It’s a one and done tonight at Fenway Park when the Boston Red Sox host the New York Yankees. One team will be hitting the links tomorrow and the other heading south to St. Pete. New York will send Gerrit Cole to the hill with Boston giving the nod to Nathan Eovaldi. Numbers are similar on both sides. Cole comes in at 16-8 with a 3.23 ERA and Eovaldi at 11-9 with a 3.75 ERA. These two flamethrowers last faced each other on Sept 24th and it was not a good day for Eovaldi. The Yankees lit him up for 7 runs on 7 hits in just 2-2/3 innings of work and went on to win 8-3. New York has won 6 straight against Boston, which includes a 3-game sweep of the Red Sox just over a week ago in this very stadium. The Yankees have been clicking. They are 9-3 in their last 12, 5-1 in their last 6 road games, 8-0 in their last 8 following a day off, and Cole will not have to face slugger J.D. Martinez who is sidelined with a sprained ankle.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES