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Total Base Race – Boston Red Sox/Texas Rangers
The Boston Red Sox will see Edinson Volquez as an opener, but they will play the majority of their innings against Ariel Jurado. The latter enters this game with a 4.99 xFIP and a 5.10 SIERA through 31 games (18 starts). He has been a reverse splits pitcher, allowing right-handed batters to hit for a .320 average with a .557 slugging percentage and a .378 wOBA. He has also given up a .276/471/.336 line to left-handed batters in 2019. Furthermore, Jurado has allowed his opponents to hit for a .328/.554/.391 line in Texas this season. Mookie Betts has been playing at a high level recently, posting a .341 average with a .585 slugging percentage and a .998 OPS over his last 10 games. He owns four extra-base hits (three home runs) in those games, as well. Betts possesses 32% hard hit and 40% fly ball rates with a 90 MPH exit velocity over the last 15 days. He brings 0.034 wOBA and 0.07 ISO differentials against right-handed pitching into this game, as well. Rafael Devers is another player that has been at his best against right-handed pitching, as he enters this game with 0.093 wOBA and 0.095 ISO differentials against righties. He’s only hitting .222 with a .356 slugging percentage and a .641 OPS over his last 10 games. He boasts two home runs over that span, as well. Devers also only owns 32% hard hit and fly ball rates with an 89 MPH exit velocity over the last 15 days, but this is a matchup he can find success in. Eduardo Rodriguez will be taking the mound for Boston tonight. He has recorded a 4.10 xFIP and a 4.31 SIERRA through 32 starts in 2019. He has given up a .246 average with a .374 slugging percentage and a .298 wOBA to right-handed batters in 2019. He has also allowed his opponents to post a .272/.428/.330 line against him on the road this season. Elvis Andrus is only hitting for a .238 average with a .381 slugging percentage and a .637 OPS over his last 10 games. He owns a hit in 9 of his last 10 games, though, while hitting a home run in each of his last two games. Andrus boasts 38% hard hit and 33% fly ball rates with a 94 MPH exit velocity over the last 15 days. He also brings 0.003 wOBA and 0.024 ISO differentials against right-handed pitching into this game.
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