Tampa Bay at Boston

It is not our way to play on a team like the D-Rays who are on an extensive losing streak, but the value is hard to resist here. Kazmir has dominated this Red Sox lineup throughout his young career, as the D-Rays have won 6 of his 9 starts over Boston. The six starts for Kazmir that resulted in wins have revealed some eye-popping numbers. He has worked 38.1 innings allowing just 17 hits and two earned runs while striking out 47! The biggest reason he has had success is his ability to dominate the heart of the Bo Sox order. Career numbers against Kazmir are as follows: Lowell 3-11, Ortiz 5-26, Ramirez 4-29, Varitek 3-15 and Youkilis 1-13. The five players in the middle of the Sox lineup are a combined .170 against Kazmir. He will catch the Red Sox at a good time as the offense has really struggled. In their last 25 games the Sox have scored two runs or less over half the time. This is too hard to pass up with the way Kazmir has handled this lineup.