The Boston Red Sox just completed a four-game sweep of the New York Yankees over the weekend, extending the Pinstripes’ losing streak to five games and marking just the fourth time since 1969 that Boston had swept the Yankees in a four-game series. Boston now leads the American League East by 9 ½ games. In the AL Central, Cleveland leads Minnesota by nine games; in the AL West, the Oakland A’s have come on strong, closing within four games of the Houston Astros and taking the second wild card slot from Seattle at this point. In the National League East, the Washington Nationals have won seven of 10 but have only gained one game on Philadelphia, and the Braves also remain 1 ½ games back. The Cubs and Brewers are only a game apart in the NL Central and the Dodgers and Diamondbacks are deadlocked atop the NL West. We have three matchups for this week for you to consider as you decide your MLB betting picks.
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Tuesday, August 7
Seattle at Texas (8:05pm ET)
- Projected Pitching Matchup: Felix Hernandez (8-9, 5.49 ERA) (SEA) vs Bartolo Colon (5-10, 5.18 ERA) (TEX)
Wednesday, August 8
L.A. Dodgers at Oakland (10:05pm ET)
- Projected Pitching Matchup: Clayton Kershaw (5-5, 2.55 ERA) (LA) vs Brett Anderson (2-3, 4.64 ERA) (OAK)
Thursday, August 9
Boston at Toronto (7:07pm ET)
- Projected Pitching Matchup: Rick Porcello (14-4, 3.84 ERA) (BOS) vs Ryan Borucki (1-2, 2.30 ERA) (TOR)