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Where: at Fenway Park

Records: Texas is 32-27 (first in the American League West); Boston is 34-23 (second in the AL East, a half-game behind).

Tonight (7:05, NESN, WEEI 850): RHP Vicente Padilla (5-4, 5.29 ERA) vs. RHP Tim Wakefield (4-7, 4.05).

Tomorrow's Game 1 (1:20 p.m., Ch. 25, WEEI 850): LHP John Rheinecker (2-0, 1.77) vs. LHP Jon Lester (0-0, 0.00).

Tomorrow's Game 2 (8:05 p.m., NESN, WEEI 850): RHP John Wasdin (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Josh Beckett (7-3, 5.27).

Sunday (2:05 p.m., NESN, WEEI 850): RHP Kevin Millwood (7-3, 4.65) vs. RHP Matt Clement (5-4, 6.68).

Head to head: This is the second of three series this season. Each team has won twice, with postponements May 13 and 14.

Miscellany: Rangers lefthander Brian Anderson has retorn an elbow ligament after undergoing Tommy John surgery last July, an MRI revealed Tuesday . . . The Rangers lead the AL with 141 doubles. Texas hit four Tuesday in a 6-2 win over Kansas City, two Wednesday in a 4-2 win over the Royals, and four more last night in a 16-12 loss to Kansas City . . . Wasdin pitched with the Red Sox from 1997-2000, going 19-16.