Red Sox vs Rangers Picks and Prediction – 8/3/2024

The Boston Red Sox will be on the road Friday night for game one of three in Texas against the Texas Rangers. Boston is 7 games above .500 currently seven games back in the American League East. The Red Sox offense has carried the team this season with .260 batting average. Boston has scored 520 two runs on 968 hits as a team this season. The Boston pitching has been top tier as well the 3.93 team ERA. For other MLB action see our MLB Picks.

Rafael Devers leads the Red Sox this season with a .306 batting average to go along with the team high 24 home runs and 69 RBIs. Jarren Duran has a .292 batting average and has hit thirteen home runs in 107 games. Tyler O'Neill has added 22 home runs and 45 RBIs, while Connor Wong has chipped in 10 home runs and 36 RBI's in only 81 games.

The Texas Rangers return home Friday five games below .500 currently 4.5 games back in the American League West. Texas has struggled as of late dropping 4 the last five following a nine run loss against Saint Louis in their last outing. Offensively Texas has been below average this season with a .239 team batting average. The Rangers scored just 460 runs on 876 hits this season as a team. Fortunately for Texas the power has shined with 113 total home runs as a team.

Josh Smith leads Texas this season with a .281 team batting average. Marcus Semien has posted a team high 100 and seven hits and 54 RBI's. Corey Seager has supplied the most power to the roster with nineteen home runs on the season. Adolis Garcia has chipped in 18 home runs this season despite just a .210 batting average.