Not only are the Red Sox superior to the Rays, but the pitching matchup is right here, too.

The buy sign is back on for southpaw David Price, who has allowed four earned runs in his last two starts spanning 14 innings. Price has a 12-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio in these last two outings. The Rays have a losing record against lefties, losing eight of their last 11 to southpaws.

Rays rookie southpaw Blake Snell has a 1.54 WHIP. His 3.06 ERA is bound to go up because he's been lucky to leave a lot of baserunners. The Red Sox are No. 1 in many of the key offensive categories, including runs and batting average. Boston also has a winning record against southpaws.

The Red Sox faced Snell on June 27 getting four runs on eight hits and four walks against him in 5 1/3 innings.