New York (0-1) at Boston (1-0) 7:10 PM EST TV: YES, NESN
Vegas odds for tonight’s New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox MLB Baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, MA are now posted on NSAwins.com and vegas oddsmakers have made the Red Sox a -145 moneyline favorite with the total set at over/under 9.5 runs. The Red Sox won the season opener sunday night 9-7 after falling behing 5-1 and will look to take game two of the three game series against their top rival tonight under the bright lights of Fenway. The Red Sox will trout out southpaw Jon Lester to the hill and the 26-year-old native of Tacoma, WA will be looking to improve upon a solid 15-8 season last year for Boston. Lester allowed just 186 hits and 66 bases on balls in 203.1 innings of work last season and struck out 225(3rd best in AL). The left-hander is one of the game’s top young pitchers and is 42-16 with a 3.66 ERA for Boston in his brief 4 year career thus far, including 32-14 in his 1st two full seasons in the Boston rotation in 2008 and 2009. The Yankees will try to pick up their 1st win of the season and even up the series tonight with A.J. Burnett toeing the rubber. The 33-year-old right-hander had a solid season in his first season pitching in the Bronx last year, as he went 13-9 with a 4.04 ERA. Burnett put in a solid 207 innings of work for the pinstripes in 2009 and allowed just 193 hits and struck out 195, but allowed an American League leading 97 walks. Burnett will have to be on top of his game with good control tonight as hitter-friendly Fenway is unforgiving to pitchers who can’t keep runners off the basepaths. In four starts against the Red Sox last season, Burnett went 0-2 with an 8.85 ERA after dominating Boston with a 5-0 record and 2.56 ERA in his eight prior career appearances verus Boston with Toronto. Lester is 3-1 with a 3.88 ERA against the Yankees in eight career starts. NSAwins.com’s expert handicapper William E. Stockton likes the Red Sox to get a strong outing from Lester and take game two of the three game set tonight as -145 favorites. You can bet on who you think will win tonight’s Yankees-Red Sox game at SBG Global Sportsbook and get a 20% SIGN UP BONUS on your 1st deposit! Get all of today’s MLB Lines and Totals at NSAwins.com – the online leader in sports betting information.
