Boston can basically win one game and clinch home field advantage throughout the playoffs and I think they'd rather get it done sooner than later. Tonight they throw out their regular starting line up to face Scott Feldman who has been great since the All Star break, but his 4.44 ERA at home and 4.02 ERA at night and the fact the the Red Sox have a .340 average in 103 AB with a .984 OPS leads me to believe that the Red Sox hold some value here in this spot.
Clay Bucholz has been slowly getting back into it and he's had a ton of success vs. the Orioles of late giving up just 3 ER in 24 innings over his last three starts. Bucholz is on 5 days rest here and the Orioles are hitting just .184 scoring 2.61 runs per 9 over their last 10. Meanwhile the Red Sox are scoring 5.54 during that same time frame. Boston over the last 2 weeks is #1 in LD% while the Orioles are 30th which is usually a clearer indication on how a team is hitting. I look for the Red Sox to come out and score some runs and their back end to shut down the Orioles in the process while the A's lose later to King Felix.
