Cleveland at Boston

Cleveland starter Zach Plesac has been on a roll, 3-0 with a 3.24 ERA and 22 strikeouts in four starts. He has lost just once in his last 15 starts with the Indians going 11-5 in his last 16 starts. Cleveland is on a 10-5 run overall and still alive in a pennant race. Streaky Boston has won four in a row after a terrible 5-8 stretch where they lost five times as a favorite. That included a 10-1 defeat as -340 chalk! Scheduled starter Nick Pivetta just went on the COVID list, the 10th Boston player to land there in the last week. So Kutter Crawford will make his Major League debut. He has a 4.16 ERA in Double-AA/Triple AAA this season after missing all of last year recovering from Tommy John surgery. The Red Sox are 32-47 at home against winning teams while the Indians are 37-28 after a defeat. Play Cleveland.