Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays
Play: Over 9
The Red Sox and Rays have averaged over 10 runs per game at Tropicana Field this season, and runs should once again be cheap in the series opener tonight.
Our Tuesday night MLB selection is on the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays going over the total at Tropicana Field in St. Pete.
Carlos PenaTonight begins perhaps the most important series of the season for the defending American League Champion Rays, as Boston comes to town for three games with a five-game lead over Tampa Bay for the AL Wild Card heading into this first contest. A Boston sweep would put the Rays eight games down with a month to go, and that doesn't take into account the fact that Texas is also in the race for the last American League playoff spot.
This could just be the biggest regular season game of Tampa righthanded starter Andy Sonnanstine's career, as Sonanstine will get called up from AAA-Durham to take the spot of Scott Kazmir who was just traded by the Rays to the Angels. Sonnanstine hasn't started for the Rays since June 25, and his numbers in the first three months certainly don't instill confidence tonight as the righthander had gone 6-7 with a 6.61 ERA in 15 starts before getting shipped down.
These two teams have played six games at Tropicana Field this season, and so far there has not been a shortage of runs as a total of 61 runs have been scored, or an average of over 10 runs per game. Take the Over.
Big Al 9/1
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