Boston Red Sox

54-50

Athletics

44-61

9:40 PM ET Sutter Health Park NESN

Back Boston behind Payton Tolle, the clear pitching edge with a 3.31 ERA against a Jack Perkins line carrying a 6.75 ERA.

Tolle limits traffic while Perkins gives up hits and walks in bulk, tilting run prevention firmly to the visitors.

SideBET AWAY ML if released near pick-em, given Tolle's 3.31 ERA edge.

TotalPASS

Lean6/10

Confidence

Tolle 1.10 WHIP versus Perkins 1.42 WHIP is a wide gap.
Perkins allows 9.41 H/9 and 3.47 BB/9, plenty of baserunners.
Athletics whiff at 8.66 K/game, rank 8, feeding Tolle strikeouts.

Best Bet Boston side behind Tolle is the highest-conviction lean, driven by the 3.31 to 6.75 ERA mismatch.

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BOS Win—

ATH Win—

Vegas / Market

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Run line

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BOS ML

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ATH ML

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Pitching Matchup

BOS

Payton Tolle

5-6 · 89.2 IP

ERA

3.31

WHIP

1.10

K/9

9.7

BB/9

2.6

ATH

Jack Perkins

2-5 · 62.2 IP

ERA

6.75

WHIP

1.42

K/9

11.0

BB/9

3.5

Tolle owns the matchup with a 3.31 ERA, a tidy 2.62 BB/9, and 9.69 K/9 showing both stuff and command. Perkins misses bats at 11.00 K/9 but the 3.47 BB/9 and 6.75 ERA point to shaky control and hard contact. Edge clearly to Tolle on run prevention.

Offense Comparison

BOSrank of 30ATH

4.2 21 Runs / G 15 4.5

0.245 15 AVG 12 0.246

0.94 29 HR / G 11 1.22

8.21 18 K / G 8 8.66

Boston brings a light-power bat group, ranking 29th at 0.94 HR/game, so their path is contact and volume against Perkins rather than the long ball. The Athletics carry more thump at 1.22 HR/game (rank 11) but strike out often (rank 8), which plays into Tolle's swing-and-miss profile. Neither lineup is a premier stack, though ATH power gives them modest upside against a lefty.

Weather & Park

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DFS Angles

A light Athletics stack around Nick Kurtz and Tyler Soderstrom has power upside versus lefty Tolle, though the K risk caps it. Boston bats are better as value pieces than a full stack given the 29th-ranked HR rate.

Target Payton Tolle as the safer DFS arm given his ERA and WHIP against a high-strikeout Athletics lineup. Fade Jack Perkins despite the 11.00 K/9, since his 6.75 ERA and 1.42 WHIP invite blowup risk.

BOS top bats