Monday, April 21, 11:05 AM on MASN, NESN

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

Baltimore - Chen, W (2-1) vs. Boston - Buchholz, C (0-1)

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On Monday morning in Boston, the annual Patriot’s Day tradition of watching the Boston Red Sox play in the morning and enjoying the Boston Marathon in the afternoon will continue. The Red Sox will send Clay Buchholz to the mound to take on the Baltimore Orioles and their starter, Wei-Yin Chen.

Chen is 21-19 in his Major League Baseball career including a 2-1 record this season. He hasn’t pitched great for the Orioles, allowing 26 hits and 2 walks in 17 innings with 9 earned runs allowed. He has recorded 12 strikeouts and the left hander will hope to pitch better against the current Boston players than he has done in his career. The current Red Sox players are batting .381 (53-for-139) against him with 6 home runs and 23 RBIs. Mike Napoli has hit 2 solo home runs off him, while David Ortiz has a home run and 5 RBIs.

Buchholz is 58-34 in his MLB career and much like the rest of the Red Sox, has gotten off to a terrible start to the 2014 season. He is 0-1 with a 5.51 ERA over the course of his first 3 starts, and he has allowed 26 hits in 16 1/3 innings with 15 strikeouts and has a 5.51 ERA. He has had great success in his career against the current Baltimore players, holding them to a .219 average. Adam Jones, J.J. Hardy and Chris Davis each have 2 home runs off him.

Baltimore Betting Trends

Baltimore is 6-9-1 against the Over/Under

Run differential for Baltimore is +0.1

Boston Betting Trends

Boston is 5-13-0 against the Over/Under

Run differential for Boston is -0.3

Injuries to Watch

Baltimore

04/03/14 P Edgmer Escalo Shoulder 60-day DL (3/30)
03/31/14 LF Francisco Peguero Wrist 15-day DL (3/21)
03/31/14 3B Michael Almanzar Arm 15-day DL (3/23)
03/28/14 3B Manny Machado Knee 15-day DL (3/21)
03/28/14 LF Nolan Reimold Neck 60-day DL (3/26)
03/28/14 P Troy Patton Suspension out indefinitely

Boston

04/09/14 P Steven Wright Hernia 60-day DL (3/21)
04/06/14 3B Will Middlebrooks Calf 15-day DL (4/5)
03/31/14 RF Shane Victorino Hamstring 15-day DL (3/30)

Tony's Pick: Take Baltimore

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