New York at Boston

Last place Boston is making this its "series of the year," battling the rival Yankees and trying to halt their postseason hopes. Boston's offense has quietly crept up to #4 in baseball in runs scored. They have been going with more hungry young kids, looking ahead to next season, including Jackie Bradley Jr., who is 5-for-6 with three doubles and three runs scored in the series. Boston has a new GM and the team has responded positively to the change, in addition to losing their manager to an unfortunate illness last month. The Yankees have never seen Red Sox 23-year-old lefty Henry Owens (2-1, 4.03). He has yielded a total of two earned runs and nine hits in 13 innings over his last two starts while striking out 10. New York 1B Mark Teixeira (bone bruise) is out at least two more weeks. The Yankees are just 2-6 after allowing 2 or fewer runs in their previous game, while the Red Sox are 10-4 at home against a team with a winning road record. Take Boston.