5/1 MLB Oakland A's @ Boston Red Sox

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- The Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red Sox will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Fenway Park.

The Athletics will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Joe Blanton in this game. Blanton has a 2-1 record and a 3.55 ERA this season.

Starting this game for the Red Sox will be ace Curt Schilling. The righthander has a 3.27 ERA to go along with a 3-1 record this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 175-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

The Athletics lost to Tampa Bay 5-3 as a -110 favorite last time out. The eight runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over/under total (8).

Mark Ellis and Eric Chavez each hit a solo homer for Oakland, while Dallas Braden was charged with the loss after pitching four 1-3 innings and allowing five runs on six hits.

The Red Sox defeated the Yankees 7-4 as a +190 underdog last time out. The 11 runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over/under total (11).

Alex Cora homered and had three RBI, while Manny Ramirez hit a two-run blast for Boston. Julian Tavarez earned the win after allowing three runs on three hits over five innings.

 

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Athletics 5, Red Sox 4

The A's trailed early after Joe Blanton gave up three first-inning runs and the Oakland bats ran into Boston ace Curt Schilling. But Travis Buck belted a game-tying two-run homer in the ninth, and Dan Johnson -- who'd homered in the fourth -- put away the game with an RBI double in the 10th.