PREMIUM
AAA's 10* *Tigers/Red Sox* BLOCKBUSTER!
(MLB) Detroit vs. Boston,
Money Line: -129.00 Boston (Home)
Result: Win
Money Line: -129.00 Boston (Home)
Result: Win
This is a 10* BLOCKBUSTER on the Boston Red Sox.
Both starters have seen better days, but when the smoke clears at the end of this one, I look for Rick Porcello and the home side to find a way to get the job done at the end of the night. Verlander is 0-3 with a ballooned 6.62 ERA since returning from injury, his team has gone 0-6 in his starts as the beleaguered hurler has been shelled for at least six runs in three of those contests. Verlander is coming off one of his worst efforts so far as well, giving up seven runs over 3 2/3's innings of work before being booed off the field in his team's 9-3 loss to Baltimore on Sunday. Porcello (5-10, 5.79 ERA) can empathize, he's been one of the worst in the league in 2015, which is somewhat surprising considering he set career bests with 15 wins, a 3.43 ERA and 204 2/3's innings last year. Porcello fell to 1-8 with a 7.20 ERA in last ten outings in a 3-0 loss to the Angels on Saturday, it was in fact a big step in the right direction though and he'll look to build off that performance and take advantage of the fact that his ex-teammate is 3-4 with a pedestrian 3.64 ERA in 11 regular-season outings vs. the Red Sox. And unfortunately for Verlander his bullpen is one of the worst in the league, it once again broke down in Thursday's 3-2, 12-inning home defeat to Seattle; not surprisingly, the Tigers have dropped seven of ten. This time Boston can empathize with Detroit, its enduring its longest losing streak since August last year, including yesterday's 5-4 setback in Houston. Slugger Miguel Cabrera remains out of the line-up for the visitors, so we're going to give the slight nod to the Red Sox line-up; we'll also give the slight nod to Porcello on the mound and with those two crucial factors working in our favor, all signs do indeed point to BOSTON as the savvy move in this contest.
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Both starters have seen better days, but when the smoke clears at the end of this one, I look for Rick Porcello and the home side to find a way to get the job done at the end of the night. Verlander is 0-3 with a ballooned 6.62 ERA since returning from injury, his team has gone 0-6 in his starts as the beleaguered hurler has been shelled for at least six runs in three of those contests. Verlander is coming off one of his worst efforts so far as well, giving up seven runs over 3 2/3's innings of work before being booed off the field in his team's 9-3 loss to Baltimore on Sunday. Porcello (5-10, 5.79 ERA) can empathize, he's been one of the worst in the league in 2015, which is somewhat surprising considering he set career bests with 15 wins, a 3.43 ERA and 204 2/3's innings last year. Porcello fell to 1-8 with a 7.20 ERA in last ten outings in a 3-0 loss to the Angels on Saturday, it was in fact a big step in the right direction though and he'll look to build off that performance and take advantage of the fact that his ex-teammate is 3-4 with a pedestrian 3.64 ERA in 11 regular-season outings vs. the Red Sox. And unfortunately for Verlander his bullpen is one of the worst in the league, it once again broke down in Thursday's 3-2, 12-inning home defeat to Seattle; not surprisingly, the Tigers have dropped seven of ten. This time Boston can empathize with Detroit, its enduring its longest losing streak since August last year, including yesterday's 5-4 setback in Houston. Slugger Miguel Cabrera remains out of the line-up for the visitors, so we're going to give the slight nod to the Red Sox line-up; we'll also give the slight nod to Porcello on the mound and with those two crucial factors working in our favor, all signs do indeed point to BOSTON as the savvy move in this contest.
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