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<\/a>Boston has fallen below the .500 mark for the first time in five weeks, suffering a 9-1 blowout loss on the road to Texas on Monday night.\u00a0 \u201cI think we\u2019re all miserable,\u201d commented Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia.\u00a0 \u201cNobody in here likes losing.\u201d\u00a0 The Red Sox pitching staff has been battered over the course of its four-game losing streak, allowing 37 runs in that span, while the starters own a 4.89 ERA for the entire season.\u00a0 Boston is 22-21 after three or more consecutive losses the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n
Red Sox starting pitcher Clay Buchholz (8-3, 5.19 ERA) has led the club to five wins in his last six outings, including a no-decision effort last time out at home against the Chicago White Sox, allowing one run and six hits over eight frames.\u00a0 The right-hander is 3-2 with a 5.71 ERA in seven road outings, issuing 15 walks and striking out 35 batters in 41 frames.\u00a0 In four career games versus the Rangers, Buchholz has garnered a 1-3 record and 3.91 ERA.<\/p>\n
Texas is starting to break out offensively after scoring just 47 runs this month before the series opener, which was the fewest of any team in the majors.\u00a0 \u201cWe were very pleased,\u201d stated Rangers manager Ron Washington about the offensive performance Monday.\u00a0 The Rangers are having a field day against the Red Sox pitching staff in 2012, scoring 33 runs in winning all three meetings to this point.\u00a0 Texas is still just 7-9 in July, with the \u201cunder\u201d going 12-4 in that situation.<\/p>\n
Rangers starting pitcher Martin Perez (1-1, 5.54 ERA) is scheduled to make his fifth appearance (third start), as he was recalled on Monday night when Colby Lewis was placed on the disabled list.\u00a0 Overall at the Triple-A level, the left-hander was 5-5 with a 4.59 ERA in 16 games (15 starts).\u00a0 In three home games (two starts) during the 2012 MLB campaign, Perez has garnered a 1-1 record and 6.00 ERA, with opposing hitters batting .300 against him.<\/p>\n
Sports bettors will likely play the OVER in this affair, with the Rangers going above the total in nine of their last 10 games against AL East opponents.<\/p>\n
Make sure to check out our Major League Baseball picks<\/a> all season long and get the most up-to-date betting odds at Bookmaker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Boston Red Sox (48-49) and Texas Rangers (57-38) will continue an important American League series on Tuesday night at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, with the first pitch scheduled for 8:05 ET Boston Red Sox at Texas Rangers Boston has fallen below the .500 mark for the first time in five weeks, suffering a 9-1 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[151,69,1023,6823,1749,771],"class_list":["post-24032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-american-league","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-clay-buchholz","tag-martin-perez","tag-rangers-ballpark","tag-texas-rangers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24033,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24032\/revisions\/24033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}