MLB - 971 Boston Red Sox @ 972 Kansas City Royals
(Starting Pitchers: F. Doubront vs J. Guthrie)
Felix Doubront will start for Boston tonight and his consistency has been incredible as of late. He had back to back quality outings against the best hitting team versus LH pitchers (Tampa Bay) and he is also coming from a nice outing against Arizona. Kansas City has been hitting very well against RH pitchers lately with .317 BA, but things have been much tougher for them against LH pitchers like Doubront with .220 BA. Therefore, I expect Doubront to have another quality start tonight. Kansas City will start Jeremy Guthrie, who is coming from three nice starts with 0, 2 and 1 earned runs allowed, but he keeps struggling against LH batters with .296 BA, .371 wOBA, 5.61 FIP and 4.96 xFIP allowed. Boston knows that and they will have a lineup full of lefties tonight:
1. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF
2. Shane Victorino (S) RF
3. Dustin Pedroia (R) 2B
4. David Ortiz (L) DH
5. Mike Carp (L) LF
6. Mike Napoli (R) 1B
7. Jarrod Saltalamacchia (S) C
8. Stephen Drew (L) SS
9. Will Middlebrooks (R) 3B
The Red Sox's roster is hitting .359 BA and 1.070 OPS in 192 AB's against Guthrie and I expect them to keep pounding him tonight. I'm taking the Red Sox in here.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 971 Boston Red Sox ML (w/ F. Doubront) @ -130 / 1.77 on Betonline
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