Tonight the Toronto Blue Jays travel to Boston to take on the Red Sox in the first of a 3 game series.
Toronto Blue Jays (31-30) @ Boston Red Sox (27-34)
The Toronto Blue Jays won their 8th in a row with a 7-2 victory at home versus Miami on Wednesday. Starting pitcher Scott Copeland, in his first start of the season, grabbed the win as he pitched 7 innings while giving up 1 earned run on 6 hits. He struck out 4 batters and walked none. Reliever Aaron Loup pitched 1 inning while not allowing an earned run nor a hit. The struck out 2 batters and walked none. Reliever Brett Cecil pitched 1 inning while giving up 1 earned run on 1 hit. He gave up 1 home run. 1st baseman Justin Smoak hit his 4th home run of the season. He was 2 of 4 with 2 runs batted in and 2 runs scored. He now has 17 rbis this season. He also hit his 5th double. He struck out once. Catcher Russell Martin hit his 9th home run of the season. He was 2 of 4 with 2 runs batted in and 1 run scored. He now has 28 rbis on the season. 3rd baseman Josh Donaldson hit his 17th home run of the season. He was 2 of 4 with 1 run batted in and 1 run scored. The run batted in was his 44th of the season. He also struck out 2 times. Designed Edwin Encarnacion was 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored. He hit his 8th double of the season. He also struck out once. Shortstop Jose Reyes was 1 for 3 with 1 run batted in and 1 run scored. It was his 17th run batted in of the season. He also walked once. The Blue Jays had 9 hits in the game. This evening their starting pitcher is right-handed Drew Hutchison. Hutchison is 5-1 with a 4.91 era and 59 strikeouts in 69.2 innings pitched. He’s made 12 starts this season. He recorded a win in his last start, June 6th at home versus Houston. He pitched 6.1 innings as he gave up 1 earned run on 6 hits. He struck out 5 and walked 1 batter. He threw 91 pitches in the game. He’s 2-0 in his last 3 starts. The Boston Red Sox dropped their 3rd in a row with a 6-5 defeat at Baltimore on Thursday. Starting pitcher Wade Miley was sacked with the loss as he pitched 4 innings while giving up 5 earned runs on 9 hits. He gave up 3 home runs. He struck out 3 and walked no batters. The loss dropped his record to 5-6 on the season. Reliever Steven Wright pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs on 1 hit. He struck out 2 and walked 2 batters. Reliever Junichi Tazawa pitched 1.1 inning while not allowing an earned run nor a hit. Designated hitter David Ortiz hit his 7th home run of the season. He was 1 for 4 with 1 run batted in and 1 run scored. The run batted in was his 22nd of the season. He also struck out one time. 3rd baseman Pablo Sandoval was 2 of 4 with 2 runs batted in. The rbis were his 18th and 19th of the season. He also hit his 6th double. Shortstop Xander Bogaerts was 1 for 4 with 1 run batted in. The rbi was his 22nd of the season. 1st baseman Mike Napoli was 0 for 3 with a run batted in. The rbi was his 26th. He also struck out once. Right-fielder Brock Holt was 1 for 4 with 1 run scored. He struck out once. 2nd baseman Dustin Pedroia was 1 for 5 with 1 run scored. He also struck once. Tonight their starting pitcher is right-handed Joe Kelly. Kelly is 2-4 with a 5.40 era and 52 strikeouts in 60 innings pitched. He’s made 11 starts this season. In his last start, a win on June 6th at home versus Oakland, he pitched 6 innings while giving up 1 earned run on 4 hits. He struck out 6 and walked 2 batter.s. He threw 100 pitches in the game. This is his 4th season in MLB, 2nd with the Red Sox. He’s also played for the Cardinals. He has a 23-20 career record with a 3.72 era.
Toronto is 11-18 on the road this season. They have scored 325 runs and allowed 266 runs on the season. Boston is 15-14 on the road this season. They have scored 228 runs and allowed 276 runs on the season.
The Blue Jays and Red Sox have each won 3 of their first 6 meetings this season. Including this evening’s game the 2 teams play 13 more times this season.
Prediction: The Blue Jays are on a big time roll right now, combine that with Hutchison being the starter and I have to go with the road team.
Take the Blue Jays 1.86 (Bet365)
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