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Matt Garza pitched well in his past two starts giving up just 2 earned runs in his last 15 2/3rd’s innings of work. He struck out 10 Rangers in his last start. Texas was a hot hitting team at the time of his start against them. Wakefield is sitting on an ERA near 5 and has been inconsistent mixing in good starts with really bad ones. This is a tough spot for the Red Sox playing their first home game off a brutal 10 game road trip. And it’s been a road trip where the Red Sox bats have chilled. Through 6 games the team is batting .126 and averaging only a little more than 2 runs per game. The play here is on the solid hitting Ray’s team behind Matt Garza at +125.