The Sox are starting to feel the pressure and Josh Beckett takes the mound that usually is not a good thing for opponents and I'm backing him here over his last 3 starts vs. the Rays he's gone 24 IP and has absolutely dominated this team giving up just 6 hits and 1 BB and 0 ER. Upton and Zobrist are a combined 7-44 and the Rays overall 194 AB have a .211 average and .587 OPS. While the Sox have had some success vs. Shields who is not as good on the road and is off back to back 120+ outings including one dominant home start vs. the Red Sox in his last start. Ortiz,Pedroia, and Gonzalez are a combined 31-100 with 6 HR that's the 3,4, 5 int he line up which should mean good things for the Sox Friday night at home where they are 70-33 in their last 103 mettings with the Rays. Shields has never bene as good on the road 3.11 ERA this year is his best it's still almost a run from what he's done at home over the last 3 previous years he's had a 5.10 on the road and a 5.16 ERA in September. Rays are 7-15 in his last 22 starts vs. the Red Sox and his last 5 starts at Fenway he has a 5.68 ERA. Look for Beckett to control this game he's 10-1 when an opponent scores 5 or more runs in previous game so I'm not worried about how hot the Rays have been
