The Boston Red Sox will go for a series sweep of the Oakland Athletics when they wrap up their 3-game set in an early one today at the Coliseum. The 4-2 Red Sox are expected to send Nick Pivetta the hill. Pivetta is 0-1 on the season but the loss to the Seattle Mariners was not his fault. He was brilliant in his season debut against Seattle, allowing just 1 run on 3 hits and fanning 10 over 6 innings of work, but Boston couldn’t muster any runs and they fell to the Mariners, 1-0. The 1-5 Athletics are expected to send Ross Stripling to the rubber. Unlike Pivetta, Stripling hasn’t had a win since October of 2022 and was awful in his season debut against Cleveland. He allowed 5 runs on 7 hits with 2 walks over 5 innings and Cleveland went on to a 6-4 win. Oakland better bring their A-game today if they want to avoid getting swept, the reason being that Pivetta is 5-0 in his career against the Athletics with a barely visible ERA of 0.83.
TODAY’S PICK: BOSTON RED SOX