Boston Red Sox vs Texas Rangers Free MLB Pick, 7–4–2017

Free MLB Pick by Brandon Donelly

ATS Expert Free MLB Prediction
by Brandon Donelly
Date: July 4, 2017
Game Time: 8:05 pm
MLB Odds: Rangers -125, 9

Boston Red Sox (48–35) vs Texas Rangers (40–43)

Starting Pitchers: D. Price (3–2, 4.61 ERA) vs Yu Darvish (6–6, 3.11)

The Boston Red Sox take on the Texas Rangers in Game 2 of their three-game series. Boston took Game 1, 7–5 and the Red Sox are finally seeing consistent results up and down their lineup. Their offense is clicking and now they will face Yu Darvish at home where he is (3–3) with a 3.81 ERA.

David Price will head to the mound for the Red Sox as Price is 3–2 this season with a 4.61 ERA. He is starting to pitch well for the Red Sox which could help his team significantly down the line. Price heads into this matchup off his best start of the season, pitching 7 innings with 7 strikeouts and 0 walks. Price should have extra confidence knowing his offense has been swinging the bats well.

Texas hopes that Yu Darvish can give them a quality start and go late into the game to avoid a dreadful bullpen. The Rangers have lost five of their last six to fall three games under .500 and are struggling at the end of games, with the bullpen surrendering the go-ahead run in each of the last three setbacks. Darvish has pitched well this season but has little to show for it and he is winless in his last three outings despite yielding a total of two earned runs over 13 innings.

The Rangers have a slight edge on the mound as David Price is still pitching to regain his form. However, the Red Sox offense has been hot while the Rangers have been up and down. I think David Price will give the Sox another solid outing and do just enough to keep the Rangers at bay and help Boston pick up the win.

Red Sox vs Rangers Free ML Pick: Boston +115