The 37-48 Boston Red Sox will be in SoCal tonight to open a 3-game set with the 36-52 Los Angeles Angels. Boston has lost two straight but prior to their 2-game skid they won five in a row including a 4-game sweep of the New York Yankees. Tonight they are expected to give the nod to their talented rookie, southpaw Jake Bennett. He is 2-3 with a respectable 3.27 ERA and a 1.03 WHIP. Over his last 3 starts, Bennett is 1-1 with an ERA of only 1.53 and a WHIP barely visible at 0.68. Bennett was dealing in his last turn against the New York Yankees, allowing just 1 run on 3 hits over 6.1 frames and Boston went on to a 4-1 victory. The Angels are expected to send left-hander Reid Detmers to the hill. Detmers comes in at 3-5 with a 3.88 ERA and a 1.06 WHIP. The Red Sox play better on the road than they do at Fenway and will be catching an Angels team that will be without the best baseball player on the planet, Mike Trout, who is out with a hamstring issue.
TONIGHT’S PICK: BOSTON RED SOX