Red Sox Look for Sweep Tonight in Toronto

Red Sox are 9-3 This Season Against Blue Jays

The Boston Red Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays battle at Rogers Centre on Wednesday night. The Red Sox are looking for the sweep. Toronto is trying to hang on in the AL Wildcard race. They will be glad to see the Red Sox leave town.

Oddsmakers opened the Blue Jays as -115-moneyline favorites versus the Red Sox, while the game's total opened at 9. The Red Sox are now -130-moneyline favorites and the total has dropped to 9.5.

Rick Porcello will be the starting pitcher for the Red Sox on this day. Right hander Porcello is 8-15 this season with a 4.57 ERA. Porcello is 4-1 with a 4.66 ERA in his past five starts. The right handed hurler will be facing the Blue Jays for the second time this season. He allowed six hits and three unearned runs in seven innings on April 19 at the Rogers Centre. He took the loss.  Porcello is 7-8 with a 4.70 ERA over 18 career outings (17 starts) against the Blue Jays.

The Red Sox will be trying for their sixth straight win at the Rogers Centre. They won their fifth in a row there Tuesday night. It was a 3-0 victory behind a dominant, 11-strikeout pitching performance by Chris Sale. He reached the 1,500-strikeout plateau after 1,290 innings. It is the fewest required to reach that number in major league history.

Blue Jays Hope Happ Can Stop Bleeding

J.A. Happ will take the hill for Toronto. The Blue Jays left hander has a 4.10 ERA to go along with a 6-10 record this season. Over his past five starts, he is 3-2 with a 3.94 ERA. Happ won the first three of those starts. He allowed only one run in each outing. In the next two losses he allowed five runs each time. He has pitched once this season against the Red Sox. It was a no-decision July 18 in the Blue Jays' 5-4, 15-inning loss at Fenway Park. He allowed five hits, two walks and two earned runs while striking out two over five innings.

Happ is 5-3 with an ERA of 3.66 in 14 career games (13 starts) against Boston.

 

Recent Form

Team	record	money	vs LHP	vs RHP	Fave	Dog	O/U	Diff
Boston	75-57	-$55.00	15-15	60-42	63-45	12-12	57-68-7	0.66
Toronto	61-71	-$1,410.00	11-21	50-50	41-40	20-31	62-64-6	-0.73

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

R Porcello (8-15) ERA: 4.57

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Aug 25, 2017	BAL	L	3-16	O	4.2	-$100.00
Aug 20, 2017	NYY	W	5-1	U	6	$98.00
Aug 15, 2017	STL	W	10-4	O	7	$67.00

J Happ (6-10) ERA: 4.10

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Aug 25, 2017	MIN	L	1-6	U	6	-$100.00
Aug 18, 2017	CHC	L	4-7	O	5	-$100.00
Aug 13, 2017	PIT	W	7-1	U	6	$92.00

Bullpen

Boston's relievers have pitched 7 innings in the last 3 games.
Toronto's relievers have pitched 11.2 innings in the last 3 games.

Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent

Boston Red Sox - R Porcello

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Apr 19, 2017	3-0	TOR	7	6	3	0	1	5	Loss
Sep 30, 2016	5-3	BOS	6	8	3	3	2	6	No Decision
Sep 9, 2016	13-3	BOS	7	6	2	2	1	7	Win
May 28, 2016	10-9	TOR	6.2	7	4	4	1	5	No Decision
Apr 15, 2016	5-3	BOS	6.1	2	3	3	1	8	Win

Toronto Blue Jays - J Happ

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Jul 18, 2017	5-4	BOS	5	5	2	2	2	2	No Decision
Oct 1, 2016	4-3	TOR	6.1	4	2	2	5	1	No Decision
Sep 10, 2016	3-2	TOR	6	4	2	2	1	5	Win
Apr 18, 2016	4-3	TOR	7	4	1	1	1	4	Win
May 15, 2015	2-1	SEA	7	5	1	1	1	3	No Decision

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	4.80	13	4.96	20
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	4.91	7	4.88	21
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	4.23	26	4.14	4
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	4.09	27	4.04	3

