The scenario is simple for the Boston Red Sox today: beat Washington and you host the Wild Card game. The Red Sox will have two things going for them, momentum after last night’s 9th inning heroics and the best lefty on the planet, Chris Sale, toeing the rubber. Sale, who is 5-1 with a 2.90 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP, will be opposed by Joan Adon, who will be making his Major League debut, and if that isn’t a pitching mismatch then I don’t know what is. Boston will be heavily favored, obviously, but no worries. The Red Sox are 16-3 in Sales’ last 19 starts when the bar is -201 or higher.
TODAY’S PICK: BOSTON RED SOX