Craig Breslow keeps talking as if the Boston Red Sox will be buyers. In July, we'll find out if the chief baseball officer meant what he said. The Red Sox enter play Tuesday with a 42-44 record, three games back of the third and final American League Wild Card spot.

Hicks, a 28-year-old righty who Boston acquired from the Giants in the Rafael Devers trade, got Reds’ Rece Hinds to ground out on a 100.5 mph sinker. He also struck out Tyler Stephenson looking on a 99.5 mph sinker in a perfect eighth inning.

The Boston Red Sox rotation, outside of Garrett Crochet, has been a letdown. The team could address its need at the trade deadline.

Yesterday, Reds pitcher Chase Burns was barreled and didn't make it out of the first inning in his second pro start. The Reds rookie walked two batters and gave up five earned runs on five hits before he was pulled from the game. The Red Sox went on to win the game, 13-6.

The Cincinnati Reds (44-41) visit the Boston Red Sox (42-44) Tuesday in the second game of a 3-game series. First pitch from Fenway Park is set for 7:10 p.m. ET. Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's MLB odds around the Reds vs. Red Sox odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.

But it was how those home runs came about that saw Abreu accomplish something we have not seen in the major leagues since Roger Maris did it back in 1958. In the home half of the fifth Abreu came to the plate with Boston already out to a 7-4 lead,

Cincinnati Reds pitcher Chase Burns didn't get out of the first inning Monday in his second big-league start, allowing 5 earned runs to the Red Sox.