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. This Red Sox team, right now, seems posed to do it yet again tonight.

Sale you know about. Nothing much notable about the lineups except Eduardo Núñez is at third and Brock Holt is at second. No Rafael Devers against Bartolo, which is regrettable but the other guys are good, so it’s not all bad.

About last night’s game: More carnage. 8-4. Recap’s here. “On to Wednesday.”

Forecast: A wonderful 72 degrees and mostly sunny.

Today’s reading: Matt reminds you that scared money don’t make money when it comes to the luxury tax.

A good tweet from yesterday:

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