Red Sox-Angels Who Will Cover?

The Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Angels will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Angel Stadium. Daisuke Matsuzaka will be the starting pitcher for the Red Sox on this day. Righthander Matsuzaka is 18-3 this season with a 2.90 ERA. Matsuzaka's opponent in this one will be Ervin Santana. The Angels righthander has a 3.49 ERA to go along with a 16-7 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Angels listed as 128-moneyline favorites versus the Red Sox, while the game's total is sitting at 8. The Red Sox took a 1-0 lead in this series with a 4-1 win over the Angels on Wednesday, as +125 underdogs. The five runs went UNDER the posted over/under (8). Jason Bay went 2-for-4 at the plate with a two-run homer for the Red Sox. Jon Lester tossed seven innings for the win, allowing one run off six hits. Torii Hunter drove in the lone run for the Angels, who had been favored at -140 in that game. John Lackey gave up two runs on four hits over 6 2-3 innings in the loss. Team records: Boston: 95-67 SU Los Angeles: 100-62 SU Boston most recently: When playing on Friday are 8-2 Before playing LA Angels are 5-5 After playing LA Angels are 3-7 After a win are 5-5 Los Angeles most recently: When playing on Friday are 5-5 Before playing Boston are 7-3 After playing Boston are 8-2 After a loss are 7-3 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 6 games Boston is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Boston's last 14 games when playing on the road against LA Angels The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 6 games on the road LA Angels are 8-1 SU in their last 9 games when playing Boston The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Angels's last 7 games at home The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Angels's last 7 games The total has gone UNDER in 10 of LA Angels's last 14 games when playing at home against Boston Next up: LA Angels at Boston, Sunday, October 5