Caleb Durbin leads the Boston Red Sox (27-39) into a contest against the Texas Rangers (34-34) a game after he homered twice in a 7-5 loss to the Rays. The Red Sox are favored (-133) against the Rangers (+112) in this outing, which begins at 7:10 p.m. ET on Friday. Boston’s Sonny Gray and Texas’ Jack Leiter will start this matchup.

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Red Sox vs. Rangers betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-133)
• Underdog: Rangers (+112)
• Over/under: 8.5

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have been favored on the moneyline 41 total times this season. They’ve gone 17-24 in those games.
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -133 or shorter, Boston has a record of 8-15 (34.8%).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Red Sox have an implied win probability of 57.1%.
• In the 66 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Boston, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 28 times (28-34-4).
• The Red Sox have put together a 27-39-0 record against the spread this season.

Red Sox hitting info

• Willson Contreras has racked up a team-high batting average of .284, and paces the Red Sox in home runs (13) and runs batted in (39).
• Contreras’ home runs rank 29th in MLB and he ranks 31st in RBI in MLB.
• Wilyer Abreu has 13 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 24 walks while hitting .273.
• Abreu ranks 107th in homers and 100th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Ceddanne Rafaela has 12 doubles, two triples, six home runs and 14 walks while hitting .280.
• Jarren Duran is hitting .210 with nine doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 18 walks.
• Duran has safely hit in two straight games. In his last five games he is batting .150 with an RBI.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Red Sox has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 13th in MLB.
• Boston has a 3.93 team ERA that ranks 11th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Red Sox have the 17th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.291).
• The Red Sox surrender the 14th-fewest home runs in baseball (72 total, 1.1 per game).
• Boston struck out five Rays batters while allowing 13 hits in a 7-5 loss in its last game.

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• The Rangers have been underdogs in 32 games this season and won 15 (46.9%) of those contests.
• Texas has a record of 3-8 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least +112 on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rangers have a 47.2% chance to win.
• Texas and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 26 of its 68 opportunities.
• The Rangers have an ATS record of 33-35-0 in 68 games with a spread this season.

Rangers hitting info

• Josh Jung leads Texas in batting average (.309) this season while adding eight home runs and 30 RBI.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Jung’s home run total is 85th, and his RBI total is 94th.
• Jake Burger is batting .250 this season with a team-high 11 home runs and 41 RBI.
• Among all major league hitters, Burger is 44th in home runs and 24th in RBI.
• Burger takes a four-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .533 with a double, a home run, three walks and four RBIs.
• Brandon Nimmo has collected 66 base hits, an OBP of .334 and a slugging percentage of .408 this season.
• Nimmo heads into this game on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .368 with three doubles, two walks and an RBI.
• Ezequiel Duran has 58 hits and an OBP of .349 to go with a slugging percentage of .454 this season.
• Ezequiel Duran enters this game on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .400 with two doubles and three RBIs.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The Rangers strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 15th in MLB.
• Texas pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.66 ERA this year, sixth-best in baseball.
• The Rangers have a combined 1.223 WHIP as a pitching staff, fifth-lowest in MLB.
• The Rangers have allowed the 18th-fewest home runs this season with 74, or 1.1 per game.
• Texas earned a 6-4 win in its most recent game, striking out 11 Royals batters while allowing 13 hits.