Boston at Tampa Bay

Boston has won six in a row and is now firmly in first place in the AL East and has Chris Sale on the mound tonight. Sale is 13-4 with a 2.70 ERA and opponents are batting just .198 against him. The left-hander had not allowed a run in three starts covering 20 2/3 innings before being roughed up against the Indians his last start. Sale still has a 2.60 ERA on the road and is 2-1 overall against the Rays this year with a 1.62 opponent batting average. Austin Pruitt will make his fourth start for the Rays and his overall ERA is 5.65. The Red Sox have won four of Sale's last five road starts and 10 of his last 13 overall. The Rays have lost five straight in the first game of a series and Boston has won six of seven after a day off. Take the Red Sox.