The Red Sox are 7-0 against the Angels and could be back to .500 if they win tonight. On paper they should as Ervin Santana goes against Josh Beckett, but the Sox you just never know this season.
I am really interested in tonight's game. Beckett was subpar last time out, and they had his next start pushed back. So, I want to see how healthy/affective he is tonight. Overall this season he has been good (2-1 2.65 ERA). A big part of that is that fact that he is committed to throwing strikes. So far this season Beckett had walked only 9 batters in 34 inning while strikingout 32. You do that you're going to win, it's as simple as that.
Ervin Santana has been OK, but nothing special this year (1-3 4.89 ERA), and overall hasn't been all that great against the Sox in his career (2-3 4.58 ERA). He is also a right, which the Sox have been able to handle well lately, so I expect the Sox to finally be back to .500 and ride this winning streak to 4 games.
Red Sox win 6-4
Player of the Game: Gonzalez
Game starts at 7:10pm
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