The Boston Red Sox are in a tailspin, dropping seven straight games, and they are a slight +110 underdog in the series finale with the New York Yankees who are coming back at -120. A pair of lefties will duke it out on the hill as J.A. Happ opposes David Price with the total Sportsbook at 10 runs.
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Standout Stats
- Boston is 0-7 SU and ATS over its last seven games, the longest losing slide this season for it. The Red Sox are 32-25 on the road this year.
- New York is 7-4 SU and ATS through its last 11 contests, including winning it last four in a row. The Yankees are 42-18 at Yankee Stadium this season and are 10-4 against the Red Sox overall.
- The total has gone OVER in 11 of the Yankees’ last 14 matches with an average combined score of 14. Similarly, the total has gone OVER in 10 of the Red Sox’s last 13 with an average combined score of 12.08. Lastly, the total has gone OVER in eight of the 14 meetings between these clubs this year with an average combined score of 13.21.
- The Red Sox are 9-11 over David Price’s 20 trips to the mound this season, including dropping his last four outings, and he is 7-4 with 3.86 ERA and a 1.25 WHIP. He has nine quality starts as well.
- He is averaging the highest K/9 and the second-highest HR/9 rates of his career.
- Opponents are hitting .248 against Price and of the contact against, 35.9 percent has been hard hit and 20.7 has been soft hit. The Pinstripes rank fourth in hard-hit percentage vs LHP since the start of July.
- Price has a 4.13 ERA and a .248 opponent batting average over his 12 road appearances. He has lower K/9 and BB/9 rates while having a higher HR/9 rate as well, in addition to having lower soft-hit and higher hard-hit percentages compared to pitching at Fenway Park.
- The Yankees are 14-7 behind J.A. Happ this season and he is 8-6 with a 5.19 ERA and a 1.34 WHIP. Happ has six quality starts to his name this year as well.
- He is averaging the lowest BB/9 rate of his career as well as, the lowest K/9 rate since the 2010 season.
- Opponents are hitting .274 against Happ and of the batted balls against, 39.7 percent has been hard hit and 19 percent has been soft hit. The Red Sox rank 23rd in hard-hit percentage vs southpaws since the start of July.
- Happ has a 5.64 ERA and a .305 opponent batting average over his 12 starts at Yankee Stadium this year. He averages higher K/9 and HR/9 rates while having a lower BB/9 rate compared to his road outings. Lastly, He has lower soft-hit and hard-hit percentages as well.
- The Yankees are 19-14 against left-handed starters this season, sitting 10th in batting average and 18th in runs scored vs LHP. Since the start of July, New York leads the majors in batting average and is second in runs scored vs southpaws.
- The Red Sox are 15-18 against left-handed starters in 2019, ranking 11th in batting average and fourth in runs scored vs southpaws. Since July 1, Boston is seventh in batting average and first in runs scored vs LHP.
My Best Bet for Boston vs New York
OVER 10
Happ has not had his best stuff at Yankee Stadium this season with opponent batters hitting over .300 against him and he has an ERA over 5.00. Additionally, Both clubs have been hammering LHP recently, ranking first in second in runs scored vs southpaws since the start of July. Lastly, the OVER has hit in 11 of New York’s last 14 and 10 of Boston’s last 13 and I think that trend continues tonight.
Boston is 0-7 SU and ATS in its last seven games.away The total has gone OVER in 11 of New York's last 14 games.home New York is 10-4 vs Boston this season.home
