The Redsox go into Philly in a 3 game series that will be against the leaders of the A. L. East and the leaders of the N.L. East. This series also has several very good pitching match-ups.
Game 1: Colon vs. Hamels: Two poitchers that can really be electric. Hamels is a huge strikeout pitcher. he has struckout 86 men in 99 innings and has posted two great outing in his last two. Colon won his last outing versus Baltimore going 6 innings and striking out 7 men and only allowing 1 earned.
Game 2: Lester vs. Moyer: The ageless Moyer is putting up really good numbers once again with a 7-3 record and a pretty respectable 4.12 ERA. He also pitched extremely well in his last outing versus Florida going 8 strong innings in a shutout. Lester pitched beautifully in the win versus Baltimore in his last outing going 7 inning and only allowing 2 earned runs.
Game 3: Masterson vs. Kendrick: Not being much into the N.L. I really never heard of Kendrick before , but he has some pretty impressive numbers this season. He has a record of 6-2 with an O.K. ERA of 4.54. In his last outing he got the win over the Cardinals going 7 innings and allowing only 1 run. Masterson lost in his last outing versus the Reds giving up two long balls in the process. He however posted his best in strikeout with 9 in the game.
Outlook: To be realistic this series is going to be really tough. The Redsox continue to struggle on the road although they did manage to take there last road series versus the Reds 2 games to 1. I would be really happy if the Redsox can come out of Philly with two of these games.