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The Red Sox are 6-6 and currently trail the Orioles and Blue Jays in the East.
They won the series against the struggling Tigers and have a good shot at taking 2 of 3 from the Yankees with Daisuke opposing Phil Hughes today.
Most were hoping that the Red Sox would head in to May as a .500 team, but despite a slumping David Ortiz and a measly 3.9 runs per game (3.1 if you take out the 12-6 win over Detroit) the Red Sox are keeping pace with their AL Eats opponents and could finish the first month of the season above the expected .500 mark.
How? The friendly confines of Fenway Park.
The Red Sox will play 10 of their remaining 17 games in April at home. Boston is 208-116 (64 W%) at Fenway Park since 2004. As a team, they