After losing game one the series on Monday, the Boston Red Sox bounced back beating host Baltimore on Wednesday, and will aim to close out the three-game set with a win tonight. <\/p>\n
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\n BOS: Felix Doubront (L) (2013: 11-6, 4.32 ERA) v BAL: Wei-Yin Chen (L) (2013: 7-7, 4.07 ERA)<\/strong>
\n Date\/Time: 7:05 pm ET Thursday, April 3, 2014 Wednesday, April 2, 2014<\/strong>
\n Venue: \u00a0Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland<\/strong>
\n Broadcast: MASN<\/strong>
\n Line: Baltimore -110<\/strong>
\n Total: 9<\/strong>
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Mike Napoli drove in four runs and slugger David Ortiz hit a two-run homer while starting pitcher John Lackey (1-0) tossed six solid innings, giving up just two runs and three hits in his first start since winning Game 6 of last year’s World Series.<\/p>\n
Lackey also <\/strong>\u00a0struck out six and had only one walk before Boston’s relievers shot the door with three no run innings.<\/p>\n
Offensively, the Red Sox made for a lack of in the series opener and after posting just a single run in a 2-1 loss, let looses for 10 hits on Tuesday<\/p>\n
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Dustin Pedroia went 4-for-5 and scored twice off O’s pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez (0-1), who was making his first start for Baltimore. He gave up four runs and five hits in six innings.
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\nThe offense was provided by Nelson Cruz, who jacked a two-run homer in the fourth, to give Baltimore its only runs of the game.<\/p>\nOn Thursday the Red Sox will go with lefty Felix Doubront who is 1-2 \u00a0in five starts lifetime against the Orioles with a 4.54 ERA.<\/p>\n
Fatigue and health have been the 26-year-old’s is biggest issues during his career, but showed he had the right stuff after tossing seven innings, allowing one run over four relief appearances in the 2013 playoffs.\u00a0 Turns out, he was a pretty good reliever, so the Red Sox have moved him back into the starting rotation.<\/p>\n
The Orioles will counter with left-hander Wei-Yin Chen who has yet to win a game against Boston in four starts, posting an 0-2 record with a 7.29 ERA. The 28-year-old has given up 33 hits and 17 runs to the Sox lifetime.<\/p>\n
He \u00a0pitched well at beginning of last year, but he was 1-4 with a 5.55 ERA in final 11 starts.<\/p>\n
However, there is a sense \u00a0that Chen took a step backward last year because he missed two months in the summer with an oblique strain and finished the season with \u00a0bone chips in his right knee.<\/p>\n
Matt\u2019s Free Prediction<\/h3>\n
The Red Sox should be good behind <\/b>Doubront, and Ortiz and Napoli are a combined 5 for 20 against Chen, with three of those hits being \u00a0home runs.<\/p>\n