Boston Red Sox vs. Atlanta Braves MLB Picks, Odds, Predictions 6/15/2021

The Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves meet in MLB action from Truist Park on Tuesday night.

The Boston Red Sox will look to build on their 2-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays from Monday. Alex Verdugo and Rafael Devers each went 2 for 4 with an RBI to make up the scoring for Boston in the win with Verdugo adding a double to his stat line. Marwin Gonzalez also had a pair of hits while J.D. Martinez had a base hit as well as the BoSox had just seven hits as a team in the winning effort. Nathan Eovaldi threw 6.2 shutout innings, allowing just three hits while striking out four, not factoring in the decision. Matt Barnes closed out a shaky 9^th for the win to improve to 3-1 on the year. Eduardo Rodriguez will start here and is 5-4 with a 6.03 ERA and 70 strikeouts this season. This will be Rodriguez’s second career start against the Braves.

The Atlanta Braves will try to build on their 6-4 win over the Miami Marlins from Sunday. Austin Riley led the charge, going 3 for 3 with a home run and three RBIs while Ender Inciarte added a solo homer of his own and Guillermo Heredia added a double and an RBI. Kevan Smith had an RBI to finish off the scoring for Atlanta in the win while Freddie Freeman added a double. Ozzie Albies and Ronald Acuna Jr. each had a base hit as well to finish off Atlanta’s offense as a team in the winning effort. Drew Smyly got the win to improve to 3-3 on the year after allowing two runs on six hits while striking out six over five innings of work. Will Smith closed out the 9^th for his 12^th save of the season. Tucker Davidson will start here and is 0-0 with a 1.53 ERA and 14 strikeouts this season. This will be Davidson’s second career start against Boston.

Boston is 4-0 in their last 4 road games and 52-16 in their last 68 interleague games as a favorite while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games against the NL East. Atlanta is 7-3 in their last 10 home games and 1-4 in their last 5 games overall while the under is 6-2 in their last 8 Tuesday games. The over is 7-1-1 in the last 9 meetings between these two teams and 4-0 in the last 5 meetings between these two teams in Atlanta.

Boston looked good in shutting down Toronto on Monday, but now have to travel on no rest to take on a pretty good Braves team despite what the record would say and Eduardo Rodriguez hasn’t been sharp lately. I’m not 100% sold on Tucker Davidson but the small sample size has been promising so I’ll take the Braves in this one.