Joba Chamberlain appears primed as the New York Yankees begin a key four-game series with the Boston Red Sox at home tonight.

While the -181 favored Yankees have gone 14-5 since the All-Star break, beating the Red Sox has thus far been an impossible task. New York is 0-8 against Boston in 2009 , while getting outscored 55-31 and swept in a three-game series at Fenway Park in the most recent meeting between the teams.

Chamberlain is 3-0 with a 0.83 ERA in three starts since the All-Star break, conceding eight hits in 21 2-3 innings.

John Smoltz tries to win back-to-back starts for the first time this season but is 1-2 with a 9.18 ERA in three games since the All-Star break.

He has no record and a 4.50 ERA in two starts against the Yankees, whom he has not faced since 2006

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