The Boston Red Sox and the New York Mets will open a 3-game set tonight at Fenway. The struggling Red Sox have lost 5 of their last 6 and will be without their skipper tonight, Alex Cora, who is taking the night off for a personal matter. Boston is expected to send Hunter Dobbins to the hill. His numbers are decent at 2-1 with a 3.90 ERA and a 1.30 WHIP but Dobbins did not look good in his last turn against the Detroit Tigers when he yielded 5 runs and Detroit went on to a 6-5 win. New York has won the last three meetings with Boston and is expected to give the nod to Kodai Senga, who has been dealing. Senga is 4-2 with a nasty ERA of 1.02, a WHIP of only 1.17, and in his last turn against the Pittsburgh Pirates he was sharp as usual, yielding just 1 run and the Mets went on to a 2-1 win. The Mets lost 2 of 3 over the weekend to the Yankees but should get back on track tonight.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK METS