Padres vs Rockies: Battling for Series Lead

0:00It's April 10th. This is MLB News today, powered by AI tracking teams, players, and standings. The boss and Red Sox, sitting at four wins and eight losses in fifth place in the American League East, heads to St. Louis to face the Cardinals, who are 7-5, fourth in the National League Central, is their first match-up this season, kicking off Friday at 8.15 p.m. Eastern. Red Sox starter, Connolly, early comes in with a solid 2.89 earned run average while Cardinals pitcher Dustin May struggles at 15.95, odds-makers favor Boston at minus 146, with the over under at seven-and-a-half runs. The Red Sox are desperate to snap a five-game road losing streak, where they've gone just one-and-five away from home. Meanwhile, St. Louis boasts a four-and-two home record, and ranks sixth in the majors with 13 home runs already. Boston's hitters own the eighth-best on-base percentage in the American League at 3-10, but they've been outscored by 13 runs over there.

1:02Last 10 games, batting 2-18 with a 4.71 team earned run average. The Cardinals are five-and-five lately, hitting 2-12 and outscored by just six. Key bats for St. Louis include Jordan Walker, with five homers and 12 rebis, plus Nolan Gorman, who's 7 for 30 over the last 10 with two. Long balls. For Boston, William O'Brayue is scorching at 15 for 38 recently, with three doubles, a triple, and two homers, while Sedan Rafael adds. A homer and four rebis, injuries hit the Red Sox harder, missing guys like Tristan Cosses, cut a Crawford and Tanner Huck, compared to St. Louis sidelining Lars Newbar, and a couple pitchers. This inner league clash could shake up both squads early tune in and see who bounces back