{"id":4573,"date":"2009-06-14T08:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T13:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/dodgers-rangers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-14T08:46:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-14T13:46:00","slug":"dodgers-rangers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/dodgers-rangers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers-Rangers Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Texas Rangers will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Rangers Ballpark. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Dodgers will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Chad Billingsley in this game. Billingsley has a 8-3 record and a 2.73 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be Derek<\/st1:GivenName> Holland<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> who starts for the Rangers. Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> Holland<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 0-2 with a 7.04 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Dodgers listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Dodgers evened their three-game series with a 3-1 victory over the Rangers on Saturday, as +105 underdogs. The four runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt<\/st1:GivenName> Kemp<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went 2-for-3 at the plate with a two-run homer for the Dodgers. Cory<\/st1:GivenName> Wade<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> earned the win in relief, and Jonathan<\/st1:GivenName> Broxton<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> tossed a scoreless ninth for his 15th<\/sup> save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Andruw<\/st1:GivenName> Jones<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> homered in a losing effort for the Rangers, who were -115 favorites. Jason<\/st1:GivenName> Grilli<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> surrendered two runs in relief. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 41-22 SU
Texas: 35-26 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 5-5
Before playing Oakland are 3-7
After playing Texas are 8-2
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
LA Dodgers are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games when playing Texas
LA Dodgers are 10-4 SU in their last 14 games on the road
Texas is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games at home
Texas is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home
Texas is 2-5 SU in their last 7 games when playing LA Dodgers<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
LA Dodgers home to Oakland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, Tuesday, June<\/st1:GivenName> 16
Texas<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> home to Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Tuesday, June 16<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Texas Rangers will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Rangers Ballpark. The Dodgers will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Chad Billingsley in this game. Billingsley has a 8-3 record and a 2.73 ERA this season. Meanwhile, it’ll be Derek … Continue reading Dodgers-Rangers 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-4573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4573","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=4573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}