Red Sox face the Rangers with 1-0 series lead

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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)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: 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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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.