Red Sox take home losing streak into matchup against the Rangers

Texas Rangers (18-18, third in the AL West) vs. Boston Red Sox (18-19, second in the AL East)

Boston; Wednesday, 6:45 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Tyler Mahle (3-1, 1.19 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, 32 strikeouts); Red Sox: Tanner Houck (0-2, 6.38 ERA, 1.47 WHIP, 30 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Sox -122, Rangers +102; over/under is 9 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox play the Texas Rangers looking to end a three-game home losing streak.

Boston is 18-19 overall and 9-9 at home. The Red Sox have a 7-3 record in games when they hit at least two home runs.

Texas has an 18-18 record overall and a 6-10 record on the road. The Rangers rank ninth in the AL with 31 total home runs, averaging 0.9 per game.

Wednesday’s game is the sixth time these teams square off this season. The Rangers are ahead 4-1 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Alexander Bregman has 14 doubles and eight home runs for the Red Sox. Rafael Devers is 16 for 41 with four doubles, three home runs and nine RBIs over the past 10 games.

Wyatt Langford leads the Rangers with six home runs while slugging .531. Jonah Heim is 13 for 38 with three RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 4-6, .278 batting average, 3.98 ERA, outscored opponents by 16 runs

Rangers: 3-7, .267 batting average, 3.68 ERA, even run differential

INJURIES: Red Sox: Triston Casas: 10-Day IL (knee), Walker Buehler: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Richard Fitts: 15-Day IL (pectoral), Zach Penrod: 60-Day IL (elbow), Masataka Yoshida: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Kutter Crawford: 15-Day IL (knee), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Rangers: Kyle Higashioka: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Kumar Rocker: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jonathan Gray: 60-Day IL (wrist), Josh Sborz: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.