Boston Drops Tampa Bay 3-1 - Match Report
Boston Drops Tampa Bay 3-1 - Match Report
Tampa Bay dropped a 3-1 decision at Tropicana Field on Friday as Boston legged out a win behind winning pitcher Franklin Morales.
Boston was favored by -107 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 8.5.
Boston got 5 innings from Franklin Morales, who gave up 0 earned runs on 2 hits, while striking out 5. He earned the victory, while the Red Sox got 2 RBIs from Pedro Ciriaco in the win.
Tampa Bay's starting pitcher Jeremy Hellickson worked 6 innings, giving up 5 hits and 3 earned runs while striking out 5 in the loss. They got 2 hits from Ben Zobrist in a losing cause.
The battle of the bats favored Boston as they had 7 hits, while Tampa Bay only had 6.
Alfredo Aceves pitched the final 1 inning for the save. He struck out 1 and allowed 0 hits in his outing.
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Teams
Line
Votes
Score
Votes
St. Louis
San Diego
San Diego
-136
+126
+126
64.1%
35.9%
35.9%
STL 2
SD 4
SD 4
57.9%
42.1%
42.1%
Washington
San Francisco
San Francisco
+136
-146
-146
43.3%
56.7%
56.7%
WSH 0
SF 8
SF 8
69.3%
30.7%
30.7%
