Atlanta Braves at Boston Red Sox - 8/9/22 MLB Picks and Prediction

Boston Red Sox (54-56) vs Atlanta Braves (64-46)

Game Info: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 7:10 pm (Fenway Park)

Rich Hill (4-5) (4.52) vs Charlie Morton (5-5) (4.09)

Betting Odds: Boston Red Sox +135 / Atlanta Braves -155 --- Over/Under: 9.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds

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The Atlanta Braves will play the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of their series at Fenway Park on Tuesday night.

The Atlanta Braves are 64-46 this season and have lost five of their last six games. Atlanta is coming off of a series loss against the Mets, where they lost four of the five games played. The Atlanta pitching staff has a 3.67 ERA, a 1.23 WHIP, and a .232 opponent batting average this season. The Braves offense has scored 522 runs with a .249 batting average and a .312 on base percentage. Austin Riley is batting .296 with 29 home runs and 69 RBI’s for the Braves this season. The projected starter for Atlanta is Charlie Morton, who is 5-5 with a 4.09 ERA and a 1.21 WHIP over 116.2 innings pitched this season.

The Boston Red Sox are 54-56 this season and have lost four of their last five games. Boston is coming off of a series loss against Kansas City, where they lost three out of the four games played in the series. The Boston pitching staff has a 4.39 ERA, a 1.32 WHIP, and a .250 opponent batting average. The Red Sox offense has scored 493 runs with a .253 batting average and a .314 on base percentage this year. Rafael Devers is batting .314 with 24 home runs and 60 RBI’s for the Red Sox this season. The projected starter for Boston is Rich Hill, who is 4-5 with a 4.52 ERA and a 1.32 WHIP over 73.2 innings pitched this season.

Atlanta is 5-1 in their last 6 interleague games and 23-9 in their last 32 Tuesday games. The over is 4-0-1 in Atlanta’s last 5 games. Boston is 3-7 in their last 10 home games and 1-4 in their last 5 Tuesday games. The under is 4-1 in Boston’s last 5 interleague games. The over is 15-4-2 in these two teams last 21 head to head meetings.

Boston has been disappointing this season and comes into this series in last place in the AL East. Atlanta has struggled in recent games, but has been very good this season. Atlanta is starting Charlie Morton, who has allowed nine earned runs over his last 16 innings. Boston is starting Rich Hill, who allowed four runs over three innings pitched in first appearance after being on the IL. I like Atlanta to win this game by at least two runs and expect Rich Hill to have another rough outing.

David’s Pick Braves -1.5

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