Red Sox Roll Into Pittsburgh Looking to Make It Three Straight Over Skenes and the Bucs

The Red Sox just blanked Pittsburgh 4-0 yesterday and they're not done yet. Boston's bats are absolutely cooking right now—6.2 runs per game over their last fifteen while the Pirates are limping along at 4.13. That offensive gap matters, especially when you consider PNC Park hasn't been kind to the home nine lately: 2-2 with 5.5 runs allowed per game in recent action.

Patrick Sandoval takes the ball for Boston sporting a tidy 3.30 ERA, and while that 1.70 WHIP suggests he's dancing in traffic, he's been getting outs when it counts. Across the diamond, Paul Skenes checks in at 3.88 ERA—solid, not spectacular. The Red Sox already hung eight on Pittsburgh two days ago and four more yesterday, proving they can solve Skenes and whatever else the Pirates throw at them.

Pittsburgh's 3-7 over their last ten and the momentum is all wrong. Boston swept the weekend series opener, cashed our Red Sox ML ticket in the process, and now they're hunting the series win with the better starter and the hotter lineup. DarkHorse likes the Red Sox moneyline again at moderate confidence—Sandoval's edge on the mound plus that offensive firepower should be enough to keep this train rolling through the Steel City.