The Tampa Bay Rays will take on the Boston Red Sox Wednesday night at 7:10pm EST in Game 2 of their series at Fenway Park. MLB predictions have the Red Sox -106 money line favorites in MLB predictions vs the Rays -104 for tonight's game. Online sportsbooks also have Boston -1.5 (+175) on the run line vs Tampa Bay +1.5 (-210) with the over/under MLB betting odds total set at 9.5 UNDER (-115). The Red Sox will send righthander Daisuke Matsuzaka to the mound for tonight's home game with a 5-2 record and 4.5 ERA this season while the Rays will counter with righthander Matt Garza who has gone 8-5 with a 4.10 ERA this year.
The Red Sox won the first game of the series on Tuesday night 8-5 vs the Rays as -110 favorites in MLB predictions at home while the over/under flew over the 9.5 posted at sportsbooks. Red Sox pitcher John Lackey had a masterful night giving up only one run in seven innings worth of work for his fifth straight decision. The Rays pitcher James Shields gave up 5 runs after six innings and Tampa Bay simply couldn't recoup down 8-1 by the seventh. Wil Aybar provided the only excitement for the Rays with a 398-ft homer in the eighth innings.
The Red Sox have gone 47-31 in MLB predictions for the season, 4-6 when playing on Wednesday and 7-3 after a win. Boston is 4-1 in their last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay, 5-0 in their last 5 games at home and 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. The Rays have gone 4-1 in their last 5 games when playing on the road against Red Sox, 2-6 in their last 8 games and 1-4 in their last 5 games when playing Boston. The total has gone OVER in 8 of Tampa Bay's last 12 games on the road and OVER in 4 of the Red Sox last 6 games.