Red Sox at Rangers
O/U 7.5 · RL Red Sox -1.5 · Globe Life Field
The pick & result
- Published pick
- Red Sox ML -126
- Published odds
- -126
- Result
- Won
- Final score
- 4-3
Odds are the American price printed with this pick, not a current offer. Wins, losses and pushes remain on the public record; a missing grade is not a win.
The line
BETMGM · 18 moves| Market | Opened Sep 17 12:09 AM | Close Sep 17 7:50 PM | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPREAD | Red Sox -1.5 (+125) | Red Sox -1.5 (+135) | Price |
| TOTAL | 8.5 (+100) | 8 (+100) | −½ |
| MONEYLINE | Red Sox -140 | Red Sox -130 | +10 |
Every move, in order ›
| When | Spread | Total | Moneyline |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPENSep 17 12:09 AM | Red Sox -1.5 (+125) | 8.5 (+100) | Red Sox -140 · Rangers +115 |
| Sep 17 12:09 AM | Red Sox -1.5 (+125) | 8 (-120) | Red Sox -140 · Rangers +115 |
| Sep 17 6:00 AM | Red Sox -1.5 (+120) | 8 (-115) | Red Sox -145 · Rangers +120 |
| Sep 17 7:15 AM | Red Sox -1.5 (+125) | 8 (-118) | Red Sox -145 · Rangers +118 |
| Sep 17 8:00 AM | Red Sox -1.5 (+120) | 8 (-118) | Red Sox -145 · Rangers +118 |
| Sep 17 9:00 AM | Red Sox -1.5 (+118) | 7.5 (-118) | Red Sox -145 · Rangers +118 |
| Sep 17 10:01 AM | Red Sox -1.5 (+125) | 7.5 (-120) | Red Sox -140 · Rangers +115 |
| Sep 17 10:32 AM | Red Sox -1.5 (+135) | 7.5 (-118) | Red Sox -130 · Rangers +105 |
| Sep 17 11:00 AM | Red Sox -1.5 (+135) | 7.5 (-118) | Red Sox -125 · Rangers +105 |
| Sep 17 12:12 PM | Red Sox -1.5 (+135) | 8 (+100) | Red Sox -125 · Rangers +105 |
| Sep 17 4:30 PM | Red Sox -1.5 (+135) | 7.5 (-120) | Red Sox -125 · Rangers +105 |
| Sep 17 5:45 PM | Red Sox -1.5 (+135) | 8 (+100) | Red Sox -130 · Rangers +105 |
| Sep 17 5:45 PM | Red Sox -1.5 (+135) | 8 (+100) | Red Sox -130 · Rangers +105 |
| Sep 17 5:45 PM | Red Sox -1.5 (+135) | 8 (+100) | Red Sox -130 · Rangers +105 |
| Sep 17 6:02 PM | Red Sox -1.5 (+135) | 8 (+100) | Red Sox -130 · Rangers +105 |
| Sep 17 6:19 PM | Red Sox -1.5 (+135) | 8 (+100) | Red Sox -130 · Rangers +105 |
| Sep 17 6:45 PM | Red Sox -1.5 (+135) | 8 (-105) | Red Sox -125 · Rangers +105 |
| Sep 17 7:05 PM | Red Sox -1.5 (+135) | 8 (+100) | Red Sox -130 · Rangers +105 |
| CLOSESep 17 7:50 PM | Red Sox -1.5 (+135) | 8 (+100) | Red Sox -130 · Rangers +105 |
The read
Under the closed roof at Globe Life Field, Texas goes for the sweep with a bullpen game, while Boston hands the ball to Sonny Gray trying to stop a two-game slide. This one comes down to who is actually pitching, and that is the whole pick.
The Rangers are not starting Tyler Alexander in any real sense. His log shows he has been a one-inning reliever all year, so he opens and hands it to Cody Bradford, who is 0-5 with a 4.72 ERA in seven starts since returning from elbow surgery. His last two outings were 4 innings and 5 runs with three homers, then 4 innings and 3 runs with a single strikeout. Behind him the pen is stretched thin. Skip Schumaker said after last night, "We didn't have Latz available. We didn't have Garcia available today," and both are on one day of rest with no report clearing them. Nathan Eovaldi threw 46 pitches over 4 innings last night, so the arm that saved Wednesday is gone. The fresh Texas relievers are the ones with the worst recent numbers. On the other side, Gray has thrown 31 innings with 9 earned runs over his last five starts, held this Texas lineup to 1 run with 7 strikeouts in June, and hands off to Garrett Whitlock and Aroldis Chapman, both on three days' rest with ERAs under 2.00. Joc Pederson's scratch today also pulls a 26-homer bat out of the lineup, and that is not in any of the Rangers' recent scoring numbers.
