The Boston Red Sox look to complete a sweep of the Cleveland Indians this afternoon at Fenway Park.
The Red Sox have hammered the Indians 9-2 and 12-3 in the first two games of this series and we expect that domination to continue today.
Boston lead the AL East at 30-18 overall this season including a very impressive 18-8 home mark. Casey Fossum starts tonight and the lefty is 4-2 this season with a 4.50 ERA. The Red Sox are 4-1 in Fossum's five home starts this season with the only loss coming in his last outing against the Yankees. Offensively Boston have been riding Nomar Garciaparra's 24 game hitting streak and last night he was just one of three Red Sox sluggers with three hits and a homer. Bill Mueller has also hit safely in 21 consecutive games in which he has started and is hitting .456 in May.
Cleveland are fourth-placed in the AL Central at just 17-31 overall and are an AL-worst 6-17 on the road. The Tribe will send 23 year-old Jason Davis to the mound and the right-hander has started nine games this season, going 3-4 with a 5.81 ERA. He has lost three of his last four road starts, giving up 18 earned runs thru 19 2/3 innings.
We're quite selective in recommending the runs line but firmly believe today's match-up justifies a play on the Red Sox at the -1.5.
Recommended Play: Red Sox -1.5 -120
The Red Sox have hammered the Indians 9-2 and 12-3 in the first two games of this series and we expect that domination to continue today.
Boston lead the AL East at 30-18 overall this season including a very impressive 18-8 home mark. Casey Fossum starts tonight and the lefty is 4-2 this season with a 4.50 ERA. The Red Sox are 4-1 in Fossum's five home starts this season with the only loss coming in his last outing against the Yankees. Offensively Boston have been riding Nomar Garciaparra's 24 game hitting streak and last night he was just one of three Red Sox sluggers with three hits and a homer. Bill Mueller has also hit safely in 21 consecutive games in which he has started and is hitting .456 in May.
Cleveland are fourth-placed in the AL Central at just 17-31 overall and are an AL-worst 6-17 on the road. The Tribe will send 23 year-old Jason Davis to the mound and the right-hander has started nine games this season, going 3-4 with a 5.81 ERA. He has lost three of his last four road starts, giving up 18 earned runs thru 19 2/3 innings.
We're quite selective in recommending the runs line but firmly believe today's match-up justifies a play on the Red Sox at the -1.5.
Recommended Play: Red Sox -1.5 -120