Red Sox and Rangers meet with series tied 1-1
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Texas Rangers (18-19, fourth in the AL West) vs. Boston Red Sox (19-19, second in the AL East)
Boston; Thursday, 1:35 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Jack Leiter (2-1, 4.58 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 15 strikeouts); Red Sox: Brayan Bello (2-0, 2.55 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 12 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Sox -136, Rangers +115; over/under is 9 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox and Texas Rangers play on Thursday with the winner claiming the three-game series.
Boston has a 19-19 record overall and a 10-9 record at home. The Red Sox have the 10th-best team on-base percentage in MLB play at .329.
Texas has an 18-19 record overall and a 6-11 record on the road. The Rangers have the fourth-ranked team ERA in the AL at 3.46.
Thursday’s game is the seventh meeting between these teams this season. The Rangers are ahead 4-2 in the season series.
TOP PERFORMERS: Alexander Bregman has a .327 batting average to lead the Red Sox, and has 15 doubles and nine home runs. Rafael Devers is 15 for 41 with two home runs and eight RBIs over the past 10 games.
Wyatt Langford has five doubles and six home runs for the Rangers. Jonah Heim is 13 for 36 over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 5-5, .289 batting average, 3.74 ERA, outscored opponents by 19 runs
Rangers: 3-7, .265 batting average, 3.99 ERA, outscored by one run
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: Kevin Pillar: 10-Day IL (back), 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.