The Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox meet in a battle for the AL East. The Rays have been red hot having won eight of their last 10 games. They have been getting it done at the plate where they have scored 31 runs in their last three games. The Rays have won 14 straight games when scoring four or more runs. The Rays will look to keep things going by sending Luis Patino to the mound. This season, he has posted a 2-3 record 4.42 ERA with 39 strikeouts.

The Red Sox have been struggling as of late having lost 10 of their last 13 games. The Red Sox have been struggling at the plate having scored just 10 runs in their last three games. They have lost seven of their last eight games when scoring three or fewer runs. The Sox will try and turn things around by sending Eduardo Rodriguez to the mound. He has posted an 8-6 record this season with a 5.33 ERA and 131 strikeouts. In his career against the Rays, he is 1-3 with a 5.33 ERA and 63 strikeouts.

The Rays are 7-1 in their last 8 road games. The Red Sox are 14-5 in their last 19 home games but 2-9 in their last 11 overall. The Rays are 13-4 in the last 17 meetings in Boston and 5-0 in the last 5 meetings. Patino has a 7.41 ERA on the road and Rodriguez has allowed 11 runs in his last 26 innings. These two teams have been heading in different directions and I look for the Rays to continue their winning ways over the Red Sox.

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