The Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox are playing live on the MLB schedule on Saturday and the game is starting up at 1:35 pm ET at Fenway Park and the stream comes from the MLB.com website and has the two AL East teams looking to gain their footing early on in the season and has Bud Norris and Felx Doubront are facing off in the pitching matchup.
The Red Sox are coming into the game after a loss against the Orioles and that saw Chris Tillman win and now Norris will be on the mound for the O's and the Sox come into the game at fifth in the AL East at 7-10 and they are ranked 24th in the league in runs. The team is coming in after winning the World Series last season and Doubront will be looking to bounce back after his last start, a loss against the Yankees at the Stadium and the team is hoping he can improve after going for six innings and allowing three runs and now he is 1-2 on the season with a six plus ERA. Norris is 0-1 this season and comes in after getting a no decision against the Blue Jays and he went seven innings and gave up zero runs and he has pitched well this season.
The team is ranked 23rd in batting average and ninth in on base percentage and they are 26th in slugging percentage and the team has Jake Peavy facing off against Ubaldo Jimenez on Sunday in the series finale. The pitching has been solid, as the team is 11th in ERA, fourth in quality starts and 17th in WHIP and they are looking to get back on track as they are chasing the Rays and the Yankees in the division. Mike Napoli is leading the team in batting average and the loss against the Orioles gave Baltimore their third win in a row and the team is preparing for the Patriots Day game on Monday which will be very emotional.
The Baltimore Orioles are coming into the game after winning three straight games and they have Norris on the mound and they come in 20th in the league in runs and they are starting to heat up and the team is fifth in batting average and 19th in on base percentage and they are also 15th in slugging percentage and they are up and down pitching so far this season. The team is 30th in BAA and are 19th in ERA with a number just under four and the team is 28th in quality starts and 25th in WHIP and they are looking to keep thier winning streak going.
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