The Red Sox are coming into this game with a 70-68 record this season and they have not been playing well in their recent games. They have lost their last 3 straight as well as 4 of their last 5 games and their offense has been awful in these. They have scored just 1 run or less in each of their last 3 as well as 4 of their last 5 games. They are going up against a Mets team that is 74-64 this season and has been playing very well in their recent games. They have won their last 5 straight as well as 6 of their last 7 games. Their pitching has been great in these games as they have only allowed 1 run total in their last 2 games, and they have also allowed 2 runs or less in 4 of their last 5 games, allowing no more than 3 runs in any of those games. Kutter Crawford is starting for the Red Sox in this game and he is 8-12 with a 4.12 ERA this season. He has not been awful recently, allowing 2 earned runs in each of his last 2 starts, but he has been consistently allowing runs in his starts which will be a problem here. He has allowed at least 2 earned runs in each of his last 8 starts, allowing at least 4 earned runs in 5 of those. He has also been worse on the road, allowing at least 3 earned runs in each of his last 4 road starts and at least 5 earned runs in 3 of those as well. The team has not helped him with runs recently either, scoring just 3 runs total in his last 3 starts. David Peterson is starting for the Mets in this game and he is 8-1 with a 2.83 ERA this season. He has been great in his recent starts as he has allowed 2 earned runs or less in each of his last 6 starts. He has also allowed 2 earned runs or less in each of his last 2 as well as 4 of his last 5 home starts. Peterson has been a very consistent starter for the Mets all season and he is not going to allow many runs here with the way the Red Sox offense has been scoring recently. They also have the better bullpen to lean on as well and they have been heating up in recent games as they push to make the playoffs in a tight NL race. The Mets will win this game at home.