The Orioles got the better of the Red Sox in Boston's home opener, but that was with Corbin Burnes on the bump. The Red Sox batters will be licking their chops as they face Cole Irvin tonight, per our MLB betting picks.
The Boston Red Sox have been bit by the injury bug yet are the MLB odds favorite to win Game 2 of their three-game American League East series with the Baltimore Orioles. Irvin scattered seven hits, four earned runs, a pair of walks, and three strikeouts across five frames at Kansas City. While the peripherals didn’t look that bad, the Royals barreled up 5% of Irvin’s pitches for a 53% hard-hit rate, and that won’t get it done at Fenway Park.
Tuesday’s 7-1 loss to the Orioles wasn’t hard to predict, as the Red Sox returned from a 10-game road trip and being “home” for the first time this season to new surroundings and the fanfare from Boston’s season-opening celebrations can cause all sorts of distractions. Plus, Baltimore starter Corbin Burnes was just too good for them.
Boston won’t have that problem tonight. Irvin isn’t going to blow anyone away, and the Sox hit lefties well . Irvin’s mediocre fastball and sometimes-hanging bender meeting Boston’s 33% pull rate against lefties with the “Green Monster” looming large is a bad combo. Crawford has been good thus far and his xERA of 1.61 is encouraging enough to back tonight.Irvin allowed seven hits at Kansas City and faces a Boston offense with a .353 BABIP and 24 hits through 111 plate appearances.
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