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Boston Red Sox vs. Texas Rangers
- The Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Rangers Ballpark.
Jon Lester will be the starting pitcher for the Red Sox on this day. Lefthander Lester is 9-7 this season with a 3.67 ERA.
Lester's opponent in this one will be Kevin Millwood. The Rangers ace righthander has a 3.38 ERA to go along with a 9-7 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Red Sox were shut down 2-0 by the Tigers last time out, as a -110 pick'em in the series finale. The team's played UNDER the posted over/under (9).
Clay Buchholz surrendered five hits and two runs over seven innings, and fell to 1-3 on the season.
Josh Hamilton went 4-for-4 at the plate and drove in a pair of runs to lead the Rangers over the Indians 4-1 on Thursday. The Rangers won the game as -115 favorites, and the team's played UNDER the day's posted over/under (9).
Elvis Andrus went deep in the win, and Scott Feldman improved to 12-4 with the six-inning performance.
Current streak:
Texas has won 2 straight games.
Team records:
Boston: 65-49 SU
Texas: 64-49 SU
Boston most recently:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing Texas are 5-5
After playing Detroit are 6-4
After a loss are 4-6
Texas most recently:
When playing on Friday are 2-8
Before playing Boston are 6-4
After playing Cleveland are 6-4
After a win are 5-5
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 5 games when playing Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 6 games when playing on the road against Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Boston's last 15 games on the road
Boston is 16-8 SU in its last 24 games when playing Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas's last 5 games when playing Boston
Texas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas's last 6 games when playing at home against Boston
Next up:
Texas home to Boston, Saturday, August 15
- The Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Rangers Ballpark.
Jon Lester will be the starting pitcher for the Red Sox on this day. Lefthander Lester is 9-7 this season with a 3.67 ERA.
Lester's opponent in this one will be Kevin Millwood. The Rangers ace righthander has a 3.38 ERA to go along with a 9-7 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Red Sox were shut down 2-0 by the Tigers last time out, as a -110 pick'em in the series finale. The team's played UNDER the posted over/under (9).
Clay Buchholz surrendered five hits and two runs over seven innings, and fell to 1-3 on the season.
Josh Hamilton went 4-for-4 at the plate and drove in a pair of runs to lead the Rangers over the Indians 4-1 on Thursday. The Rangers won the game as -115 favorites, and the team's played UNDER the day's posted over/under (9).
Elvis Andrus went deep in the win, and Scott Feldman improved to 12-4 with the six-inning performance.
Current streak:
Texas has won 2 straight games.
Team records:
Boston: 65-49 SU
Texas: 64-49 SU
Boston most recently:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing Texas are 5-5
After playing Detroit are 6-4
After a loss are 4-6
Texas most recently:
When playing on Friday are 2-8
Before playing Boston are 6-4
After playing Cleveland are 6-4
After a win are 5-5
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 5 games when playing Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 6 games when playing on the road against Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Boston's last 15 games on the road
Boston is 16-8 SU in its last 24 games when playing Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas's last 5 games when playing Boston
Texas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas's last 6 games when playing at home against Boston
Next up:
Texas home to Boston, Saturday, August 15
