Texas at Boston

This is the ninth of a 10-game road trek for Texas. The Rangers look road weary, losing three in a row while surrendering 34 runs! They've also lost five of the last six, allowing an average of nine runs in those setbacks. The Rangers' pitching staff has depth problems as the team tries to cover the loss of Yu Darvish (shoulder), Derek Holland (shoulder), and Colby Lewis (back) in the rotation. That pitching staff faces the Red Sox, tops in baseball in runs, on-base percentage, and slugging. Boston DH David Ortiz increased his MLB-leading total to 34 doubles with two on Monday in a 12-5 rout of Texas. Red Sox lefty David Price (8-5) has eight quality starts in his last 10, and struck out 10 over 6+ innings at Tampa Bay on Wednesday. The Red Sox are 10-4 at home against a team with a winning road record, plus 13-5 versus the AL West. Play Boston.