Boston at Oakland

Boston is 3,000 miles from home playing its fifth consecutive road contest. The Red Sox have only three healthy starters so this will be a bullpen-by-committee game. Their bullpen is 13th in ERA and WHIP and has to deal with the defense that is the second-worst in the majors in fielding percentage. Boston is 13-25 after playing back-to-back road games, plus 9-21 after three or more straight road contests. Oakland plays its fifth straight home game. The A's won the last home game started by Luis Medina (5 innings, one run), a 7-4 win over the White Sox as a +150 dog, and this is an excellent situational spot for the big home dog. Play Oakland.