{"id":4336,"date":"2009-05-03T07:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-03T12:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/white-sox-rangers-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-03T07:22:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-03T12:22:00","slug":"white-sox-rangers-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/white-sox-rangers-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox-Rangers Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Chicago White Sox and the Texas Rangers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Rangers Ballpark. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The White Sox will give the ball to starter John<\/st1:GivenName> Danks<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this one. Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> Danks<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 2-1 this season with a 2.74 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Danks’s opponent in this one will be Matt<\/st1:GivenName> Harrison<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The Rangers lefthander has a 7.89 ERA to go along with a 1-2 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the White Sox listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rangers got up by eight runs and held on for a 9-6 victory over the White Sox on Saturday, as -135 favorites. That game’s 15 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (11.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Hank Blalock belted a three-run homer and drove in four runs to lead the Rangers. Brandon<\/st1:GivenName> McCarthy<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> allowed three hits and one run over five innings in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
A.J.<\/st1:GivenName> Pierzynski<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> smacked a grand slam for the White Sox, who were +115 underdogs in that game. Jose<\/st1:GivenName> Contreras<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up seven runs off seven hits in 3 1-3 innings of work in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 12-11 SU
Texas: 11-12 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 5-5
Before playing Kansas City are 5-5
After playing Texas are 5-5
After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n

Texas most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 5-5
Before playing Seattle are 6-4
After playing Chi White Sox are 5-5
After a win are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Chi White Sox are 2-6 SU in their last 8 games when playing on the road against Texas<\/st2:place><\/st2:State>
Texas<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> is 6-2 SU in their last 8 games when playing at home against Chi White Sox<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chi White Sox at Kansas City<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, Monday, May 4
Texas<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> at Seattle<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Monday, May 4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Chicago White Sox and the Texas Rangers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Rangers Ballpark. The White Sox will give the ball to starter John Danks in this one. Lefthander Danks is 2-1 this season with a 2.74 ERA. Danks’s opponent in this one will … Continue reading White Sox-Rangers Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}