The Red Sox (11-2) look to again beat back the Baltimore Orioles (5-9) in the second start of the year for Hector Velazquez (1-0 3.12 ERA) this afternoon at Fenway Park (1:05 p.m., NESN, MLBN out-of-network).
About today’s game: The plucky Velazquez will square off against Alex Cobb (NR), the former Tampa Bay Ray who will make his Orioles debut. Cobb has historically been pretty dangerous when he’s healthy, but the same thing can be said of a Red Sox offense that, predictably, took Chris Tillman to the cleaners yesterday.