Red Sox-Blue Jays Odds Preview

The Toronto Blue Jays will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Friday when they take on the Boston Red Sox at Rogers Centre.

Righthander Clay Buchholz will take the mound for the Red Sox to start this game. Buchholz is 0-0 this season with a 0.00 ERA.

The Blue Jays will counter Buchholz with Ricky Romero. Lefthander Romero has a 3.00 ERA to go along with a 7-3 record this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Red Sox, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

The Red Sox defeated Kansas City 6-0 as a -320 favorite on Sunday. The six runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9.5).

Josh Beckett pitched a complete-game shutout, allowing only three hits with seven strikeouts for Boston, while Nick Green scored a pair of runs in the win.

The Blue Jays lost to Baltimore 4-2 as a +105 underdog on Sunday. The six runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9).

Marco Scutaro was 2-3 with an RBI for Toronto and Marc Rzepczynski took the loss after giving up three runs on five hits in six innings.

Current streak:
Boston has won 3 straight games.
Toronto has lost 2 straight games.

Team records:
Boston: 54-34 SU
Toronto: 44-46 SU

Boston most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Toronto are 5-5
After playing Kansas City are 8-2
After a win are 4-6

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

A few trends to consider:
Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Boston is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games on the road
Boston is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston’s last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto’s last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto’s last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto’s last 7 games when playing Boston
Toronto is 10-5 SU in its last 15 games when playing at home against Boston

Next up:
Toronto home to Boston, Saturday, July 18