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00:00But the Red Sox playing good baseball despite not being able to complete the sweep over
00:07KC this week at Kauffman.
00:09They won that series.
00:10The Red Sox have won six of their last eight.
00:13The Astros took the final two games of their midweek set against their in-state and divisional
00:18foes, the Texas Rangers.
00:20Boston, a home favorite today against Ronald Blanco and the Astros.
00:24Yeah, there's some rain in the forecast.
00:26You see that total nine and a half, so you need double digits in order to cash in that
00:29ticket.
00:30If we do dance around the raindrops in Boston, 70-degree temperatures, which is nice, 16-mile-an-hour
00:35winds blowing out to left field.
00:36That's why that number is so high.
00:38But Ronald Blanco actually has decent statistics, Ben, over the last 60 days if we include left-hander
00:43and right-handed batters and include them together.
00:45However, his last 47 left-handed batters that he's faced over the past month, a .341 Iso
00:51and a weighted-on-base percentage of .380.
00:53Why is that important?
00:55Seven of the nine batters anticipated tonight for the Boston Red Sox will be lefties.
00:59And I'm talking about the first four guys, Duran, .463 weighted-on-base percentage.
01:03Abreu, .493.
01:04Yoshida, .413.
01:05Devers, .481.
01:06You want to continue down, Dominic Smith, .411.
01:11You take a look at Sogar, the switch hitter, .367.
01:14And then you take a look at Rafael, who's actually a right-handed batter, .349 to bring
01:17up the rear in the nine-hole.
01:19So I'm looking at this performance, bounce back probably on hand for your starting pitcher.
01:23But also, Blanco is decent, just not against lefties.
01:26I think that's a recipe for success.
01:28They are a favorite for a reason tonight, Boston, and I think they win this game over
01:31the Astros.