Boston Red Sox at Philadelphia Phillies Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Red Sox +120 / Phillies -140 O/U 10.5 runs
Time: 7:10 PM EST Saturday May 22, 2010
Tonight in Game 2 of an inter-league series the Philadelphia Phillies host the Boston Red Sox. The Phillies won Game 1 last night, but the Red Sox have owned this series in the past few years winning 13 of the 17 games. The Phillies have not won a series against the Red Sox in 7 years and have not won an inter-league series at home since 2007.
The Phillies have won 2 in row, are 7-3 in their last 10 games, and are in 1st place in the NL East with a 4.5 game lead over the streaking Atlanta Braves. The Red Sox are coming off a loss, are 5-5 in their last 10 games, and are in 4th place in the AL East 8.5 games back of the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Phillies are 14-5 in the month of May.
This season the Phillies are 13-8 at home and the Red Sox are 8-10 on the road.
The Phillies won last night's game against the Red Sox 5-1.
Taking the mound for the Phillies tonight is Kyle Kendrick (2-1 5.24), who had a good last outing giving up 2 earned runs in 8 innings in a win. On the hill for the Red Sox is Daisuke Matsuzaka (2-1 7.89 ERA), who was lucky to get a no-decision in his last outing after giving up 7 earned runs in only 4 innings of work.
Kendrick is 2-0 in May, but has really struggled against the Red Sox going 0-2 with a 16.20 ERA against Boston in 2 career appearances.
Dice-K has not had the best season since coming off the DL, as he has given up at least 5 earned runs in 4 of his 5 starts. He has one career start against the Phillies and gave up 4 runs in 4 innings in a no-decision.
Dating back to last season Boston is 17-7 in Matsuzaka's last 24 road starts and Philadelphia is 5-1 in Kendrick's last 6 home starts.
The Phillies have scored the most runs in the NL this season and they have many guys in the lineup that can hit the long ball. In last night's 5-1 win Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth went deep.
Boston has a solid offense and will have to score tonight to win, as they have given up the most runs in the AL.
Betting Trends
Boston is 1-4 in their last 5 road games, 1-5 in their last 6 road games against a right-handed starter, and has an Under record of 3-1-1 in their last 5 games against a right-handed starter.
Boston is 0-4 in their last 4 inter-league games and Philadelphia is 6-13 in their last 19 inter-league games.
Philadelphia is 4-0 in their last 4 games against teams with a winning record, 8-3 in their last 11 home games, and an Under record of 3-0-1 in their last 4 games.
Our Selection : I still think that the Red Sox are one of the top teams in all of baseball even though they have been basically a .500 team this season (22-21). In the 13 series thay have played this season, 10 of the 13 teams thay have faced have a winning record. That being said Boston are a bankroll crushing 1-4 as a dog this season and Matsuzaka has been anything but consistent this season. Take the Phillies at -127 on the moneyline at 5Dimes.
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