Red Sox starting pitcher Josh Beckett (5-8, 4.53 ERA) is suffering through a forgettable 2012 campaign, which includes a 6-1 home loss to the Toronto Blue Jays in his latest effort, allowing five runs (four earned) and seven hits over six frames.\u00a0 The right-hander is 3-3 with a 4.50 ERA in seven road appearances, issuing 15 walks and striking out 37 batters in 44 combined innings.\u00a0 In nine career starts versus the Rangers, Beckett has compiled an even 3-3 record and 4.88 ERA.<\/p>\n Texas had scored 22 runs in its previous three games before plating just a single runner in last night\u2019s loss, but it\u2019s still important to note that the club could win its seventh straight series at home with a victory here.\u00a0 The Rangers are 30-17 overall at this venue, winning 20 of their last 29 contests in front of the home faithful.\u00a0 All-Star outfielder Josh Hamilton could be ready to break out of a recent slump, as he\u2019s 8 for 17 with two home runs in his career against Beckett.\u00a0 Teas is 8-6 as a home favorite of -125 to -150, with the \u201cunder\u201d going 7-6 in that situation.<\/p>\n Rangers starting pitcher Derek Holland (6-5, 4.84 ERA) was handed a 6-1 road loss by the Los Angeles Angels in his last outing, giving up six runs and nine hits over 6.2 frames.\u00a0 The left-hander is 2-3 with a 6.38 ERA in eight home appearances (seven starts), with opposing hitters batting .277 against him.\u00a0 In four career games versus the Red Sox, Holland has garnered a 3-1 record and 2.57 ERA, including a 6-3 road victory on April 18.<\/p>\n Sports bettors will likely back the Rangers due to their 22-7 record in Holland\u2019s last 29 starts as a favorite, while the Red Sox are 1-6 in Beckett\u2019s last seven outings.<\/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 The Boston Red Sox (49-49) and Texas Rangers (57-39) will close out a three-game American League series on Wednesday night at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, with the first pitch scheduled for 8:05 ET Boston Red Sox at Texas Rangers\u00a0 Boston ended its four-game losing streak by capturing a 2-1 road victory over Texas on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[69,1648,350,283,1749,771],"class_list":["post-24044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-derek-holland","tag-josh-beckett","tag-josh-hamilton","tag-rangers-ballpark","tag-texas-rangers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24044","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=24044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24045,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24044\/revisions\/24045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Derek-Holland-rangers.jpg\")
<\/a>Boston ended its four-game losing streak by capturing a 2-1 road victory over Texas on Tuesday night, as the club evened its record and maintained its focus on making a potential run to the playoffs.\u00a0 \u201cI hope every win gets us rolling,\u201d commented Red Sox shortstop Mike Aviles.\u00a0 The Red Sox are now presented with a major challenge, as they\u2019ve failed to win back-to- back road games since June 16-17.\u00a0 Boston is 20-12 against left-handed starters, with the \u201cunder\u201d going 16-14 in that situation.<\/p>\n