The Blue Jays take their five-game winning streak into Fenway Park. The home squad is coming off one of those soul-crushing defeats - taking a lead into the ninth inning, only to have your closer give up a pair of solo home runs. That's possibly good news for Toronto. Of course, the fact that it was the Yankees abusing the Bostonians definitely wasn't good news.
Match-ups? We have match-ups.....
Hutchison (9-11, 4.47) vs Webster (3-3, 6.69)
Happ (9-8, 4.37) vs Buchholz (6-8, 5.40)
Dickey (11-12, 3.94) vs De La Rosa (4-5, 3.89)
Lots of things have gone wrong for Boston this year, but it's the total collapse of their offense that is most stunning. In 2013 they scored 853 runs, the most in the majors by a sizeable margin. This year they're on pace to score a measly 625. Only Tampa Bay has as much trouble scoring runs - the Rays, and a few (but just a few) teams that have pitchers in the very batting order spot where the Red Sox feature one David Ortiz. And none of those teams get to play half their games in Fenway Park, which while no longer the hitter's park of legend is still a pretty nice place to hit.
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