The Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox are playing on the MLB schedule on Saturday night and the game is on TV from FOX and has plenty of drama and things start up at 7:15 pm ET at Fenway Park and comes after the drama in the game on Friday with David Price hitting David Ortiz and the two teams having the benches clear and now the umpires could be very quick to throw warnings over the weekend.
The Rays and Red Sox are chasing the Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays in the AL East and so far no one has really pulled away and that is why Boston and Tampa are still alive. The Red Sox have overcome a 10-game winning streak that ended last week and now the Rays have given them some fire and this rivalry has been a lot hotter than it has been with the Yankees in the past few years. The Rays and Red Sox got into it last week with Yunel Escobar taking a base and the Red Sox whining about it after they did it last season and now the two teams play again.
Jake Odorizzi is on the mound for the Rays after Price and after manager John Farrell and players Jonny Gomes, Yunel Escobar and Sean Rodriguez all were ejected and this came from all the hit batters. Evan Longoria was hit and so was Mike Carp and now the game comes as Boston won over Tampa. The Rays come in looking to win and the teams will have Jon Lester and Erik Bedard going at it on Sunday and the Rays come in 19th in runs, 20th in batting average, 16th in on base percentage and 25th in slugging percentage. The team has been dealing with a number of pitching injuries and they are 22nd in ERA and 28th in quality starts.
The Red Sox have been playing well since their losing streak and they are fourth in the division and looking to keep things going. The team is 18th in runs scored and 21st in batting average and the team is sixth in on base percentage. The team has been hanging around in their pitching and they are 17th in ERA and eighth in quality starts and the AL East has remained tight as the season has started. The Yankees and Jays won so both these teams will be looking to avoid another loss of a game in the standings.
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