The Boston Red Sox (28-39) host the Texas Rangers (34-35) on Saturday at Fenway Park, beginning at 4:10 p.m. ET. The Red Sox are favored on the moneyline (-120), while the Rangers are +100 underdogs, even though they are favored against the spread (1.5) with +166 odds. Boston’s Ranger Suarez and Texas’ Jacob deGrom will take the mound first.

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Red Sox vs. Rangers betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-120)
• Underdog: Rangers (+100)
• Over/under: 8

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have won 18 of the 42 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (42.9%).
• Boston has a 15-20 record (winning 42.9% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -120 or shorter.
• The Red Sox have a 54.5% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Boston has played in 67 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 29 times (29-34-4).
• The Red Sox have covered 41.8% of their games this season, going 28-39-0 ATS.

Red Sox hitting info

• Willson Contreras has a team-best batting average of .293, and leads the Red Sox in home runs (14) and runs batted in (41).
• Among batters in MLB, Contreras ranks 25th in homers and 24th in RBI.
• Wilyer Abreu is batting .280 with 15 doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 24 walks.
• Abreu ranks 86th in home runs and 79th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Ceddanne Rafaela is hitting .287 with 14 doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 14 walks.
• Rafaela heads into this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .333 with two doubles, two home runs and six RBIs.
• Jarren Duran is hitting .209 with nine doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 18 walks.
• Duran brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .143 with an RBI.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Red Sox pitching staff ranks 13th in MLB.
• Boston’s 3.89 team ERA ranks eighth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Red Sox average baseball’s 12th-ranked WHIP (1.281).
• Red Sox pitchers combine to surrender the 11th-fewest home runs in baseball (72 total, 1.1 per game).
• Boston fell to the Rays 7-5 in its last game with five strikeouts while allowing 13 hits.

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• The Rangers have been underdogs in 33 games this season and won 15 (45.5%) of those contests.
• This season, Texas has won 10 of its 24 games, or 41.7%, when it’s the underdog by at least +100 on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Rangers, based on the moneyline, is 50%.
• Games involving Texas have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 27 of 69 chances this season.
• The Rangers are 33-36-0 against the spread this season.

Rangers hitting info

• Josh Jung leads Texas in batting average (.308) this season while adding eight home runs and 30 RBI.
• Among all batters in MLB, Jung ranks 86th in homers and 98th in RBI.
• Jake Burger is batting .247 this season with a team-high 11 home runs and 41 RBI.
• Burger ranks 45th in homers and 24th in RBI among all major league hitters this season.
• Ezequiel Duran has 58 hits this season and a slash line of .290/.342/.445.
• Brandon Nimmo is batting .255 with an OBP of .330 and a slugging percentage of .402 this season.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The Rangers have an 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 14th in the big leagues.
• Texas pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.75 ERA this year, sixth-best in baseball.
• The Rangers have a combined 1.232 WHIP as a pitching staff, sixth-lowest in MLB.
• With 77 homers allowed, the Rangers rank 19th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Texas pitchers struck out seven Royals batters while allowing six hits in a 4-2 win last time out.