It's been a good week thus far for the Bosox, who just swept four in Baltimore. Those were also low-scoring games the past few days at Camden Yards and didn't involved facing Paul Skenes, as they will tonight. It should be noted that Skenes has only had problems vs. the Brewers and at Denver, throw out those and his ERA is at 1.26 this season. He's obviously been involved in many low-scoring games because the Bucs also don't score much, and not sure how much damage they do tonight vs. top Boston prospect Payton Tolle, making his MLB debut on the mound. Play Pirates-Red Sox Under.

True story: I bet anything (that I'm aware of) involving a Payton -- but don't you dare say Peyton. And someone named Payton Tolle is starting today for the Sawks. I have no idea who that is. But randomly betting Paytons is just my thing/karma. To be fair, while I do this for a living and like to think I know more than the average Joe/Sophie ... I probably don't. Just up earlier. Old Man Syndrome (and I'm not that old). We get why Boston is a home dog against Paul Skenes. So we have to navigate the F5 a bit and then the Red Sox should take control. Oh, and we don't need a win.