Texas Rangers @ Boston Red Sox

Total: 8.5

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Game Play Predictions

Texas Rangers

  • Bartolo Colón has allowed three earned runs or less in four straight starts.

  • Colon sports a 4.37 road ERA compared to a 5.00 ERA at home this season.

  • In his one meeting against the Red Sox earlier this season, Colon threw seven innings, allowed four runs, all four coming via the solo home run.

  • Texas is 3-7 over their last 10 games and have lost four of their last five overall.

  • Shin Soo-Choo continues to rake as he’s hitting .325 with an OPS over 1.000 over his last 10 games. He’s made the All-Star game for the first time in his career.

  • Joey Gallo has struck out 125 times in 89 games this season. Chris Sale is trailing only Max Scherzer by one strikeout for the league lead.

  • Adrián Béltre is 5-for-16 (.313 AVG) with a homer off of Chris Sale .

  • Unfortunately, Beltre has six hits over his last 36 at-bats which is good for a .167 AVG.

  • Ronald Guzman is easily the Rangers hottest hitter as he’s slashed .433/.419/.600 over his last 10 games. He happens to be hitting .326 versus left-handed pitching this season.

  • Robinson Chirinos ’ 14 RBI over his last 10 games places him in a tie for the fifth most in the league over the past two weeks.

 

Boston Red Sox

  • Chris Sale leads the American League in K/9 and is fifth in ERA.

  • In an earlier meeting this season, Sale threw seven innings of one-run ball while striking out 12 against the Rangers.

  • Sale has actually been worse at home posting a 2.56 ERA compared to his 2.20 mark on the road.

  • The Red Sox lead Major League baseball in OPS, wRC+ and wOBA versus right-handed pitching this season.

  • J.D. Martínez , the current league leader in home runs, is riding a six-game hit streak in which five have been multiple hit outings.

  • Xander Bogaerts has five extra-base hits and 12 RBI over his last six games.

  • Rafael Devers has faced Bartolo Colón three times over his career; he’s homered twice.

  • Mitch Moreland is 4-for-15 with two homers himself off of Colon and has a .388 wOBA versus right-handed pitching this season.

  • Mookie Betts is riding an eight-game hit streak and a five-game run scored streak.

  • Steve Pearce has at least two hits, a run scored and an RBI in the last three games he’s played in.