Red Sox-Blue Jays Lines Preview

The Boston Red Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays will meet on the field at Rogers Centre on Saturday in a battle of division rivals.

The Red Sox will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Brad Penny in this game. Penny has a 6-3 record and a 4.71 ERA this season.

Starting this game for the Blue Jays will be Marc Rzepczynski. The lefthander has a 3.00 ERA to go along with a 0-1 record this season.

Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total.

Kevin Youkilis and David Ortiz drove in a pair of runs to lead the Red Sox to a series-opening 4-1 win over the Blue Jays on Friday, as a -110 pick’em. The five runs went UNDER the posted over/under (8.5).

Clay Buchholz earned his first victory of the season, and Jonathan Papelbon closed out the game with his 24^th save.

Alex Rios drove in the lone run for the Blue Jays, while Ricky Romero surrendered four runs over 4 1-3 innings in the loss.

Current streak:
Boston has won 4 straight games.
Toronto has lost 3 straight games.

Team records:
Boston: 55-34 SU
Toronto: 44-47 SU

Boston most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 7-3
Before playing Toronto are 5-5
After playing Toronto are 6-4
After a win are 5-5

Toronto most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Boston are 5-5
After playing Boston are 3-7
After a loss are 3-7

A few trends to consider:
Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Boston is 13-4 SU in its last 17 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto’s last 5 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto’s last 5 games when playing at home against Boston

Next up:
Toronto home to Boston, Sunday, July 19