Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox - 10/5/22 MLB Picks and Prediction

Boston Red Sox (77-84) vs Tampa Bay Rays (86-75)

Game Info: Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at 4:10 pm (Fenway Park)

Nick Pivetta (10-12) (4.56) vs Josh Fleming (2-4) (6.23)

Betting Odds: Boston Red Sox +110 / Tampa Bay Rays -120 --- Over/Under: 7.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds

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The Tampa Bay Rays will play the Boston Red Sox in Game 3 of their series at Fenway Park on Wednesday afternoon.

The Tampa Bay Rays are 86-75 this season and have lost six of their last seven games. Tampa Bay has lost the first two games of this series by scores of 4-3 and 6-0. The Tampa Bay pitching staff has a 3.39 ERA, a 1.14 WHIP, and a .232 opponent batting average this season. The Rays offense has scored 663 runs with a .239 batting average and a .308 on base percentage. Randy Arozarena is batting .262 with 20 home runs and 89 RBI’s for the Rays this season. The projected starter for Tampa Bay is Josh Fleming, who is 2-4 with a 6.23 ERA and a 1.91 WHIP over 30.1 innings pitched this season.

The Boston Red Sox are 77-84 this season and have won five of their last eight games. Prior to winning the first games of this series, Boston lost all three games played in their series against Toronto. The Boston pitching staff has a 4.54 ERA, a 1.35 WHIP, and a .256 opponent batting average. The Red Sox offense has scored 729 runs with a .257 batting average and a .321 on base percentage this year. Xander Bogaerts is batting .305 with 15 home runs and 73 RBI’s for the Red Sox this season. The projected starter for Boston is Nick Pivetta, who is 10-12 with a 4.56 ERA and a 1.37 WHIP over 175.2 innings pitched this season.

Tampa Bay finished third in the AL wild card race and will be facing the Cleveland Guardians in the playoffs. The Rays will be looking to end the regular season on a good note, after struggling in their last seven games. Boston had a disappointing season, but is looking to end the season with a sweep. Boston is starting Nick Pivetta, who has allowed nine runs over his last 10 innings pitched. For the Rays, Josh Fleming allowed one run over his four innings in only start since early July. I like the Rays in this game.

The pick in this article is the opinion of the writer, not a PickDawgz site consensus.

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