The honest case against Boston is the offense. It has scored 3.2 runs a game over five and just 2 and 3 in this series, and Texas is riding a four-game streak at home where it is 42-32. Gray's ERA also runs well under his expected ERA, so the market is paying for a somewhat fragile number. I take Boston anyway because the runs Boston did not score came against deGrom, Gore and Eovaldi, not against Bradford's current form, and because if this game is close in the seventh, Boston has the rested elite arms and Texas has Junis on zero days and a pen carrying a 4.50 ERA in tracked games. Erik Miller's meltdown last night is a real worry for the bridge, but Chad Tracy has rested options around him. At -126 the market is pricing near a coin flip in a game where Boston holds the better starter, the better bullpen, and the fresher bullpen. I'll pay that.
The research
The dated measurements the app shows under this card — observations with their sample and source, not predictions.
COOLING OFF
Brandon Nimmo: .519 OPS in L15 — draws RHP Sonny Gray
.519Brandon Nimmo has a .519 OPS over the last 15 days in 50 AB, versus a .740 season OPS. He owns a .686 OPS against RHP across 381 AB and faces RHP Sonny Gray tonight.
FIRST INNING
BOS have gone quiet in the 1st: runs in 1 of their last 10
1/10BOS scored in the first inning in 1 of the 10 sampled games. 2026 first-inning pitching samples — Sonny Gray: 3.33 ERA, .221 opponent AVG across 27.0 IP, 2 HR.
RUNNING GAME
Green light: Boston Red Sox run, and Danny Jansen has caught just 14%
14% CSBoston attempts 0.9 steals per game. Danny Jansen has thrown out 6 of 42 runners this season, a 14% caught-stealing rate, pairing Boston’s running frequency with Texas’ control behind the plate.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Rangers are 3-2 vs Red Sox this season
3-2Texas is 3-2 against Boston across five meetings this season and won the last one 7-3. No pitcher, venue or game-by-game context shows why Texas leads the series or whether it bears on tonight.
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- Daily picks first stored September 17, 2026 at 10:18 AM ET.
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Props on this game
2- GARY'S PICKJAHMAI JONESH+R+RBI UNDER 1.5
I’m taking Jahmai Jones under 1.5 hits, runs and RBIs at -175. He has stayed below this line in 13 of his last 15 games and averages only 0.7 combined hits, runs and RBIs per game across 85 appearances. The opener gives him the favorable side against a left-hander initially, but Alexander is expected to work briefly. Jones has hit just .130 with a .261 OPS against right-handed pitching, which matters once Texas turns the game over to its bulk arm and the rest of the bullpen.
The strongest contrary evidence is his lineup position. Batting second should give Jones more opportunities than his season average of 1.9 plate appearances per game, and one productive swing with Roman Anthony aboard could beat the line immediately. He also owns a home run in two career at-bats against Alexander. That history is much too small to drive the bet, though, and Jones has produced only one hit with no runs or RBIs through four at-bats in this series.
- GARY'S PICKTREVOR STORYHITS OVER 0.5
I’m taking Trevor Story over 0.5 hits at -190. Story has recorded a hit in 14 of his last 15 games, including one in each game of this series, and his recent form is supported by a .333 average over the past seven days and .298 over the past 15. Tyler Alexander is only opening, so Story should see multiple pitchers across his projected four plate appearances rather than repeatedly facing the same matchup.
The strongest objection is the price. At -190, one hit needs to land roughly two-thirds of the time just to justify the risk, and Story owns only a .615 OPS for the season. Batting sixth also leaves some chance of receiving only three plate appearances if Boston’s offense remains quiet. I’m paying the premium because his contact streak has survived changing matchups and he has already handled this series better than most of Boston’s lineup.
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