MLB Betting Preview: Red Sox vs. Blue Jays

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MLB Betting Preview: Red Sox vs. Blue Jays

The Boston Red Sox are clinging to a playoff spot and will need a win against the Toronto Blue Jays to keep pace with the Bronx Bombers. Online sportsbook Bet Phoenix has the latest odds for this game and the entire MLB schedule.

The Boston Red Sox responded well after losing six straight to open the season. It’s uncertain if they’d react as well to losing six in a row during a pennant race.

Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield gets another shot at his 200th victory Tuesday night when Boston opens a two-game set against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays.

After opening 0-6 - their slowest start since a team-worst 0-8 skid to begin 1945 - Boston (85-61) reeled off 30 wins in its next 46 games to move atop the AL East.

The Red Sox led the division by 1 1/2 games over the New York Yankees when the calendar flipped to September, but they’ve lost nine of 11 this month. After dropping three of four at Toronto (74-73) from Sept. 5-8, Boston was swept at Tampa Bay over the weekend to fall 3 1/2 back of the Yankees.

The Rays, who arrive at Fenway Park on Thursday for a four-game set, inched within 3 1/2 of the wild-card-leading Red Sox. If that’s going to happen, the Red Sox will likely need improvement from their starters, who have a 9.00 ERA during the team’s five-game losing streak. No starter has lasted more than five innings in that stretch.

Wakefield (6-6, 5.03 ERA) left with an 8-5 lead after five innings Wednesday, but Daniel Bard blew his fourth save of the season in an 11-10 loss at Toronto.

Boston has squandered three leads in the eight games Wakefield has pitched trying to win No. 200. The Blue Jays won’t see the playoffs for the 18th straight year, but the future looks bright if the club’s youngsters can continue to deliver.

Jose Bautista drove in two runs Sunday, just as he did Saturday, when he hit his major league-leading 41st homer.

He’ll look to provide more production for Tuesday’s scheduled starter, Brandon Morrow (9-10, 5.12).The right-hander is 0-3 with a 9.74 ERA in his last four outings after yielding eight runs in 4 1-3 innings Wednesday. Morrow has been tagged for eight home runs during that stretch.

The Red Sox are desperate for a win, but the Blue Jays won’t go down without a fight.