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(MLB) Boston vs. Seattle, 08/03/2016 6:10 PM, Score: 1 - 3
Money Line: -114.00 Boston (Away)
Result: Loss
Play: Boston Red Sox
Rating: 10*

The Seattle Mariners and the Boston Red Sox are tied at 1-1 in this three-game set after a late rally from the Mariners to earn a 5-4 victory Tuesday night. I like the Red Sox in the rubber match tonight.

Rick Porcello (14-2 , 3.47 ERA) will take the ball for Boston. He's 8-0 with a 3.44 ERA over his last 13 outings and tossed his first complete game of the season in his last time out when he held the Halos to a pair of runs and on five hits. He's 6-3 with a 3.73 ERA in 10 career starts against the Mariners and allowed two runs over six innings against Seattle earlier this season.

Seattle turns to Hisashi Iwakuma (11-7, 4.21) who is 1-1 with an abysmal 8.59 ERA in five career starts against the Red Sox. David Ortiz is 5-for-10 with three homers off the right-hander and the Mariners are 1-5 in Iwakuma's last six starts during Game 3 of a series. Iwakuma was tagged with five runs and eight hits in three innings against the Cubs his last time out.

The Red Sox have lost eight of their last 12 to slip one game behind the Jays for the top wild card in the league and two games behind the first-place Baltimore Orioles in the division. Look for Boston to come up with a big performance tonight.