4:10 pm
June 12

Blue Jays @ Red Sox

Who will WIN this matchup?

Toronto Blue Jays (31-30)

@ Boston Red Sox (39-25)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Matz (TOR): 6-3; 4.50 ERA

Pivetta (BOS) 6-1; 3.78 ERA

 

Current odds:

Toronto Blue Jays: (+110)

Boston Red Sox: (-121)

 

• Nick Pivetta will try to stay unbeaten at Fenway Park as the Boston Red Sox host hot-hitting Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays for the second game of a four-game series on Saturday afternoon. Pivetta (6-1, 3.78 ERA) is 3-0 with a 3.72 ERA in seven starts at Fenway this season. However, he will have to find a way to stifle one of the hottest hitters in baseball to help keep his home record unblemished. Pivetta is 0-1 with a 5.94 ERA in three prior starts against the Blue Jays. He allowed five runs, four earned, on seven hits while walking two and striking out eight over five innings in a no-decision at Toronto on May 20.

• Guerrero hit a two-run blast for his major-league-leading 19th home run and became the first in the majors to reach 50 RBIs in Toronto’s 6-5 loss to Boston on Friday. The 22-year-old is batting .419 (13-for-31) with three homers and eight RBIs through his first nine games in June. Boston rallied from a 5-1 deficit to win the Friday game on Alex Verdugo’s walk-off single in the ninth inning. The Red Sox have won seven of their past nine and are 3-2 on their eight-game homestand. Meanwhile, Toronto has dropped four of its past five games.

• Steven Matz (6-3, 4.50 ERA) will take the mound for Toronto with hopes of settling in after a rocky stretch. The left-hander has allowed four or more runs in three of his past four starts, including giving up four on eight hits while walking four over 4 1/3 innings in a 6-3 loss against Houston on Sunday.

• Matz faced the Red Sox on May 20, when he surrendered five runs on a season-high 10 hits with two walks and four strikeouts over six innings in a no-decision. He is 0-1 with a 6.35 ERA in two lifetime starts against the Red Sox.

4/10
Confidence
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Boston Red Sox
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