Tampa Bay Rays (85-56) at Boston Red Sox (84-58) MLB Prediction: The American League East leading Tampa Bay Rays travel to historic Fenway Park in Boston, Mass, for three very crucial games against the surging Boston Red Sox. Going into tonight, only 1½ games separate these two division rivals in the MLB playoff standings. Are the Rays starting to decline at the worse time, as they have now lost 3 in a row?

At BetUS.com, the Boston Red Sox are -220 MLB Betting Odds favorites against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays (+180) in the series opener. Game 1 of this series has a scheduled first pitch of 7:05 PM ET.

Everyone has been expecting the Rays to come back to earth, and thus, begin to fall in the AL East standings. But somehow, the scrappy-inexperienced Rays, have proven everyone wrong, and have continued to succeed, until now.

The Rays come into this series in Boston, not only losers of their last 3 games, but 5-5 in their last 10, and 1-5 to start the last month of the regular season.

Boston, on the other hand, is 5-1 to start the final month of September, and have won 7 of their last 10. This series may easily decide first place in the AL East. The OVER/UNDER for this Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox MLB Prediction has been set at a combined 9½ total runs.

Tonight, the Rays, RHP Edwin Jackson (11-9, 4.07 ERA) takes on a tough LHP in Jon Lester (13-5, 3.37 ERA). Get your Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox MLB Prediction now. 

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