Boston at Baltimore

The Red Sox continue to struggle against LHP, especially on the road. The loss last night moves the Red Sox to 4-13 in their last 17 road outings against LHP. As good as Boston's record looks in the standings, a lot of that work was done early as they got off to a 36-15 start, but have been virtually a .500 team in their last 64 games going 33-31. That includes a 15-18 mark on the road. The Red Sox will get a look at Garrett Olson for the first time, and have been known to struggle when seeing a pitcher for the first time. The Red Sox won Beckett's first nine starts, but have now lost four of his last seven. Beckett continues to pitch well, but his ERA since then has been a full run higher. Beckett is approaching an area he isn't accustomed to. He has now pitched more innings the last two years than he ever has in back-to-back seasons and it may be catching up to him. Those first nine starts showed Beckett with 14 less hits than innings pitched, but since has allowed more hits than innings pitched. The O's have eight hitters over .300 for the past week, so they should be a threat here.