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The Toronto Blue Jays are favoured at Fenway Park for the first time in over two years as they take on a Boston Red Sox team that is going nowhere fast.
The Blue Jays are -128 away favourites against the +108 underdog Boston Red Sox with a 10.5-run total on the <a href="https://www.oddsshark.com/mlb/odds?utm_source=BlueJaysNation&amp;utm_medium=Referral&amp;utm_campaign=Editorial">MLB odds</a> for Thursday at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. It is the first time since July 18, 2017 &#8211; 31 matchups ago &#8211; that the Blue Jays have been a road favourite against Boston, according to the <a href="https://www.oddsshark.com/mlb/database?utm_source=BlueJaysNation&amp;utm_medium=Referral&amp;utm_campaign=Editorial">OddsShark MLB Database</a>. The Blue Jays are 8-4 in their last 12 away games, while the Red Sox have offered little value as a home underdog, going 5-15 in their last 20 matchups with the OVER hitting 11 times.
Toronto has been tepid offensively away from home, where they score 3.64 runs per game with a .671 on-base-plus-slugging (OPS), which is 23rd in MLB. But the pitching staff&#8217;s 3.50 road earned-run average (ERA) is fifth-best. The Red Sox are averaging 4.65 runs in home games and their .783 home OPS ranks a respectable 12th, but that&#8217;s been canceled out by a 6.50 home ERA, the worst in MLB outside of Colorado.
Righthander Taijuan Walker (3-2, 3.79 ERA, 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings) will start in Thursday&#8217;s matchup opposite Red Sox lefthander Martin Perez (2-4, 4.58 ERA, 6.8 SO/9). Walker threw six shutout innings in his Blue Jays debut on August 29 and the total has gone UNDER in three of his last five starts at <a href="https://www.oddsshark.com/canada?utm_source=BlueJaysNation&amp;utm_medium=Referral&amp;utm_campaign=Editorial">online sports betting</a> sites. Walker&#8217;s teams are 7-3 in his last 10 starts. Boston is 0-3 in Perez&#8217;s home starts this season and the total has gone OVER in 11 of his last 15 starts at home.
Another righty, Tanner Roark (2-1, 5.33 ERA, 7.3 SO/9) is in line to start in the first game of Friday&#8217;s doubleheader for the Blue Jays. Although Roark is having issues limiting bases on balls, his teams are 11-7 in his last 18 starts on the road and the total has finished UNDER in four of the last five outings. Neither team has named a starter for Friday&#8217;s nightcap, which is a makeup game where Toronto will be designated as the home team. The same goes for the Saturday and Sunday matchups.
Righthander Chase Anderson (0-0, 3.20 ERA, 8.2 SO/9) could take his rotation turn on Saturday for Toronto. His teams are 5-2 in his last seven starts on the road, including a 2-1 Blue Jays win against the Red Sox on August 8.
The two pitchers Toronto added before the August 31 trade deadline, lefthander Robbie Ray (1-4, 7.34 ERA, 12.5 SO/9) and righthander Ross Stripling (3-2, 5.61 ERA, 7.2 SO/9 with the Los Angeles Dodgers), are on the active roster. Ray&#8217;s teams are 4-6 in his last 10 starts on the road, with a 4-5-1 over/under split. The Dodgers were 9-2 in Stripling&#8217;s last 11 road starts, but the total finished OVER in five of the most recent eight from that sample.
The Blue Jays are at home next week for a pair of three-game series against the New York Yankees (Sept. 7-9) and the New York Mets (Sept. 11-13).
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by OddsShark (<a href="https://twitter.com/oddsshark" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@OddsShark</a>) - Sponsored Post
The Toronto Blue Jays are favoured at Fenway Park for the first time in over two years as they take on a Boston Red Sox team that is going nowhere fast.
The Blue Jays are -128 away favourites against the +108 underdog Boston Red Sox with a 10.5-run total on the <a href="https://www.oddsshark.com/mlb/odds?utm_source=BlueJaysNation&amp;utm_medium=Referral&amp;utm_campaign=Editorial">MLB odds</a> for Thursday at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. It is the first time since July 18, 2017 - 31 matchups ago - that the Blue Jays have been a road favourite against Boston, according to the <a href="https://www.oddsshark.com/mlb/database?utm_source=BlueJaysNation&amp;utm_medium=Referral&amp;utm_campaign=Editorial">OddsShark MLB Database</a>. The Blue Jays are 8-4 in their last 12 away games, while the Red Sox have offered little value as a home underdog, going 5-15 in their last 20 matchups with the OVER hitting 11 times.
Toronto has been tepid offensively away from home, where they score 3.64 runs per game with a .671 on-base-plus-slugging (OPS), which is 23rd in MLB. But the pitching staff's 3.50 road earned-run average (ERA) is fifth-best. The Red Sox are averaging 4.65 runs in home games and their .783 home OPS ranks a respectable 12th, but that's been canceled out by a 6.50 home ERA, the worst in MLB outside of Colorado.
Righthander Taijuan Walker (3-2, 3.79 ERA, 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings) will start in Thursday's matchup opposite Red Sox lefthander Martin Perez (2-4, 4.58 ERA, 6.8 SO/9). Walker threw six shutout innings in his Blue Jays debut on August 29 and the total has gone UNDER in three of his last five starts at <a href="https://www.oddsshark.com/canada?utm_source=BlueJaysNation&amp;utm_medium=Referral&amp;utm_campaign=Editorial">online sports betting</a> sites. Walker's teams are 7-3 in his last 10 starts. Boston is 0-3 in Perez's home starts this season and the total has gone OVER in 11 of his last 15 starts at home.
Another righty, Tanner Roark (2-1, 5.33 ERA, 7.3 SO/9) is in line to start in the first game of Friday's doubleheader for the Blue Jays. Although Roark is having issues limiting bases on balls, his teams are 11-7 in his last 18 starts on the road and the total has finished UNDER in four of the last five outings. Neither team has named a starter for Friday's nightcap, which is a makeup game where Toronto will be designated as the home team. The same goes for the Saturday and Sunday matchups.
Righthander Chase Anderson (0-0, 3.20 ERA, 8.2 SO/9) could take his rotation turn on Saturday for Toronto. His teams are 5-2 in his last seven starts on the road, including a 2-1 Blue Jays win against the Red Sox on August 8.
The two pitchers Toronto added before the August 31 trade deadline, lefthander Robbie Ray (1-4, 7.34 ERA, 12.5 SO/9) and righthander Ross Stripling (3-2, 5.61 ERA, 7.2 SO/9 with the Los Angeles Dodgers), are on the active roster. Ray's teams are 4-6 in his last 10 starts on the road, with a 4-5-1 over/under split. The Dodgers were 9-2 in Stripling's last 11 road starts, but the total finished OVER in five of the most recent eight from that sample.
The Blue Jays are at home next week for a pair of three-game series against the New York Yankees (Sept. 7-9) and the New York Mets (Sept. 11-13).
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