, SS Jon Berti is finger-winger, 2B Logan Forsythe is oblique, OF Magneuris Sierra is hamstring-bound, and OF Harold Ramirez is injured.

Boston Red Sox are playing better recently and won the first game of this series against Miami. Miami has a 20-12 record versus right-handed pitchers and a better Pythagorean win total than Boston. A $112 bet on the Marlins (-112) pays a $100 profit if Miami beats Boston (with a bettors' money). Miami's Over/Under record is 26-20-1 and Boston has the worst pitching staff in MLB.