The Boston Red Sox (60-51) host the Houston Astros (62-48) on Saturday at Fenway Park, beginning at 4:10 p.m. ET. The Red Sox are favored on the moneyline (-114), while the Astros are -105 underdogs. The Astros are favored against the spread (1.5) with +152 odds, despite being the moneyline underdog. Boston has Walker Buehler starting things off, while Houston will counter with Colton Gordon.

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Red Sox vs. Astros betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-114)
• Underdog: Astros (-105)
• Over/under: 9.5

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox are 39-27 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 59.1% of those games).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -114 or shorter, Boston has a 37-26 record (winning 58.7% of its games).
• The Red Sox have a 53.3% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Boston has combined with opponents to go over the total 51 times this season for a 51-55-4 record against the over/under.
• The Red Sox have a 58-52-0 record against the spread this season (covering 52.7% of the time).

Red Sox hitting info

• Jarren Duran has racked up a team-high batting average of .265.
• Among hitters in MLB play, Duran ranks 124th in home runs and 42nd in RBI.
• Duran brings a seven-game hitting streak into this game. In his last 10 games he is hitting .325 with five doubles, two triples, three home runs, six walks and 10 RBIs.
• Ceddanne Rafaela is hitting .259 with 21 doubles, three triples, 14 home runs and 17 walks.
• Rafaela currently ranks 87th in homers and 79th in RBI in the majors.
• Trevor Story has accumulated a team-best 65 runs batted in.
• Story has safely hit in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .263 with three doubles, two home runs, two walks and five RBIs.
• Wilyer Abreu has hit 20 home runs to pace his team.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Red Sox pitching staff ranks 16th in the majors.
• Boston has a 3.74 team ERA that ranks eighth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Red Sox have the 19th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.297).
• Red Sox pitchers combine to give up 113 home runs (one per game), the seventh-fewest in MLB.
• In its 2-1 win last time out, Boston struck out six Astros batters while allowing seven hits.

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• The Astros have entered the game as underdogs 33 times this season and won 20, or 60.6%, of those games.
• Houston is 18-11 this season when entering a game as the underdog by -105 or more on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Astros, based on the moneyline, is 51.2%.
• Houston and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 46 of its 110 opportunities.
• The Astros are 55-55-0 against the spread in their 110 chances this season.

Astros hitting info

• Jose Altuve leads Houston in runs batted in with 57 while batting .281.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Altuve ranks 43rd in homers and 53rd in RBI.
• Jeremy Pena’s batting average of .326 leads all Houston hitters this season.
• Among all MLB batters, Pena is 124th in homers and 146th in RBI.
• Yainer Diaz has collected 93 base hits, an OBP of .283 and a slugging percentage of .420 this season.
• Diaz has hit safely in three games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .400 with a double, two home runs, a walk and four RBIs.
• Jesus Sanchez has 80 hits and an OBP of .323 to go with a slugging percentage of .421 this season.
• Sanchez brings a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .222 with a double, a home run, two walks and two RBIs.

Astros pitching rankings

• The Astros average 9.8 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, most in the big leagues.
• Houston has the sixth-best ERA (3.67) in the majors this season.
• The Astros have a combined WHIP of just 1.188 as a pitching staff, which is the second-best in baseball this season.
• The Astros have allowed the 19th-fewest home runs this season with 126, or 1.1 per game.
• Houston pitchers struck out seven Red Sox hitters while allowing six base hits in a 2-1 loss its last time out.