On the eve of the Boston Marathon the Red Sox get a Sunday night baseball game and I expect this crowd to be alive knowing they have Monday off. I think they have a huge advantage on the mound tonight with Ubaldo Jimenez taking toeing the rubber for the Orioles. Jimenez is not the best in April posting a 6.05 ERA over the last three years. He's off to another terrible start posting a 7.31 ERA in three starts while his counterpart Jake Peavy is posting a 1.93 ERA this year. More on Jimenez though as he posts a 9.21 ERA in 6 career starts vs. the Red Sox while carrying a 1.97 WHIP. He also has a 4.89 ERA over the last 3 years on the road over 50 road starts.
Jake Peavy on the other hand has held the Orioles in check over 79 combined at bats he's held them to a .190 average and a .581 OPS and carries a 2.45 ERA over the last 3 years in April starts. He has 2 starts vs. the Orioles over the last two years and has gone 7 innings of quality pitching in both posting an ERA under 3. There will be heavy hearts at Fenway tonight and Ted Barret will be behind the plate and home teams are 31-15 in his last 51 while Boston is 29-14 and the Orioles are 3-13 combining for a 71% angle.
