The Red Sox (63-29) look to win their eighth straight game behind ace Chris Sale (9-4, 2.36 ERA) when they face Bartolo Colon (5-6, 4.65 ERA) and the Rangers (40-53) tonight at what’s likely to be a rocking Fenway Park (7:10 p.m., NESN, ESPN out-of-market).
About tonight’s game: Sale and Colón could hardly be more different, which extends to their outputs this year. Sale’s has been good. Colón’s has been bad. He can still have good games — his season has tailed off a bit since his perfect game bid in Houston earlier this year on Sunday Night Baseball — but he can also get knocked around.