The Boston Red Sox have reeled off 7 straight wins and are 12-2 their last 14. Texas meanwhile is 9-9 over the last 20 days but more recently they are 2-6 with both wins coming against Detroit. The Red Sox are having long reliever Hector Velazquez make a spot start as he did twice in April posting a 2-0 record with a 2.53 ERA. Yovani Gallardo comes in with a 5.87 ERA with his starts coming at Detroit, at Minnesota and home vs the White Sox and Rockies and now he starts at Fenway Park. The Red Sox are smashing the ball hitting .362 the last 5 day and .318 the last 10 while Texas is batting .204 and .243 in that span.