Red Sox-Rangers Pointspread Pointers

The Texas Rangers will be trying to extend a winning streak on Friday when they take on the Boston Red Sox at Rangers Ballpark. The Red Sox will give the ball to ace starter Josh Beckett in this one. Righthander Beckett is 11-9 this season with a 4.34 ERA. It'll be ace Kevin Millwood toeing the rubber for the Rangers in this contest. Righthander Millwood is 9-7 with a 4.84 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Alex Cora scored on a throwing error in the ninth inning to lift the Red Sox to a 5-4 win over the Orioles as -350 favorites on Wednesday. The game's nine runs fell UNDER the posted over/under (10). Dustin Pedroia went 3-for-4 with a solo home run for the Red Sox, and Mark Kotsay drove in a pair of runs. Justin Masterson tossed two scoreless innings of relief for the win. Matt Bradley's sacrifice fly gave the Rangers a 1-0 win over the Mariners in the rubber match on Wednesday, as +110 underdogs. The team's played UNDER the posted over/under (11). Josh Hamilton went 3-for-4 at the plate for the Rangers. Dustin Nippert tossed seven scoreless innings for the win, and Frank Francisco closed out the ninth with his fourth save. Current streak: Boston has won 3 straight games. Texas has won 2 straight games. Team records: Boston: 82-57 SU Texas: 69-72 SU Boston most recently: When playing on Friday are 6-4 Before playing Texas are 8-2 After playing Baltimore are 7-3 After a win are 6-4 Texas most recently: When playing on Friday are 6-4 Before playing Boston are 4-6 After playing Seattle are 8-2 After a win are 4-6 A few trends to consider: Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Texas The total has gone OVER in 6 of Boston's last 7 games on the road Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games when playing Texas The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas's last 6 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games when playing Boston Texas is 4-10 SU in its last 14 games at home Texas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Boston Next up: Texas home to Boston, Saturday, September 6