Texas Rangers @ Boston Red Sox
Total: 8.5
BOS -400
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.