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Boston meets the Yankees on the 4th in their second of 4 meetings this holiday weekend. Josh Beckett has pitched well over his last 3 starts giving up just 4 earned runs in 22 innings pitched. The Yankees sputtered a bit losing 3 of their last 4 prior to opening up their series with Boston. Rasner hasn’t been going very deep in games completing 5 innings or less over his last 4 starts and giving up 17 earned runs in only 18 2/3 rd’s innings of work. Becket owns 2 victories over the Yankees this season with an ERA under 4. We should get at least 7 strong innings from the Red Sox starter here and maybe even more based on the recent performance by the Red Sox bullpen. The play here is with the Red Sox at –125.