The Tampa Bay Rays will have their ace on the hill, southpaw Shane McClanahan, when they face the Boston Red Sox this afternoon at Fenway. The Rays have won the last two of their 4-game set with the Sox and are now 6-1 on the season against their AL East rival. McClanahan is 8-1 with a 2.02 ERA, a 1.15 WHIP, and last faced Boston on April 11th in St. Pete where he allowed just 1 run with 9 K’s and Tampa cruised to a 7-2 victory. Brayan Bello is expected to get the start for Boston. He is 3-3 with a 3.89 ERA, a 1.47 WHIP, and is 0-1 in his career against Tampa with a bloated ERA of 10.12. The Rays are 10-2 in McClanahan’s last 12 starts and have the edge in runs per game, run differential, batting average, hits, homers…
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