At Fenway Park on Thursday, the Boston Red Sox (50-41) meet the Oakland Athletics (35-59), with first pitch at 7:10 PM ET.
The favored Red Sox (-222 on the moneyline to win) host the Athletics (+182). The starting pitchers are Tanner Houck (7-6) for the Boston Red Sox, and Luis Medina (2-3) for the Oakland Athletics.
JP Sears (5.2 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 8 K) picked up a win in the Athletics’ 5-2 victory over the Red Sox yesterday. Lawrence Butler led the way offensively, going 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI. Nick Pivetta (6.2 IP, 4 R, 6 H, 10 K) took the loss for the Red Sox.
Before the Red Sox vs. Athletics matchup, here’s what you need to prepare for Thursday’s baseball action, including viewing options.
Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland Athletics odds and betting lines
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Thursday at 9:16 AM ET. For a full list of Sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
- Favorite: Red Sox (-222, bet $222 to win $100)
- Underdog: Athletics (+182, bet $100 to win $182)
- Over/under: 10
Red Sox vs. Athletics: Live streaming info & game time
- Game Day: Thursday, July 11, 2024
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Fenway Park
- TV Channel: NESN
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
Red Sox stats and trends
Red Sox betting records
- This season, the Red Sox have been favored 46 times and won 26, or 56.5%, of those games.
- Boston has played as favorites of -222 or more twice this season and split those games.
- The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 68.9% chance of a victory for the Red Sox.
- Boston and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 45 of 91 opportunities.
- The Red Sox are 42-49-0 against the spread this season.
Tanner Houck (Red Sox probable starter)
- Houck gets the start for the Red Sox, his 19th of the season. He is 7-6 with a 2.68 ERA and 106 strikeouts in 111 2/3 innings pitched.
- The right-hander last pitched on Friday against the New York Yankees, when he went 3 1/3 innings, allowing one earned run while giving up two hits.
- The 28-year-old has a 2.68 ERA and 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings across 18 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .220 to his opponents.
- Houck enters this matchup with 13 quality starts under his belt this year.
- Houck has put up 16 starts this season in which he pitched five or more innings.
- He has held his opponents without an earned run in four of his 18 outings this season.
- He will take the mound against an Athletics offense that is batting .225 as a unit (28th in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .381 (22nd in MLB) with 111 total home runs (sixth in MLB).
- Houck has thrown six innings without giving up an earned run on three hits, while striking out 10 against the Athletics this season.
- The 28-year-old ranks sixth in ERA (2.68), 14th in WHIP (1.045), and 29th in K/9 (8.6) among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season.
Red Sox batting stats
- The Red Sox rank ninth in Major League Baseball with 106 home runs.
- Hitters for Boston have a combined .421 slugging percentage this season, which ranks sixth in MLB.
- The Red Sox rank ninth in MLB with a .252 team batting average.
- Boston has scored the 13th-most runs in the majors this season with 428 (4.7 per game).
- The Red Sox are among the best in the league at getting on base, ranking ninth with an OBP of .322.
- Boston ranks just 28th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 9.6 whiffs per contest.
Athletics stats and trends
Athletics betting records
- The Athletics have won in 27, or 32.1%, of the 84 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs this year.
- Oakland has a mark of 5-7 in contests where bookmakers favor it by +182 or worse on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Athletics have a 35.5% chance of pulling out a win.
- Contests with Oakland has gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 41 of 94 chances this season.
- The Athletics are 48-46-0 against the spread in their 94 games with a line set by sportsbooks this season.
Luis Medina (Athletics probable starter)
- Medina (2-3 with a 4.37 ERA and 25 strikeouts in 35 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Athletics, his eighth of the season.
- The righty last appeared on Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles, when he tossed five innings, allowing one earned run while giving up six hits.
- The 25-year-old has a 4.37 ERA and 6.4 strikeouts per nine innings over seven games this season, while allowing a batting average of .267 to opposing hitters.
- Medina is trying to record his second quality start of the year.
- Medina will try to continue a three-game streak of going five or more innings (he’s averaging 5.0 innings per appearance).
- He has had one appearances this season in which he did not give up an earned run.
- The opposing Red Sox offense has the sixth-ranked slugging percentage (.421) and ranks ninth in home runs hit (106) in all of MLB. They have a collective .252 batting average, and are ninth in the league with 792 total hits and 13th in MLB play scoring 428 runs.
Athletics batting stats
- The Athletics rank sixth in MLB play with 111 home runs. They average 1.2 per game.
- So far this season, Oakland’s .381 slugging percentage ranks 22nd in the majors.
- The Athletics have the third-worst batting average in the majors (.225).
- Oakland is the fourth-lowest scoring team in baseball averaging 3.8 runs per game (361 total).
- The Athletics are 27th in the majors with a .297 on-base percentage.
