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Tampa Bay (7) at Boston (9) | 19:10 ET

Brass Tacks

With Tampa Bay’s 9-2 victory yesternight, the Rays are now only three games behind the Red Sox in the AL Wild Card.

Brass Tacks, Vol II

Per Cool Standings, Boston’s and Tampa Bay’s playoff odds are 88.7% and 8.2%, respectively.

Brass Tacks, Vol III

Per our mortal enemies, Boston and Tampa Bay’s playoff odds are 94.5% and 4.4%, respectively.

A Note on Tonight’s Pitchers

You should consider filing tonight’s pitching matchup under Best Case Scenario, in terms of how it features something like each team’s staff ace in James Shields (226.1 IP, 78 xFIP-) and Josh Beckett (173.2 IP, 89 xFIP-).

A Note on Tonight’s Pitchers, Vol II

That is, unless you include the other pitchers who are something like each team’s staff ace in David Price (210.1 IP, 80 xFIP-) and Jon Lester (176.0, 88 xFIP-).

A Note on a Relevant Internet Meme

If you don’t mind seeing the word sh-t over and over on your computer screen, you might consider bathing your eyes and mind in this particular Google image search.

MLB.TV Audio Feed: Red Sox Television.

Oh Yeah, Also

Los Angeles AL (5) at Baltimore (2) | 19:05 ET

The Angels remain 3.5 games behind Texas and Dan Haren is pitching, but you’ll also have to watch Baltimore.

MLB.TV Audio Feed: Angels Radio.

Also Playing

Here’s the complete schedule for all of today’s games, with our very proprietary watchability (NERD) scores for each one. Pitching probables and game times aggregated from MLB.com and RotoWire. The average NERD Game Score for today is 5.7.

The following Game Scores include the new and improved playoff-odds adjustment, which you can learn about in your brain by clicking here.

NERD represents an attempt to anticipate the watchability of a game for the baseballing enthusiast.

To learn more about Pitcher NERD, click here and scroll down a little.

To learn more about latest Team NERD, click here.

To learn how Game NERD Scores are calculated, click here.

* = Fewer than 20 IP, NERD at discretion of very handsome author.