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Houston
+147
29.3%
HOU 5
33.2%
Washington
-159
51.6%
WSH 3
37.7%
LA Dodgers
+115
37.8%
LA 4
30.6%
NY Mets
+144
29.5%
NYM 0
30.8%
Chi White Sox
-210
71.4%
CHW 2
50.4%
Seattle
-138
47.0%
SEA 0
46.1%
Arizona
-125
60.1%
ARI 0
59.8%
Boston got an 8-5 victory over Toronto on Friday, with Chris Carpenter earning the victory and helping Red Sox moneyline bettors cash out.
Boston was an underdog by +130 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 9.5.
Boston got 5 1/3 innings from Daisuke Matsuzaka, who gave up 4 earned runs on 3 hits, while striking out 5. Chris Carpenter earned the victory, while the Red Sox got 4 RBIs from Ryan Lavarnway in the win.
Toronto's starting pitcher Aaron Laffey worked 3 2/3 innings, giving up 4 hits and 3 earned runs while striking out 1 in the loss. They got 2 hits from Brett Lawrie in a losing cause.
Boston enjoyed an edge at the plate with a 10-7 advantage in hits.
The game was closed out by Andrew Bailey who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 1 hit, 0 walks and fanned 2 batters to earn the save.