{"id":4352,"date":"2009-05-05T06:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T11:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/rangers-mariners-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-05T06:38:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T11:38:00","slug":"rangers-mariners-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/rangers-mariners-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers-Mariners Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A winning streak will be on the line for the Texas Rangers on Tuesday when they battle the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rangers will give the ball to ace starter Vicente<\/st2:GivenName> Padilla<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Padilla<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-2 this season with a 7.42 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be ace Erik<\/st2:GivenName> Bedard<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Mariners in this contest. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Bedard<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 2-1 with a 2.61 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Mariners listed as 165-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michael<\/st2:GivenName> Young<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, as the Rangers edged the Mariners 6-5 on Monday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> won as +125 road underdogs as the teams played over the 8-run total set by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chris<\/st2:GivenName> Davis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> also had a two-run dinger for the Rangers, while Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> Millwood<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> got the win after allowing five runs over 7 1-3 innings for Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Franklin Gutierrez was 3-for-4 with a three-run shot for Seattle, as losing pitcher Felix Hernandez was tagged for six runs over six innings for the Mariners. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 13-12 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Seattle<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 15-11 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Texas most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing Oakland are 6-4
After playing Seattle are 7-3
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Seattle most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing Kansas City are 0-10
After playing Texas are 3-7
After a loss are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Texas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Seattle
Texas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Seattle
Texas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Texas is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
Seattle is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Texas
Seattle is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Texas<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, May 6
Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> at Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, May 6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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A winning streak will be on the line for the Texas Rangers on Tuesday when they battle the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field. The Rangers will give the ball to ace starter Vicente Padilla in this one. Righthander Padilla is 1-2 this season with a 7.42 ERA. It’ll be ace Erik Bedard toeing the rubber … Continue reading Rangers-Mariners 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-4352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4352","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=4352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}