Jakob Marsee leads the Miami Marlins (58-62) into a contest against the Boston Red Sox (66-56) a game after he homered twice in a 13-4 win over the Guardians. The Red Sox are favored (-168) against the Marlins (+142) in this outing, which begins at 7:10 p.m. ET on Friday. Boston’s Lucas Giolito and Miami’s Sandy Alcantara will take the mound first.

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Red Sox vs. Marlins betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-168)
• Underdog: Marlins (+142)
• Over/under: 8.5

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have won 59.2% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (42-29).
• Boston has an 11-5 record (winning 68.8% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -168 or shorter.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Red Sox’s implied win probability is 62.7%.
• Boston has played in 121 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 60 times (60-57-4).
• The Red Sox have collected a 65-56-0 record ATS this season (covering 53.7% of the time).

Red Sox hitting info

• Jarren Duran has a team-best batting average of .263.
• Duran’s home runs rank 127th in MLB and he ranks 44th in RBI in MLB.
• Ceddanne Rafaela is batting .259 with 24 doubles, three triples, 14 home runs and 20 walks.
• Rafaela currently ranks 99th in home runs and 91st in RBI in the bigs.
• Rafaela brings a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .200 with a double, two walks and an RBI.
• Trevor Story has racked up a team-best 75 runs batted in.
• Story has safely hit in two games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .182 with a double and two RBIs.
• Wilyer Abreu has shown off his power as he paces his team with 21 home runs.
• Abreu has safely hit in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .333 with two doubles, four walks and three RBIs.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Red Sox pitching staff ranks 18th in MLB.
• Boston’s 3.75 team ERA ranks seventh across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Red Sox average baseball’s 20th-ranked WHIP (1.304).
• The Red Sox surrender the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (123 total, one per game).
• Boston struck out three Astros batters while giving up four hits in a 4-1 loss in its last game.

Marlins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Marlins betting info

• The Marlins have entered the game as underdogs 101 times this season and won 49, or 48.5%, of those games.
• Miami has a record of 15-17, a 46.9% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +142 or more by sportsbooks this season.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 41.3% chance of a victory for the Marlins.
• So far this season, Miami and its opponents have hit the over in 55 of its 120 games with a total.
• The Marlins have an ATS record of 72-48-0 in 120 games with a spread this season.

Marlins hitting info

• Kyle Stowers leads Miami in home runs with 25 and runs batted in with 72.
• Stowers’ home run total ranks 15th in the majors, and he is 20th in RBI.
• Xavier Edwards’ batting average of .303 leads all Miami hitters this season.
• Edwards ranks 360th in homers and 202nd in RBI among all batters in the big leagues.
• Edwards heads into this game on an eight-game hitting streak. During his last 10 games he is hitting .391 with two doubles, a triple, a home run and five RBIs.
• Otto Lopez is slashing .241/.313/.367 this season for the Marlins.
• Agustin Ramirez is batting .236 with an OBP of .283 and a slugging percentage of .437 this season.
• Ramirez has safely hit in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .130 with two RBIs.

Marlins pitching rankings

• The Marlins strike out eight batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 23rd in MLB.
• Miami has pitched to a 4.52 ERA this season, which ranks 24th in baseball.
• Marlins pitchers have a 1.302 WHIP this season, 19th in the majors.
• With 134 homers allowed, the Marlins rank 14th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Miami earned a 13-4 win in its most recent game, striking out 11 Guardians batters while allowing five hits.