Bad day for the birdbath
12-10 wins aren’t in the playbook, but, as Michael Vick once said, they should be. Well, maybe not.
Anyway, with a freebie by beating Corbin Burnes in Friday the Red Sox head into the third game of the series in good position. On the mound: Brayan Bello. The righty has quietly put together a run of six starts where he has allowed 3 runs or less. Over that time Bello has a 3.93 ERA and, uh, a 4.81 FIP. That may not be ideal but the Red Sox are 5-1 over these starts and just having a pitcher keep the team in the game has value. As we have very recently seen.
The Baltimore Orioles counter with Cade Povich, a southpaw sporting a robust 6.27 ERA / 6.28 FIP. He was the starter in July when the Oakland Athletics dumped 19 runs on the O’s. 8 of those came in the one inning pitched by Povich. Boston is rolling out the lefty mashers with Rob Refsnyder and Tyler O’Neill – fresh off the IL!
Danny Jansen will catch with Connor Wong getting a half day off at DH.
Jarren Duran shifts into center field while Ceddanne Rafaela slides over to shortstop.
First pitch is at 7:05 PM ET on WEEI and NESN.