The Texas Rangers will play the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of their series at Fenway Park on Thursday night.
The Texas Rangers are 58-71 this season and have lost four games in a row. Texas is coming off of a series loss against Houston, where they lost both games played. The Texas pitching staff has a 4.10 ERA, a 1.32 WHIP, and a .242 opponent batting average this season. The Rangers offense has scored 584 runs with a .244 batting average and a .306 on base percentage. Corey Seager is batting .255 with 29 home runs and 69 RBI’s for the Rangers this season. The projected starter for Texas is Glenn Otto, who is 6-8 with a 4.79 ERA and a 1.39 WHIP over 99.2 innings pitched this season.
The Boston Red Sox are 63-68 this season and have lost three of their last four games. Boston is coming off of a series loss against Minnesota, where they lost two out of the three games played in the series. The Boston pitching staff has a 4.55 ERA, a 1.34 WHIP, and a .253 opponent batting average. The Red Sox offense has scored 589 runs with a .258 batting average and a .317 on base percentage this year. Xander Bogaerts is batting .308 with 12 home runs and 60 RBI’s for the Red Sox this season. The projected starter for Boston is Rich Hill, who is 6-5 with a 4.32 ERA and a 1.25 WHIP over 89.2 innings pitched this season.
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