MLB Preview: Red Sox vs. Orioles
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Red Sox @ Orioles
9/27/2011 7:05 pm EST
Line: Red Sox -160
Total 9.5
The very desperate Boston Red Sox come into Baltimore tied up for the AL Wild Card tonight with just 2 games to play on the season. This collapse is because the Sox pitchers can’t get anybody out and the Sox bats cannot seem to get going on a night in and night out basis. Tonight they send out Erik Bedard to face young lefty Zach Britton for the O’s.
If the Sox want to stay tied or even maybe go a game up on the Rays going into the final day Bedard is going to have to get some outs and get them deep into the ballgame. The Sox bullpen is so tired and beat up that they desperately need a starter to go out there and go the distance or at least 7 or 8 for Bard and Papelbon. Unfortunately for Baltimore fans, the O’s can really hit the ball at times but usually struggle against left handed pitching, like Bedard, averaging less than 4 runs per game. Bedard is also pitching pretty well with a 2.84 ERA in his last 3 starts with the Sox. If the O’s want to play spoiler, Britton is going to have to match that effort. Luckly for Britton, the Red Sox don’t hit the ball as well away from Fenway Park and he can have success against a very left heavy lineup in Boston.
Britton has struggled lately with a 5.29 ERA in his last 3 games, however he has been lights out at home with a 6-4 record and 2.71 ERA. I like a pitchers duel here tonight in Baltimore with both teams playing good smart baseball and great defense. I like both starters to go deep into the ball game and my FREE PLAY tonight in on the UNDER of 9.5. This number is way too high for a playoff like game with two strong lefty starters going at it in Baltimore.
