Boston Red Sox vs Miami Marlins Prediction: An entertaining contest in favor of Red Sox

Wednesday's Major League Baseball action from Fenway Park features a matchup between the Miami Marlins and the Boston Red Sox. The Marlins have just finished competing against the Pirates in a series. There, Miami picked up three victories out of a possible four. Regarding Boston, they faced up against the White Sox throughout the course of the weekend. In the match, Boston was defeated in two of the three games.

The Boston Red Sox opened their series on Friday with a 3-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox. The next two games were both losses, with scores of 5-4 and 4-1, respectively. Sunday's starting pitcher for the Red Sox, Kutter Crawford, went 6.0 innings and allowed four earned runs on five hits, one walk, and one hit batter. On Wednesday, the White Sox will go with Garrett Whitlock as their starting pitcher. Whitlock has a record of 4-2 on the year with a 4.50 earned run average and 39 strikeouts over 46.0 innings pitched in his eight starts. In his career, Whitlock has appeared in 85 games, making 17 starts, and has compiled a record of 16-8 with a 3.14 earned run average. The Red Sox have a record of 4-0 in their previous four games played at home and 5-1 in their last six games played as the home team in the first game of a series. In their previous 117 games against teams from the NL East, Boston has a record of 80-37.

The Miami Marlins lost their game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday by a score of 3-1, but they bounced back to win the remaining three games of the four-game series over the weekend by scores of 6-4, 4-3, and 2-0. Finale starter Eury Perez was successful in pitching 6.0 scoreless innings, collecting four hits, one walk, and nine strikeouts. Sandy Alcantara will be taking up the role of starter on Wednesday. Alcantara has a record of 2-6 on the year with a 5.08 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 95.2 innings pitched in his 15 starts. In his career, Alcantara has appeared in 133 games (125 starts) and has compiled a record of 36-49 with a 3.34 earned run average. The Marlins have a record of 4-0 in their last four games played away from home and 17-6 in their previous 23 games played against teams from other leagues. After a victory, Miami has a record of 11-4 in their last 15 games.

I'm going to have to side with the Boston Red Sox on this one. Since Whitlock has started each of his previous three games and completed at least 6.1 innings in each of those games, he should be able to turn in a lengthy start in this contest. Whitlock has a record of 2-0 over those three, with seven earned runs allowed across 20.1 innings, 21 hits, and two walks. Regarding Alcantara, in his most recent couple of appearances, he pitched a total of 12.1 innings, during which he allowed 10 earned runs, 20 hits, and two walks combined. The first few minutes of this game should provide some chances for Boston to get on the attack.