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The Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Angels will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Angel Stadium in Game 1 of their ALDS.
The Red Sox will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Jon Lester in this game. Lester has a 16-6 record and a 3.21 ERA this season.
Lester’s opponent in this one will be John Lackey. The Angels ace righthander has a 3.75 ERA to go along with a 12-5 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Angels listed as 132-moneyline favorites versus the Red Sox, while the game’s total is sitting at 8½.
The Red Sox finished off the regular season with a 4-3 win over the Yankees in Game 2 of a doubleheader on Sunday.
Jonathan Van Every singled in the winning run in the tenth inning for
Joe Saunders pitched six shutout innings Sunday to lead the Angels past
The Angels were a -130 favorite and the seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9).
Mike Napoli was 3-3 with a home run and four RBI for the Angels, while Gary Matthew Jr. was 3-4 with three runs scored.
Team records:
Boston most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 6-4 Before playing LA Angels are 5-5 After playing NY Yankees are 5-5 After a win are 4-6 Los Angeles most recently: A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Boston’s last 13 games when playing on the road against LA Angels Boston is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston’s last 6 games when playing on the road against LA Angels LA Angels are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing Boston The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Angels’s last 6 games LA Angels are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games at home LA Angels are 8-3 SU in their last 11 games Next up:
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