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	O/U	Away Pitcher	Home Pitcher	Away Hits	Home Hits	Away Walks	Home Walks	Away Strikeouts	Home Strikeouts
Aug 29, 2017	BOS	3	TOR	0	217	8	U	Chris Sale (L)	Brett Anderson (L)	9	4	1	0	8	15
Aug 28, 2017	BOS	6	TOR	5	-105	8.5	O	Drew Pomeranz (L)	Marcus Stroman (R)	12	8	4	7	6	5
Jul 20, 2017	TOR	8	BOS	6	-111	10.5	O	Francisco Liriano (L)	Doug Fister (R)	10	8	7	6	10	10
Jul 19, 2017	TOR	1	BOS	5	-133	9.5	U	Aaron Sanchez (R)	Drew Pomeranz (L)	5	7	5	5	6	7
Jul 18, 2017	TOR	4	BOS	5	126	10	U	J.A. Happ (L)	Brian Johnson (L)	15	13	5	2	10	15
Jul 17, 2017	TOR	4	BOS	3	-102	9	U	Marcus Stroman (R)	Eduardo Rodriguez (L)	8	6	5	3	13	7
Jul 2, 2017	BOS	15	TOR	1	-116	9	O	Drew Pomeranz (L)	Joe Biagini (R)	21	5	4	3	9	6
Jul 1, 2017	BOS	7	TOR	1	149	8.5	U	Chris Sale (L)	Francisco Liriano (L)	12	6	4	1	8	13
Jun 30, 2017	BOS	7	TOR	4	-120	9	O	Doug Fister (R)	Marco Estrada (R)	12	6	14	6	8	10
Apr 20, 2017	BOS	4	TOR	1	167	7.5	U	Chris Sale (L)	Marco Estrada (R)	7	5	4	1	10	18

MLB Betting Trends

Boston Red Sox
Boston is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Boston is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games
Boston is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Boston is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Boston is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Toronto
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 6 games when playing Toronto
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto

Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games
Toronto is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 6 games
Toronto is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Toronto is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Toronto's last 13 games at home
Toronto is 1-9 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Boston
Toronto is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 6 games when playing Boston
Toronto is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Boston
Toronto is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Boston

Team Vs Division Or Conference

Boston Red Sox

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	75-57	40-25	35-32	63-42	15-15	57-68-7	15-15	60-42
Last 10	5-5	1-3	4-2	3-4	3-1	4-5-1	1-1	4-4
vs Div	29-27	13-16	16-11	23-21	8-6	24-30-2	8-9	21-18
vs AL	62-53	31-24	31-29	50-40	14-13	51-60-4	15-15	47-38
vs NL	13-4	9-1	4-3	13-2	1-2	6-8-3	0-0	13-4

Toronto Blue Jays

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	61-71	35-33	26-38	41-37	21-33	62-64-6	11-21	50-50
Last 10	2-8	1-4	1-4	1-2	1-5	5-5	0-3	2-5
vs Div	23-33	13-18	10-15	12-16	12-16	24-31-1	6-14	17-19
vs AL	52-60	30-28	22-32	34-32	19-27	51-56-5	11-19	41-41
vs NL	9-11	5-5	4-6	7-5	2-6	11-8-1	0-2	9-9

Team Last 5 Games

Boston Red Sox

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Aug 29, 2017	TOR	3-0	W	-236	8	C Sale	7	Br Anderson	A
Aug 28, 2017	TOR	6-5	W	-105	8.5	D Pomeranz	6	M Stroman	A
Aug 27, 2017	BAL	1-2	L	-149	10.5	Doug Fister	7	W Miley	H
Aug 26, 2017	BAL	0-7	L	-132	9.5	Eduardo Rodriguez	6.2	K Gausman	H
Aug 25, 2017	BAL	3-16	L	-164	9.5	R Porcello	4.2	J Hellickson	H

Toronto Blue Jays

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Aug 29, 2017	BOS	0-3	L	217	8	Br Anderson	5.2	C Sale	H
Aug 28, 2017	BOS	5-6	L	-105	8.5	M Stroman	6	D Pomeranz	H
Aug 27, 2017	MIN	2-7	L	-139	9.5	Joe Biagini	3.2	K Gibson	H
Aug 26, 2017	MIN	10-9	W	-120	9	M Estrada	6	D Gee	H
Aug 25, 2017	MIN	1-6	L	-190	9	J Happ	6	B Colon	H

Weather in
Toronto - Canada

 68°F

Partially cloudy
Humidity is 71%
Wind is South 9 mph
Visibility is 10.004077 mi
Pressure is N/A inHg

Forecast for Toronto

 

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Boston at New York Thursday, August 31
Toronto at Baltimore Thursday, August 31

 

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