DAILY MATCHUPS: Rays and Red Sox battle for first

As a way to preview the day's games, the 2013 Daily Matchups column seeks to highlight the outliers or notable matchups on BaseballHQ.com's Starting Pitcher Report (also available as an 8-day scan). For more information on how to leverage the report, see our research article from 2012.

 

Today's schedule overview:  It's a light schedule today:  only nine games, all in the evening.  First pitch is at 6:10 EST, as the Rays visit the Red Sox.  First place will be on the line in the NL Central, where the Cardinals visit the Pirates.  No interleague games today.

 

Best SP choices:

  • Felix Doubront (LHP, BOS) takes the mound for the Red Sox in an AL East showdown.  Doubront has been surging recently (last five starts:  PQS 5-5-5-4-5), and...

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