Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox 8/11/20 - MLB Picks & Predictions
Last Updated: 08/11/2020 at 11:22 AM ET
The Tampa Bay Rays play the second game of a two-game series on the road Tuesday against the Boston Red Sox. Tampa Bay improved to 8-8 following its 4-3 victory on Sunday over the New York Yankees. Tampa Bay won two straight and three of four over the Yankees to move into a tie for second place in the American League East with Baltimore two games behind the Yankees.
Brandon Lowe is batting .275 to lead Tampa Bay and has team highs in home runs with three, in RBIs with 10 and in hits with 14. Yandy Diaz leads in on-base percentage at .356.Tampa Bay has not yet announced its starting pitcher for Tuesday's second game of the series with the Boston Red Sox.
The Red Sox improved 6-9 following a 5-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. Boston won 2 of 3 in the series with Toronto and has won three of its last four. Mitch Moreland hit a walk-off home run as well as one earlier in the game to help send the Red Sox to the victory on Sunday. Boston is in fourth place in the AL East 3 ½ games behind the Yankees.
Xander Bogaerts is batting .319 to lead the Red Sox and has a team-high 15 hits. Mitch Moreland is leading Boston in home runs with six and in RBIs with 12. On Tuesday, the Boston Red Sox will send Martin Perez to the mound. The left-hander is 2-1 with an ERA of 3.45, 11 Ks and 9 BBs.
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Although Boston won two out of three over Toronto this past weekend, the Red Sox have lost seven of their last 10 versus an opponent from the American League and nine of their last 10 at home against Tampa Bay. In contrast, Tampa Bay has won four of its last six and was victorious in three out of four in its just completed weekend series against the Yankees. Final Score Prediction, Tampa Bay Rays win 4-3.
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