Boston Red Sox (15-22) vs Seattle Mariners (17-21)
Game Info: Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 7:10 pm (Fenway Park)
Rich Hill (1-1) (2.89) vs George Kirby (0-0) (0.90)
Betting Odds: Boston Red Sox -130 / Seattle Mariners +110 --- Over/Under: 8.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Seattle Mariners will play the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of their series at Fenway Park on Friday night.
The Seattle Mariners are 17-21 this season and have lost three of their last five games. Seattle is coming off of a series loss to Toronto, where they lost two of the three games played. The Seattle pitching staff has a 3.82 ERA, a 1.27 WHIP, and a .237 opponent batting average this season. The Mariners offense has scored 146 runs with a .232 batting average and a .314 on base percentage. Ty France is batting .325 with six home runs and 27 RBI’s for the Mariners this season. The projected starter for Seattle is George Kirby, who is 0-0 with a 0.90 ERA and a 0.80 WHIP over 10 innings pitched this season.
The Boston Red Sox are 15-22 this season and have won four of their last six games. Boston is coming off of a series win against Houston, where they won two of the three games in the series. The Boston pitching staff has a 3.79 ERA, a 1.17 WHIP, and a .223 opponent batting average. The Red Sox offense has scored 141 runs with a .237 batting average and a .292 on base percentage this year. Rafael Devers is batting .340 with seven home runs and 21 RBI’s for the Red Sox this season. The projected starter for Boston is Rich Hill, who is 1-1 with a 2.89 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP over 28 innings pitched this season.
Seattle is 6-15 in their last 21 games and 3-10 in their last 13 road games. The under is 3-1-1 in Seattle’s last 5 game one’s of a series. Boston is 5-1 in their last 6 game one’s of a series and 8-15 in their last 23 games. The under is 5-0-1 in Boston’s last 6 Thursday games. The over is 16-5 in these two teams last 21 head to head meetings.
This should be a good game between two pitchers that have had solid starts to their season. Rich Hill has only allowed two earned runs in his last four starts, while Kirby has allowed one run in two starts. I don’t think there will be many runs scored here, but I like the Red Sox to get the win.