TEX vs BOS — MainMarket Sports

Major League BaseballFenway Park · Boston, Massachusetts

Texas

Rangers

Final

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Top hitters

TEX

AVG

.308

BOS

AVG

.288

Willson Contreras

Boston Red Sox

2-4 · 2B · HR · 2 RBI

xwOBA 96th

Season batting average · amber = strong vs today's starter · up/down arrow = hot/cold last 15 · MLB Stats API · hero Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Starting pitchers

TEX

Starter

Jack Leiter

Texas Rangers · 3-6

5.0 IP, 4 ER, 3 K, 2 BB

xwOBA 23rd

4.86 ERA · 79 K · 1.39 WHIP

BOS

Starter

Sonny Gray

Boston Red Sox · 8-1

6.0 IP, ER, 7 K, 0 BB

xwOBA 63rd

3.03 ERA · 51 K · 1.20 WHIP

Season pitching · MLB Stats API · Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Contact quality

TEX1 R · .240 xBA

BOS10 R · .328 xBA

The scoreboard matched the contact — BOS both hit it harder and scored more.

Expected BA on balls in play · Baseball Savant

BOS win4th in the AL East, 11 GB

Looking ahead

The Red Sox sit 4th in the AL East, 11 games back — winners of 6 straight, 8-2 over their last 10.
The Rangers lead the AL West by 0½ — coming off a win, 6-4 over their last 10.
BOS wins series 2-1.
The Red Sox are up next at NYM (Jul 10-12).
The Rangers are up next home vs HOU (Jul 10-12).

Line score

Inn	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2
BOS	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	3		10	11	0

Statcast

Hardest hit · BOS
W. Abreu · Home Run
106.1 mph · .900 xBA
Hardest hit · TEX
J. Jung · Single
105.7 mph · .530 xBA
Longest hit
W. Abreu · Home Run
421 ft · .900 xBA
Fastest pitch
T. Guerrero · Sinker
100.3 mph

Game MVP · win probability

Sonny Gray
BOS
+21%
Willson Contreras
BOS
+11%
Ceddanne Rafaela
BOS
+10%

Scoring summary

Langford singled to left, Pederson scored, Jung to second.1st Inning1-0
Abreu hit sacrifice fly to left, Rafaela scored.1st Inning1-1
Contreras homered to center (379 feet).1st Inning1-2
Rafaela doubled to left, Gasper scored.5th Inning1-3
Abreu doubled to left, Rafaela scored.5th Inning1-4
Abreu scored on error, Contreras safe at first on throwing error by third baseman Jung, Contreras safe at second on error.5th Inning1-5
Durbin hit sacrifice fly to center, Contreras scored.5th Inning1-6
Abreu homered to center (421 feet).7th Inning1-7
Rafaela homered to left center (374 feet), Wong scored.8th Inning1-9
Contreras doubled to center, Abreu scored.8th Inning1-10

Box score

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J. Pederson	2-3	3	1	2	0	0	10	.243	.350	.445
E. Diaz	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.500
J. Jung	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	11	.308	.362	.470
B. Nimmo	0-4	4	0	0	0	3	17	.255	.330	.402
M. Helman	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.233	.321
W. Langford	2-4	4	0	2	1	0	12	.224	.265	.364
E. Duran	0-4	4	0	0	0	2	17	.290	.342	.445
E. Carter	0-2	2	0	0	0	2	12	.176	.292	.321
J. Foscue	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	9	.246	.306	.446
J. Burger	0-3	3	0	0	0	1	16	.247	.304	.429
K. Higashioka	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	6	.225	.306	.360
N. Lopez	1-3	3	0	1	0	0	12	.297	.350	.405

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
J. Leiter	5.0	7	6	4	2	3	1	103-63	4.86	103
C. Quantrill	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	38-29	2.36	38
L. Curvelo	1.0	3	3	3	1	0	1	26-20	7.56	26

Win probability

TEX 0%BOS 100%

Win probability over timeBOS win %

Biggest swing: Contreras homered to center (379 feet). (+10% BOS)

Team stats

TEXBOS

Hits

Runs

Home Runs

RBI

Stolen Bases

Walks

Strikeouts

Runners LOB

Statcast profile

TEXBOS

9.59%

Barrel%

7.51%

44.99%

Hard-hit%

37.41%

.330

xwOBA

.310

Barrel% perfectly-struck balls — ideal exit velo + launch angle, near-automatic extra bases · Hard-hit% share of balls hit 95+ mph · xwOBA expected offensive value from contact quality (higher is better)

Season quality of contact · Baseball Savant