The Red Sox will be facing the Rangers in game two of their series. The Red Sox had a record of 4-2 versus the Rangers in 2024 and opened this season with a 5-2 win. Boston will go with Tanner Houck on the mound. Houck was 9-10 with a 3.12 ERA and 154 strikeouts in 30 appearances in 2024. Houck has a record of 0-1 with an ERA of 5.30 and 14 strikeouts in 4 appearances against the Rangers in his career. Jack Leiter will look to even the series when he takes the mound for the Rangers, Last season he was 0-3 with a 8.83 ERA with 31 strikeouts in 9 appearances in his rookie season in 2024. Last season the Rangers' bullpen ranked fifth to last in the league in ERA at 4.41 and forth to last in WHIP at 1.37 and it let them down again yesterday. The Red Sox are 6-4 in their last 10 games versus the Rangers on the road. The Rangers went deep into a problematic bullpen yesterday, so that could already be a problem in just their second game. I look for Boston to take advantage of the Rangers bullpen late if they can’t get to Leiter early.

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