Bookmakers give the Boston Red Sox (18-19) the edge, -137 on the moneyline, to break their three-game losing streak when they take on the Texas Rangers (18-18), at +116, on Thursday at 1:35 p.m. ET. Brayan Bello starts for Boston while Texas will counter with Jack Leiter.

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Red Sox vs. Rangers betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-137)
• Underdog: Rangers (+116)
• Over/under: 9.5

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have a 15-13 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 53.6% of those games).
• In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -137 or shorter, Boston has gone 5-7 (41.7%).
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Red Sox a 57.8% chance to win.
• In the 37 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Boston, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 17 times (17-18-2).
• The Red Sox have collected a 16-21-0 record against the spread this season (covering 43.2% of the time).

Red Sox hitting info

• Alexander Bregman has a team-best batting average of .315, while leading the Red Sox in home runs (eight) and runs batted in (27).
• In MLB, Bregman ranks 20th in home runs and 11th in RBI.
• Wilyer Abreu is hitting .278 with six doubles, seven home runs and 21 walks.
• Abreu ranks 32nd in home runs and 34th in RBI among hitters in baseball.
• Abreu enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .200 with a home run, a walk and an RBI.
• Jarren Duran is batting .264 with nine doubles, four triples, two home runs and 10 walks.
• Rafael Devers has 11 doubles, five home runs and 27 walks while batting .252.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The Red Sox pitching staff ranks 12th in MLB with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Boston has a 4.05 team ERA that ranks 17th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Red Sox average baseball’s 19th-ranked WHIP (1.306).
• Red Sox pitchers combine to surrender 34 total home runs at a clip of 0.9 per game (11th-fewest in MLB).
• Boston struck out nine Rangers batters while allowing 16 hits in a 6-1 loss in its last game.

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• This season, the Rangers have been the underdog 19 times and won seven, or 36.8%, of those games.
• This season, Texas has won two of its eight games when it’s the underdog by at least +116 on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rangers have a 46.3% chance to win.
• Texas and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 11 of its 36 opportunities.
• In 36 games with a spread this season, the Rangers are 21-15-0 ATS.

Rangers hitting info

• Wyatt Langford leads Texas in home runs this season with six while driving in 14 runs.
• Langford is 47th in homers and 122nd in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Langford has hit safely in five straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .263 with two walks and two RBIs.
• Josh Smith is batting .340 with an OBP of .415 and a slugging percentage of .500 this season.
• Smith ranks 134th in home runs and 219th in RBI among all major league batters this season.
• Smith enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .444 with a triple, a home run, a walk and three RBIs.
• Adolis Garcia leads Texas in runs batted in with 18 while batting .236 with four homers.
• Garcia enters this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .313 with a walk and three RBIs.
• Jonah Heim is batting .284 with an OBP of .333 and a slugging percentage of .432 this season.
• Heim has hit safely in four games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .333 with a walk and two RBIs.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The Rangers strike out 8.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 17th in MLB.
• Texas has pitched to a 3.38 ERA this season, which ranks sixth in baseball.
• The Rangers have a combined WHIP of just 1.161 as a pitching staff, which is the fifth-best in baseball this season.
• The Rangers have given up the second-fewest long balls so far this season with only 28 home runs allowed.
• Texas earned a 6-1 win in its most recent game, striking out 12 Red Sox batters while allowing six hits.

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