The Red Sox (34-34) face the Rangers (36-30) this afternoon at 4:05 looking to stay above .500 with Rick Porcello on the mound in what is, yes, their 69th game of the year. I say this with no real joy, but I cannot avoid it: Nice.
You know what would be nicer? A win. Scoring more runs than the Texas Rangers and Lance Lynn, who starts today. Of potential concern here is that the Red Sox don’t like to win much anymore, one, but two, Sandy León is not starting for his BFF Porcello, so who knows which Pretty Ricky we’re going to see out there?