Rangers vs. Red Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 3, 2024

The Texas Rangers (52-58) are favored on the moneyline (-115) in Saturday’s contest versus the Boston Red Sox (58-50). First pitch is at 7:05 PM ET on NESN. The Red Sox, with +152 odds, are favored against the spread (1.5). Texas’ Jon Gray and Boston’s Tanner Houck have been named the starters for this contest.

Be sure to check out our betting primer for this contest, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Rangers vs. Red Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Rangers (-115)
• Underdog: Red Sox (-104)
• Over/under: 9

Rangers vs. Red Sox Betting Insights

• The Rangers have been favorites in 62 games this season and have come away with the win 35 times (56.5%) in those contests.
• This season Texas has been victorious 33 times in 58 chances when named as a favorite of at least -115 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Rangers have a 53.5% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
• The Red Sox have compiled a 27-25 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 51.9% of those games).
• Boston is 20-20 (winning 50% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of -104 or longer.
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Red Sox a 51% chance to win.

Rangers vs. Red Sox Hitting Leaders

• Marcus Semien leads Texas in runs batted in with 56 while batting .246.
• Among all MLB hitters, Semien is 86th in batting average, 88th in on-base percentage, and 87th in slugging.
• Corey Seager leads Texas in homers with 21 while also batting a team-best .279 this season.
• Rafael Devers leads the Red Sox with 25 home runs and 70 runs batted in, while putting up a team-best batting average of .308.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Devers is 10th in home runs and 18th in RBI.
• Jarren Duran is batting .293 with 33 doubles, 13 triples, 13 home runs and 39 walks.

Rangers vs. Red Sox Pitching Rankings

• The Rangers have an 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in the majors.
• Rangers pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.21 this year, which ranks 21st in MLB.
• The Rangers have a combined WHIP of 1.273 as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in MLB.
• The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Red Sox pitching staff ranks 12th in MLB.
• Boston has a 3.95 team ERA that ranks 13th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Red Sox average baseball’s 12th-ranked WHIP (1.238).