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The fans at Fenway Park will be treated to a game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Boston Red Sox when they take their seats on Sunday.
The Angels will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Joe Saunders in this game. Saunders has a 17-7 record and a 3.41 ERA this season.
It’ll be ace Josh Beckett toeing the rubber for the Red Sox in this contest. Righthander Beckett is 12-10 with a 4.03 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 175-moneyline favorites versus the Angels, while the game’s total is sitting at 9.
J.D. Drew belted a two-run homer in the ninth inning on Friday as the Red Sox defeated the Angels 7-5 in Game 2 of this series.
The Red Sox won that game as +125 underdogs, while the 12 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (8).
Drew finished 3-for-5 with three RBIs for the Red Sox. Jonathan Papelbon tossed two scoreless innings to earn the victory in relief.
Mark Teixeira went 3-for-3 at the plate with one RBI for the Angels, who were favored at -135 in that game. Francisco Rodriguez gave up two runs off four hits in relief and suffered the loss.
Team records:
Los Angeles: 100-62 SU Boston: 95-67 SU Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 5-5 After playing Boston are 8-2 After a loss are 6-4 Boston most recently: A few trends to consider:
LA Angels are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston LA Angels are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games on the road LA Angels are 8-2 SU in their last 10 games when playing Boston The total has gone OVER in 6 of LA Angels’s last 8 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games at home Boston is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston’s last 7 games Boston is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home |