Rangers at Red Sox 7/11/18 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Wednesday night baseball on ESPN will feature a meeting between the Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox from Fenway Park. Last night, Texas SP Yovani Gallardo was tagged for six runs in five innings of an 8-4 loss against Boston. Rougned Odor hit a home run and scored three times for the Rangers, who are 13 games below .500 overall.

Forty-five year old righty Bartolo Colon (5-6 4.65 ERA) continues to amaze in his 21st season in the majors. Over his last four starts, Colon has allowed 11 runs total and walked just four batters in 26 innings of work. The Boston Red Sox have reeled off eight straight victories and are certainly a team that is not looking forward to the All-Star Break. Boston OF Andrew Benintendi double twice and drove in two runs, as he looks to become the final AL player voted in by the fans for the All-Star Game. Boston is 35 games above .500 overall and leads New York by 3.5 games for first place.

The Red Sox will turn to dominant left-hander Chris Sale (9-4 2.36 ERA) on Wednesday night. Sale ranks first in the American League in strikeouts with 176 and owns a miniscule 0.89 WHIP through 122 innings so far this season.