Saturday's middle game of the weekend set at Fenway has first pitch slated for 4:10 PM ET, and the vibes could not be more different in these two dugouts. The Rangers (34-34) just took 2 of 3 in Kansas City to climb back to .500 for the first time since May 1. The Red Sox (27-39) are riding a 4-game losing streak and went 0-4-1 on their last road trip through New York and Tampa. Texas hasn't announced a Saturday starter, but the rotation behind Nathan Eovaldi and Jack Leiter has been the steadier story for a Rangers team still missing Jordan Montgomery and Cody Bradford. Boston, meanwhile, is navigating life without ace Garrett Crochet, who admitted this week that his lat strain is "a lot worse" than the team originally thought. That puts a lot of weight on Sonny Gray and the back end of a thin staff. The Red Sox offense has been the real disaster. Boston has scored just 22 runs in June, the fewest in the American League, and interim manager Chad Tracy has openly called out his hitters for chasing pitches and refusing to walk — 9 free passes through the first 7 games of the month, dead last in MLB. With Roman Anthony shut down from swinging a bat, Trevor Story 6-10 weeks out from sports hernia surgery, and Marcelo Mayer day-to-day with back and neck stiffness, Tracy is squeezing blood from a stone. Texas has its own issues — Joc Pederson's hip kept him out in Kansas City, Danny Jansen is on the IL, and Josh Smith is still on a rehab assignment in Triple-A — but the Rangers are getting contributions out of role players. Jake Burger came off the bench in Wednesday's win and tied the game twice, once on a homer in the 7th. Elias Díaz walked it off with a 10th-inning double. That's a team finding ways. The Red Sox haven't found one in a week. Chad Tracy's group is 13.5 back of Tampa Bay in the AL East and slipping further every series. Fenway is still Fenway, and Boston can punch a hot bat or two off any rotation, but until the lineup starts laying off chase pitches Tracy is right that this isn't getting fixed. Saturday is a chance for the Rangers to keep stacking wins on a team in free-fall.