It’s Game 1 of the ALCS as the Boston Red Sox take on the Tampa Bay Rays and here is your official sports betting preview. Daisuke Matsuzaka is on the hill for Boston and James Shields for Tampa. The Rays are -116 at the sportsbooks with a total of 8-over -115. However, Boston is -125 to win the series.

Dice K has an 18-3 personal record and 24-6 team mark this year. He is 9-0 on the road personally and with a 12-2 team mark. His OBP against on the highway is a very impressive .302.

Shields is 10-2 at home and his team mark is 15-3 at home. His OBP against is .279. His home WHIP is 1.04.

Boston is an incredible 22-7 their last 29 playoff games, but 7-20 overall their last 27 on turf, 1-5 after allowing two runs or less last game.

Tampa is 41-11 their last 52 home games to a right-handed starter. Tampa is 9-1 the last 10 at home in the series.

Boston has gone under 11-1 after scoring five or more runs last game. Tampa has gone over 20-6 to right-handed starters.

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