Angels vs. Red Sox: High-Scoring Game Expected at Fenway

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00:00The Red Sox play host to the L.A. Angels.

00:02Donnie, at least the odds makers are expecting to see some scoring.

00:06Total is nine and a half.

00:08A little bit of juice on the over in this Boston battle.

00:12Can we expect offense tonight inside Fenway?

00:16You probably should get it.

00:17Tyler Anderson, like that high XFIP guy, comes into this game.

00:2061 innings pitched on the season.

00:21A good ERA of 3.39, but his XFIP of 5.21.

00:25When does he absolutely just start to get shelled on a night-to-night basis?

00:28Here's the issue.

00:2964-degree temperatures, which, again, isn't great,

00:32but certainly not what you anticipate for the month of June.

00:35Light winds blowing out to right center field.

00:37But if you look at the Boston Red Sox lineup over its past 30 days

00:39against left-handed pitching, it hasn't been great.

00:42Devers, Narvaez, and Ruff Snyder all have very good statistics against lefties,

00:47but the rest of the lineup, Durant, Campbell, Story, Toro, Meyer,

00:50and also Raffaella, all terrible.

00:52So it's not something I want to sort of jump into,

00:54but if you're looking at left-handed pitchers,

00:56maybe Rafael Devers can catch one tonight.

00:58But Rob Ruff Snyder does have some better statistics.

01:01Not a great lineup there.

01:02But for the Angels on the other side, Richard Fitz,

01:04look, only 82 batters that he's faced on the season so far.

01:08He's got a decent ERA at 2.70, but a higher XFIP of 4.43.

01:12If you're just looking at XFIP tonight, based on his analytical numbers,

01:15we probably should be more overs than unders in this one.

01:18U.N. Mokata, Taylor Ward, Joe Adele all have really good statistics

01:22against right-handed pitching.

01:23But it's not two pitchers that I'm happy with saying,

01:26you know what, I definitely want to fade in because this game could be 2-1

01:29in the fifth inning.

01:30This game could be 5-4 in the fifth inning.

01:32So a tough one here with a couple batters that you just might want to pick out,

01:35but we're waiting on those warmer temperatures to invade Boston,

01:38help push that ball over the fence.

01:39So a tough one here with a couple batters that you just might want to pick out.