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Connor Wong (12 games) will look to add to his hitting streak when the Boston Red Sox (41-36) and Cincinnati Reds (36-40) meet Sunday at 1:40 PM ET, live on BSOH from Great American Ball Park. Connor Wong and the Red Sox are listed as underdogs on the moneyline by oddsmakers (+138). Cincinnati’s Nick Lodolo and Boston’s Zack Kelly have been named the starters for this contest.
Be sure to check out our betting preview for this contest, and discover all of our expert MLB picks, too!
Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $32.20
Reds to win vs Red Sox -164
Reds vs. Red Sox Betting Lines
- Favorite: Reds (-164)
- Underdog: Red Sox (+138)
- Over/under: 9.5
Reds vs. Red Sox Betting Insights
- The Reds have won in 19, or 61.3%, of the 31 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- Cincinnati has a record of 2-1 in contests when oddsmakers favor them by -164 or more on the moneyline.
- The Reds have an implied victory probability of 62.1% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
- The Red Sox have gone 21-18 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 53.8% of those games).
- In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +138 or longer, Boston has a 3-5 record (winning just 37.5% of its games).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Red Sox have an implied win probability of 42%.
Reds vs. Red Sox Hitting Leaders
- Elly De La Cruz is batting .240 with 13 home runs and 32 RBI for Cincinnati this season.
- Of all MLB hitters, De La Cruz is 100th in batting average, 43rd in on-base percentage, and 53rd in slugging.
- Spencer Steer leads Cincinnati in runs batted in with 45 while batting .234 with nine homers.
- Jarren Duran leads the Red Sox with a .283 batting average.
- Duran is 121st in home runs and 79th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
- Rafael Devers is hitting .275 with 15 doubles, three triples, 14 home runs and 33 walks.
Reds vs. Red Sox Pitching Rankings
- The Reds have an 8.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 11th in the majors.
- Reds pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.78 this year, ninth-best in baseball.
- The Reds have a combined WHIP of 1.233 as a pitching staff, which ranks 11th in MLB.
- The pitching staff for the Red Sox has a collective 8.8 K/9, the seventh-best in the majors.
- Boston has a 3.44 team ERA that ranks fifth across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Red Sox combine for the No. 5-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.171).