The Red Sox – 1 ½

  Life after Manny has gone well for the Red Sox. Boston has won two straight games after getting swept by the Angels. Newly acquired outfielder Jason Bay as hit a home run in each of his first two games. In yesterday’s 12-2 thrashing of Oakland, Bay hit a three run shot in the top of the first inning. Prior to the explosion of offense, the Red Sox had scored just 47 runs over the last 14 games. Boston’s Daisuke Matsuzaka (11-2, 3.04 ERA) will take the mound to face off against Dallas Barden (2-1, 4.39). Dice-K will be facing the worst offense in the league. Oakland has a team batting average of .246 and has scored just 10 runs over their current five game losing streak. Take the Red Sox here to win easily.