The Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays are playing on the MLB schedule on Tuesday and the matchup from Fenway Park and starts up at 7:10 pm ET and comes streaming with a live stream on the MLB.com website and has JA Happ taking on Felix Doubront in the game as the AL East rivals do battle in the division.
The Red Sox come into the game while in the middle of a four game losing streak and manager John Farrell said that his team is not pressing and they are ready to bounce back after playing against the Detroit Tigers. Boston never had a four game losing streak last season as they won the World Series and now they are hoping some home cooking can get players going, as David Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia have cooled off and the Blues Jays come in pitching very well and they had won five in a row on the road before losing against the Rangers.
The slump has knocked the Red Sox down in the standings and the Blue Jays are now 23-22 and they have remained in the mix in the AL East, which has no one pulling away right now. The Jays are now third in the division and they are playing very well on the offensive side, ranking in the top five in runs and the top two in slugging percentage in the league and they are also 13th in batting average this season. The pitching has been up and down and they are ranked 25th in ERA and 18th in quality starts and the team is also ranked 29th in WHIP.
The Red Sox come in after a loss to the Detroit Tigers and that was on Sunday and now they will host the Blue Jays at home and they are hoping to turn things around before Clay Buchholz gets the start on Wednesday. The team is in fourth place in the AL East and Jose Bautista comes in with good numbers against the opposing pitcher, launching three home runs in his only hits in 14 at bats against the young thrower. The Red Sox are chasing the Yankees and Orioles along with the Blue Jays in the division and they are hoping this series turns things back around for the defending champions.
In other action, the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets are playing on the MLB schedule on Tuesday and the game from Citi Field starts up at 7:10 pm ET and comes streaming live from the MLB.com website as LA heads east and the two NL teams will battle things out in Queens for a series with Josh Beckett and Rafael Montero.
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