“Will This Tense Showdown Become a Battle of the Bullpens? Red Sox and Rays Aim for Scoreboard Silence!”

It really hasn’t been the best start to the MLB season that I’ve ever had, but the good thing is that not only do these guys play every day, but we have plenty of time to make up the losses. Yesterday I had a play on Shohei Ohtani that didn’t come through, but the one on Justin Turner did. So, not a big deal one way or another. Now we head back to the diamond in hopes of getting a win on the Red Sox and Rays game.

The Red Sox come into today’s game with an 8-9 record and a myriad of struggles placing them that game under .500. This is a team that had somewhat high expectations coming into the year with some new arms added to the rotation, and a decent splash made in the free agency pool with Alex Bregman being added to the lineup. Those this is still a small sample size, the team is hitting and scoring at a decent enough clip. They did just lose two games to the White Sox, a team that should easily lose 100 games this year. For the season, the team has a .251 batting average, and is scoring 4.5 runs per game. Those numbers, at least the runs, might be a bit misleading though as they scored 44 runs in four games. So, outside of those four wins the team had, they are just 4-9, averaging 2.5 runs per game. Tonight brings Tanner Houck to the hill. He has been okay over the years for Boston, with his best season coming last year. He has made three start this season with his most recent being a quality outing. Rays hitters haven’t fared all that well against him, hitting just .203 against Houck. 

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