The Red Sox, having already secured their first series win in nearly a month, can earn their first series sweep of the season this afternoon down in Texas against old pal Martín Pérez (2:35 p.m., NESN).
This is what this year was supposed to feel like. Good pitching, great hitting, easy wins. Now they get to face Pérez, one of last year’s Red Sox rotation members, and try to derail the excellent season he’s been able to put together, with a 2.10 ERA and underlying stats that do it justice. If the ball has changed (and something has changed with all these low ERAs), Pérez has clearly been one of the key benefactors.