{"id":4454,"date":"2009-05-21T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/rangers-tigers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-21T08:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T13:25:00","slug":"rangers-tigers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/rangers-tigers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers-Tigers Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Texas Rangers will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Thursday when they take on the Detroit Tigers at Comerica<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Kevin<\/st2:middlename> Millwood<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Rangers to start this game. Millwood is 4-3 this season with a 2.93 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tigers will counter Millwood with Edwin<\/st2:GivenName> Jackson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Jackson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 2.42 ERA to go along with a 3-2 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Tigers 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 Tigers scored four runs in the sixth inning and went on to defeat the Rangers 5-3 on Wednesday, as 175 favorites. That game’s eight runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Brandon<\/st2:GivenName> Inge<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 at the plate with a two-run homer for the Tigers. Justin<\/st2:GivenName> Verlander<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed just three hits and one run over six innings for the win, and Fernando<\/st2:GivenName> Rodney<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> collected his seventh save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Nelson<\/st2:GivenName> Cruz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had two hits for the Rangers, including a solo home run. Matt<\/st2:GivenName> Harrison<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> suffered the loss, allowing nine hits and five runs over five innings. Oddsmakers had the Rangers as +155 underdogs in that contest. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 5 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 23-16 SU
Detroit: 22-16 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Texas most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 7-3
Before playing Houston are 7-3
After playing Detroit are 2-8
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Detroit most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 7-3
Before playing Colorado are 4-6
After playing Texas are 6-4
After a win are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Texas is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games
Texas is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Texas is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Texas is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Texas
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Texas
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, Friday, May 22
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, May 22<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Texas Rangers will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Thursday when they take on the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. Righthander Kevin Millwood will take the mound for the Rangers to start this game. Millwood is 4-3 this season with a 2.93 ERA. The Tigers will counter Millwood with Edwin Jackson. Righthander … Continue reading Rangers-Tigers Lines 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-4454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4454","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=4454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}