MLB - 977 Arizona Diamondbacks @ 978 Boston Red Sox
(Starting Pitchers: R. Delgado vs J. Lester)
This isn't a good spot for Boston, who is coming from a 15 innings marathon and then a huge 9th inning comeback win in back to back days, but Arizona has an even worse spot, as they played a series at Tampa Bay, then played a make-up game at Texas yesterday, just to travel to Boston to start a new series tonight! Jon Lester will start for the Red Sox tonight and he allowed two runs in 6.1 innings against Baltimore last Sunday. After some struggles, Lester made some adjustments during the All Star break and he dominated his last two outings against the tough Rays and Orioles, with a combined of 16/2 K/BB! Arizona will be on a horrible spot tonight, their offense is struggling (#22 L7 days), so I believe Lester will dominate once again tonight.
The Dbacks will start Randall Delgado tonight, who is coming from a complete game three-hit shutout against San Diego last Friday. Delgado has been pitching well, but he has the problem of being too hittable (.271 BA) and this should be problematic against the Red Sox tonight, who are #2 in the league on BA with .273! I expect Lester to absolutely dominate the tired Dbacks tonight, while Boston will eventually make some damage on Delgado, so I believe the Red Sox will pick up a comfortable win in here.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 978 Boston Red Sox RL -1 (w/ J. Lester) @ -143 / 1.70 on 5Dimes
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