MLB Report - Sunday
BOSTON RED SOX -135 (action) (at Detroit) – 1:05 pm ET #919
The Red Sox are coming off back-to-back losses the past two nights versus Detroit, but the Red Sox had their two weakest starters (Tavarez and Gabbard) on the mound in each loss. Boston is still the best team in the American League and they should avoid the three-game sweep today with Daisuke Matsuzaka on the mound.
Matsuzaka is having a fantastic season with a 3.53 ERA and 1.195 WHIP (walks + hits per innings pitched) with a powerful 119-37 strikeout/walk ratio in his seventeen starts. Matsuzaka is in excellent current form with a 0.82 ERA and 0.864 WHIP in his past three starts and overall he has allowed two runs or less in each of his past six outings. Matsuzaka dominated the Tigers earlier this season on May 14th with an easy 7-1 win as he pitched a nine-inning complete game and allowed just one run and six hits.
Meanwhile, the Tigers’ Nate Robertson has struggled this season with a weak 4.97 ERA and 1.618 WHIP in his fourteen starts, including an awful 8.71 ERA and 1.936 WHIP in his past three outings. Robertson has also struggled in his six career starts versus Boston with a 1-5 SU team record and a miserable 6.55 ERA and 1.718 WHIP.
Steve Merril
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