BOSTON — Romy Gonzalez is not in the Red Sox lineup Thursday. He left last night’s game after a collision at first base in the sixth inning. Abraham Toro is at first base instead. The Red Sox and Rangers will play the rubber game of their three-game series at 1:35 p.m. here at Fenway Park. Manager Alex Cora said Gonzalez is sore.

The Rangers (+116 underdog on the moneyline to win) are away versus the Red Sox (-136). The starting pitchers are Brayan Bello (2-0) for the Boston Red Sox, and Jack Leiter (2-1) for the Texas Rangers.

The Rangers had won 4 straight games against Boston until losing the second game of this series 6-4 Wednesday. Ranger pitching allowed just 7 runs over those 4 straight wins. Now the club will look to reverse a recent trend;