Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox ALDS Game 3 Pick: With the next three games of the American League Championship Series to be played at Boston’s famed Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox have a chance to take the upper hand in front of their ravenous fans. In Monday’s ALCS Game 1, the Red Sox will make it hard on the visiting Tampa Bay Rays by sending ace lefthander Jon Lester to the mound to start the game. Lester finished the regular season with a 16-6 record and 3.21 ERA after 33 starts. Countering for the Rays is Matt Garza. The righthander finished the regular season at 11-9 with a 3.70 ERA.
Oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com seem to have confidence in Lester by having the Red Sox installed at -195 money line odds with an 8 ½ total. The Rays are getting +182 money line odds as the road underdog.
In Game 3 of the Division Series, Garza ran into trouble in the fourth inning at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field and paid dearly for it. Garza, allowed seven hits and five earned runs in a loss. Still, the 25-year-old pitched well and will look to pick up his first career postseason win. Garza has arguably the best stuff on the Rays rotation, and if he can keep his emotions in check, he is a force to be reckoned with. He is a career 3-1 with a 3.86 ERA against the Red Sox.
Lester has been nothing short of magnificent of late. After earning American League Pitcher of the Month honors in September, Lester posted a 0.00 ERA in 14 innings against the Angels in the Division Series. He earned the win in Game 1 and left Game 2 with a 2-0 lead after seven innings. In three career postseason starts, Lester hasn't allowed an earned run. Lester was a Fenway Park force this season, going 11-1 with a 2.49 ERA in 17 starts. Against the Rays this season, Lester was dominant, going 3-0 with an 0.90 ERA in three stats.
B.J. Upton drove in the winning run in the 11th inning on Saturday night as the Rays topped the Red Sox 9-8 in Game 2 of this series.
The Rays pulled out the win as -114 home favorites in that contest, while the combined score went well OVER the night's posted total (8).
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