Seattle at Boston

Seattle and Boston put on a show last night, combining for 15 runs in a game where the Red Sox turned to Jedixson Paez for a spot start and watched him get rocked for eight runs before the bullpen had to bail him out. That relief corps is running on fumes now, with rookie Wyatt Olds forced into a career-long outing just to get through it, and Boston's rotation was banged up enough that Paez was the answer in the first place. Today, Bryce Miller takes the ball for Seattle carrying a 4.12 ERA, and Patrick Sandoval goes for Boston off a start where he actually pitched well against the Yankees, seven strikeouts in five-plus innings, and still took the loss. Both starters are north of a 4.00 ERA this year, and this stretch of the season is exactly when pitching staffs like these start feeding extra baserunners through the walk column, which keeps innings alive and totals moving. With Boston's bullpen still recovering from last night's marathon and Seattle's lineup seeing the ball well, the posted total is a number both offenses can clear. Take the OVER this afternoon.