Boston Red Sox (1-0) vs. Texas Rangers (0-1)
Arlington, Texas; Friday, 8:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Tanner Houck (0-0); Rangers: Jack Leiter (0-0)
Red Sox -121, Rangers +101; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox face the Texas Rangers with a 1-0 series lead.
Texas went 78-84 overall and 44-37 in home games last season. The Rangers averaged 8.0 hits per game last season while batting a collective .238.
Boston went 81-81 overall and 43-38 in road games a season ago. The Red Sox slugged .423 as a team last season with 3.3 extra base hits per game.
INJURIES: Rangers: Jon Gray: 60-Day IL (wrist), Josh Sborz: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
Red Sox: Brayan Bello: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Zach Penrod: 60-Day IL (elbow), Masataka Yoshida: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Kutter Crawford: 15-Day IL (knee), Lucas Giolito: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Liam Hendriks: 15-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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