Interleague action goes down Tuesday night when the defending World Series champion Atlanta Braves welcome the Boston Red Sox back to Truist Park for the third time in as many seasons. Neither team has gotten out to hot starts with the BoSox sitting five-games under .500 and the Braves three-games under the breakeven point. Combined, these teams have cost MLB bettors upwards of $1,150 and rank out as the fourth and second worst bets at online sportsbooks to this point of the season. An interesting starting pitching matchup is currently lined up with youngsters Garrett Whitlock and Kyle Wright set to square off against one another. Both arms could thrive with each offense simply unable to get after right-handed pitching. With that the case, the game could end up being low scoring with both bullpens playing a major role in how the game ultimately plays out. If that proves to be the case, the Braves will hold the upper hand with its pen getting out to a much better start than its opponents.
First pitch for the interleague tilt between the Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves is scheduled for Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Take it in live on FS1 at 7:20 p.m. ET from Truist Park. Bet on MLB odds and player props at BookMaker.eu every day of the season.
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Odds Analysis
A year removed from being the sixth best overall bet in the regular season, only the Phillies, Braves, and Reds have cost more money for MLB bettors than the Red Sox. It could possibly get worse before it gets better with their next four games before this series opener slated to go against the Angels and White Sox. In dropping the second game with the Halos on Wednesday night, Boston fell to 10-15 overall -539. It’ll hit the road for this one looking to improve upon its 6-10 record -$387 and hasn’t won a series away from Fenway Park since taking two of three from the Tigers in their second series of the year. The Braves weren’t able to gain any ground on the Mets earlier in the week after splitting a four-game series. It moved them to 12-15 overall -$629. They could be flirting with a .500 home record by the time this series starts, but it won’t be easy with the NL Central leading Milwaukee Brewers paying them a visit.
Probable Pitchers
Garrett Whitlock R: The youngster has thrived since being plucked from the pen to make some starts due to injuries. He’s now 1-1 with a miniscule 0.54 ERA and fantastic 20:4 K/BB ratio through 16.2 total innings of work. In his three made starts since coming out of the pen back on April 14, the righty has allowed just seven hits and 2 ER while registering 18 Ks and only issuing a pair of free passes. He just struck out a career-high nine against the Angels last time out, and will be in line for another impressive showing against a Braves offense that’s gone down swinging 28 percent of the time it stared back at RHP. I’d give a strong look to the over of his K prop should it come out in the 5-5.5 range.
Kyle Wright R: Wright’s fantastic start to the season hit a speed bump in the form of the New York Mets his last turn through the rotation last Tuesday night. Having not allowed more than five hits or 2 ER in any of his four prior starts, the right-hander got peppered to the tune of nine hits that were turned into 3 ER by Pete Alonso and Co. He was also limited to his lowest strikeout tally of the season 3. That being said, he was still able to go seven innings for the second straight start. With that, the outing was of the quality variety which has the Braves ranked No. 10 overall in that department. Boston’s just 6-13 versus RHP and scored an average of just 3.3 runs per game No. 25. Wright going over his pitching outs prop is one to consider if you can find it.
Red Sox vs. Braves Prediction
Call me crazy, but I’m thinking these young exciting arms put on a show for a nationally televised audience to take in live. To the point that I’m confident enough each keeps both offenses in check through the first five innings. As such, I’ll be hitting the low side of the F5 total. Anything can and likely will happen after that once the game is turned over to the bullpens. That’s likely when Atlanta will find a way to pull away by taking advantage of Boston’s leaky pen. But we won’t concern ourselves with that and instead cross our fingers and look for both starters to go deep so we cash in on their MLB props suggested up above as well.
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