ESPN Wednesday night baseball will feature the second of a three game set when the Boston Red Sox try to rebound from an embarrassing loss on Tuesday vs the Philadelphia Phillies. The scheduled starting pitchers in MLB predictions for Red Sox vs Phillies odds have righthander John Lackey for Boston and righthander Vance Worley for Philadelphia. Lackey will take the mound with a 5-6 record on the season with a 7.36-ERA while Worley has gone 2-1 on the year with a low 2.90-ERA.

Wednesday night baseball on ESPN of the Red Sox vs Phillies game can be seen live at 7:05pm EST from Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. MLB odds at online sportsbooks have opened with the Phillies and Red Sox as -105 even money favorites with an over/under total of 9.5 OVER (-120). Bookmakers have also listed Philadelphia -1.5 (+170) as favorites at home in run line MLB predictions with Boston +1.5 (-200) on the road for Wednesday’s game on ESPN. The Red Sox had lost four straight games before pulling off a 4-2 victory vs the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.

That being said, the Red Sox slipped back to their losing ways on Tuesday with a 0-5 loss as +127 MLB betting underdogs with pitcher Josh Beckett on the mound. Beckett lasted six-innings allowing 5-earned runs off 5-hits. While Boston has won five straight series in Philly, that streak looks to be broken tonight as Lackey will take the mound with an unimpressive 7.36-ERA. Lackey is also coming off a season low 3 1/3 innings vs the San Diego Padres allowing 5-runs and 4-walks in last Wednesday’s 1-5 loss. Now add in the fact that the Red Sox bats have only averaged only 2.3-runs in their last 6-games and you can see how it might be a long night for Lackey and Boston.

The Phillies on the other hand are coming off two straight wins including taking the first game of the series vs the Red Sox on Tuesday 5-0 as -137 favorites in MLB predictions. Starting pitcher Cliff Lee went 9-5 on the year in the win allowing only 2-hits over 9-innings with 5-strikeouts. Domonic Brown went 2-3 on the night with 2-runs and 2-RBI’s while Cliff Lee and Shance Victorino also went over the wall in the win. Vance Worley will take the mound for today’s game on ESPN at Citizens Bank Park having won two straight games including 1-0 victory vs the Oakland Athletics allowing 1-hit with 4-strikeouts over 6-innings. Heading into tonight’s game as baseball betting favorites, the Phillies have recently gone 10-1 when playing at home.

MLB Predictions: Philadelphia Phillies -177

 

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