Tampa Bay Rays Vs Boston Red Sox Live Scores
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Tampa Bay will try to win six straight for the first time since a seven-game winning streak June 24-30 when they hand the ball to Garza (2-0, 1.13 ERA).
The right-hander is coming off two dominating performances against the Orioles to start the season in which he pitched a combined 16 innings while giving up two earned runs and striking out 14. Garza allowed six hits in a 5-1 win on Monday.
“I think if you ask any hitter, he’s one of the best pitchers in the league,” Baltimore’s Ty Wigginton(notes) told the Rays’ official website. “He’s got a lot of movement, he throws hard and he’s got good off-speed stuff.”
Garza said the key to keeping up his good start will be reducing the number of walks. He has five over the first two starts after finishing 14th in the majors last season with 3.50 walks per nine innings.
Boston (4-7) is off to its worst 11-game start since going 2-9 in 1996, and will try to snap its three-game losing streak when it goes with Jon Lester(notes) (0-1, 7.20), who is struggling early again.
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