Boston has been cruel to Rays' starter James Shields, where he is 3-8 (the Rays are 3-10) with a 5.06 ERA and 1.40 WHIP in 13 career starts. Meanwhile, Red Sox starter, Jon Lester, has welcomed the confines of Fenway Park, going 5-3 there this season with a 3.39 ERA and 1.32 WHIP, where the Red Sox are 9-3 in his 12 starts there in 2009. The Rays are in a terrible slump right now at the worst possible time in the season. They've lost 9 games in a row, and are averaging about 2.5 runs per game and hitting about .185 as a team over that stretch. They've been awful on the road this year, sporting a 29-42 record, almost as bad as the Red Sox are good at home where they are 47-21 this year. Boston hits .283 and scores an average of 6 runs per game at Fenway this year, I'll take those numbers any day, especially against a Rays team that has completely fallen apart.
Jack Jones 9/11
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