New York at Boston

The Yankees have lost four in a row, including an embarrassing home loss to Baltimore, 7-5, as a -280 favorite and a 15-7 shellacking by the Red Sox. The last two nights the offense has been swinging at bad pitches, losing by 4-1 scores. Masahiro Tanaka tries to stop the bleeding, but he has a 4.00 ERA on the road and a dismal 8.71 ERA in two starts against Boston this season. The Red Sox are 61-22 against a right-handed starter, and Boston is a sizzling 42-14 at home while on a 23-6 run overall and is playing with great confidence. The Red Sox are tops in baseball in runs scored and slugging, third in on-base percentage, while the defense is sixth in fielding. And the pitching staff is third in ERA (3.46). Boston has gotten such great starting pitching the last two nights, and the bullpen is well rested. Lefty David Price is throwing well, too, off a pair of 2-1 and 1-0 victories, and the Red Sox are 12-2 in Price's last 14 starts. The Yankees are on a 1-7 run against the Red Sox, so back home field again. Play Boston.