{"id":4469,"date":"2009-05-23T08:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-23T13:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/rangers-astros-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-23T08:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-23T13:44:00","slug":"rangers-astros-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/rangers-astros-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers-Astros Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Minute<\/st1:PlaceName> Maid<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Scott<\/st2:middlename> Feldman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Rangers to start this game. Feldman is 2-0 this season with a 2.17 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros will counter Feldman with Brian<\/st2:GivenName> Moehler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Moehler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 7.71 ERA to go along with a 1-2 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rangers listed as 128-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Nelson<\/st2:GivenName> Cruz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a game-winning home run in the top of the 10th<\/sup> inning on Friday, giving the Rangers a 6-5 victory over the Astros. The Rangers won the game as a -110 pick’em, while the 11 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (10.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jarrod<\/st2:GivenName> Saltalamacchia<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> smacked a two-run homer for the Rangers, and Elvis<\/st2:GivenName> Andrus<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had a solo home run. Darren<\/st2:GivenName> O’Day picked up the win in relief, and Frank<\/st2:GivenName> Francisco<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> collected his 10th<\/sup> save of the season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Lance<\/st2:GivenName> Berkman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went deep for a three-run homer in the loss for the Astros. LaTroy<\/st2:GivenName> Hawkins<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up the winning run and was tagged with the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 24-17 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Houston<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 18-22 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Texas most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing Houston are 7-3
After playing Houston are 6-4
After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n

Houston most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 3-7
Before playing Texas are 3-7
After playing Texas are 3-7
After a loss are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 14-5 SU in its last 19 games
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Sunday, May 24<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Minute Maid Park. Righthander Scott Feldman will take the mound for the Rangers to start this game. Feldman is 2-0 this season with a 2.17 ERA. The Astros will counter Feldman with Brian Moehler. Righthander … Continue reading Rangers-Astros 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-4469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4469","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=4469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}