Red Sox vs Blue Jays Prediction
The Boston Red Sox will play the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 3 of their series on Sunday afternoon at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario.
Red Sox Preview
The Boston Red Sox are 42-42 this season and they have won two games in a row. Boston has won the first two games in this series by scores of 5-0 and 7-6. The Boston pitching staff has a 4.40 ERA, a 1.30 WHIP, and a .252 opponent batting average this season. The Red Sox offense has scored 409 runs with a .259 batting average and a .329 on base percentage. Rafael Devers is batting .248 with 20 home runs and 64 RBI’s for the Red Sox. The projected starting pitcher for Boston is Garrett Whitlock, who is 4-3 with a 5.15 ERA and a 1.32 WHIP over 50.2 innings pitched this year.
Blue Jays Preview
The Toronto Blue Jays are 45-39 this season and they have lost three of their last five games. Prior to losing the first two games in this series, Toronto won two out of three games against the Giants. The Toronto pitching staff has a 3.94 ERA, a 1.26 WHIP, and a .242 opponent batting average. The Blue Jays offense has scored 375 runs with a .262 batting average and a .328 on base percentage this year. Bo Bichette is batting .317 with 15 home runs and 49 RBI’s for the Blue Jays. The projected starting pitcher for Toronto is Kevin Gausman, who is 7-4 with a 3.01 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP over 104.2 innings pitched this season.
Trends
Boston is 6-0 in their last 6 games against the AL East and 6-2 in their last 8 games following a win. The under is 7-0 in Boston’s last 7 Sunday games. Toronto is 4-1 in their last 5 Sunday games and 8-2 in their last 10 game three’s of a series. The under is 4-1 in Toronto’s last 5 home games. Boston is 6-0 in these two teams last 6 head to head meetings.
Pick
The Red Sox have won the first two games in this series and they are going for the sweep, but they are last in the AL East standings. Boston is starting Garrett Whitlock, who has allowed 10 earned runs over his last two starts (11.2 IP). Toronto is starting Kevin Gausman, who has allowed three earned runs or fewer in four of his last five starts. I like the Blue Jays -1.5 in this matchup.
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