The Boston Red Sox (65-54) visit the Houston Astros (66-52) on Monday in game 1 of a three-game series, with the first pitch at 8:10 p.m. ET from Daikin Park. The favored Red Sox (-173) head into the matchup after a series loss to the Padres, and the underdog Astros (+144) are coming off of a series win over the Yankees. Garrett Crochet takes the mound first for Boston, and Cristian Javier is Houston’s choice to start.

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Red Sox vs. Astros betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-173)
• Underdog: Astros (+144)
• Over/under: 7.5

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have compiled a 42-28 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 60% of those games).
• Boston has an 11-4 record (winning 73.3% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -173 or shorter.
• The Red Sox have an implied moneyline win probability of 63.4% in this matchup.
• Boston has played in 118 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 58 times (58-56-4).
• The Red Sox have collected a 64-54-0 record against the spread this season (covering 54.2% of the time).

Red Sox hitting info

• Jarren Duran paces the Red Sox with a .264 batting average.
• Among hitters in baseball, Duran ranks 119th in homers and 35th in RBI.
• Ceddanne Rafaela is hitting .259 with 23 doubles, three triples, 14 home runs and 19 walks.
• Rafaela ranks 95th in home runs among hitters in MLB and 86th in RBI.
• Trevor Story has accumulated a team-high 73 runs batted in.
• Wilyer Abreu’s 21 home runs pace his team.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Red Sox pitching staff ranks 18th in MLB.
• Boston has the ninth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.74).
• Pitchers for the Red Sox combine for the 20th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.306).
• Red Sox pitchers combine to give up 119 home runs (1.0 per game), the seventh-fewest in baseball.
• Boston struck out 10 Padres batters while allowing nine hits in a 6-2 loss in its last game.

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• This season, the Astros have won 23 out of the 38 games, or 60.5%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Houston has been at least a +144 moneyline underdog four times this season and won each of those games.
• The implied probability of a win by the Astros, based on the moneyline, is 41%.
• Houston and its opponents have hit the over in 52 of its 118 games with a total this season.
• The Astros have an ATS record of 59-59-0 in 118 games with a spread this season.

Astros hitting info

• Jose Altuve leads Houston in home runs with 21 and runs batted in with 63.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Altuve’s home run total is 29th, and his RBI total is 46th.
• Altuve heads into this game on an eight-game hitting streak. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .390 with a double, four home runs, five walks and nine RBIs.
• Jeremy Pena’s batting average of .315 leads all Houston hitters this season.
• Among all major league hitters, Pena ranks 119th in home runs and 128th in RBI.
• Yainer Diaz has 100 hits this season and a slash line of .251/.280/.417.
• Carlos Correa is batting .281 with an OBP of .335 and a slugging percentage of .409 this season.
• Correa heads into this game on an eight-game hitting streak. During his last 10 games he is batting .421 with two doubles, two home runs, five walks and six RBIs.

Astros pitching rankings

• The Astros have a 9.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, first-best in baseball.
• Houston has the sixth-best ERA (3.69) in the majors this season.
• The Astros have a combined 1.193 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-lowest in MLB.
• With 136 homers allowed, the Astros rank 19th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Houston pitchers struck out seven Yankees batters while allowing three hits in a 7-1 win last time out.