Atlanta Braves at Boston Red Sox 8/9/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Tuesday night MLB action, the Atlanta Braves will invade historic Fenway Park to take on the Boston Red Sox. The Braves (64-46) are in the midst of their first three-game losing streak and have fallen 6.5 games off the pace in the NL East Division race. On Sunday, Atlanta SS Dansby Swanson hit a two-run blast during a 5-2 road loss against first place New York.

Veteran right-hander Charlie Morton (5-5 4.09 ERA) is still pitching well for the Braves at age thirty-eight. In his last start, Morton fanned eight batters across six plus shutout frames during a 3-1 home loss versus Philadelphia.

The Boston Red Sox are a game below .500 at home and are currently sitting in the AL East Division basement. On Sunday, Boston SP Kutter Crawford (3-4) gave up five runs in five innings during a 13-5 road loss against Kansas City. Tommy Pham and Rafael Devers each went deep in a losing effort for the Red Sox (54-56).

Boston manager Alex Cora will turn to forty-two year old southpaw Rich Hill (4-5 4.52 ERA) in the series opener. The Red Sox have dropped Hill’s last two starts and he has surrendered seven runs over his last seven plus innings.