Matt Fargo

This is a play on the BOSTON RED SOX for our MLB Thursday Afternoon Dominator. We lost with the Red Sox last night as David Price pitched a good game but was done in by two home runs that accounted for his three runs allowed. Boston has now dropped four of its last five games on this roadtrip and going back, the Red Sox are 12-2 in their last 14 games after losing the first two games of a series. Minnesota has been just the opposite as it has won four of its last five games in what has been a very disappointing season. The Twins are now two games over .500 at home following the first two wins in this series but they have gone 2-6 in their last eight games in Game three of a series. Rick Porcello takes the hill for the Red Sox and he is coming off an outing where he allowed four runs against Seattle which snapped a string of three straight quality outings. 10 of his 15 starts have been quality outings and in two starts at Target Field in the last two years, he has allowed two runs over 14 innings. Kyle Gibson has finally showed the potential of what he was expected of as he has posted a 3.27 ERA and 1.17 WHIP this season, but his success has been limited to being on the road. He has a 4.78 ERA and 1.49 WHIP at hone where he has just two quality starts and going back, the Twins are 3-7 in his last 10 home starts against teams with a winning record. 10* (913) Boston Red Sox

This is a play on the OTTAWA REDBLACKS for our CFL Thursday Enforcer. Ottawa was the lone team to have last week off and it should pay dividends in Week Two as it hosts Saskatchewan for the second time in as many home games. The last time the RedBlacks played a meaningful game was back on November 12 when they hosted Saskatchewan in the Divisional Semifinals and were upset by 11 points, cutting short their chances of defending their Grey Cup championship from 2016. Last year was a strange season for Ottawa as it clearly had the roster to contend for a championship but opened the campaign 0-4 and 1-7 before making a late run to get into the postseason and it can ill afford to repeat that start. We won with Saskatchewan last Friday as it defeated Toronto at home by jumping ahead 14-1 and was able to hold on. Zach Collaros, who was brought in from Hamilton, was effective in the victory but now comes his first road start and definitely not the spot that he would prefer. Ottawa finished in second place in the East Division after claiming the top spot in 2015 and 2016 so it can be considered the class of the division despite how weak the overall division looks. This is a chance to make some noise as a win on Thursday could give the RedBlacks an early spot atop of the division, as Toronto, Hamilton and Montreal all lost against West Division opponents last week. The difference here is that all of those games for the Eastern teams were on the road so the home team with motivation should put an end to that. 10* (362) Ottawa RedBlacks