{"id":4613,"date":"2009-06-17T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/astros-rangers-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-17T07:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-17T12:05:00","slug":"astros-rangers-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/astros-rangers-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros-Rangers Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Rangers Ballpark in an interleague contest. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Russ<\/st1:GivenName> Ortiz<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Astros on this day. Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> Ortiz<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 2-1 this season with a 4.43 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Matt<\/st1:GivenName> Harrison<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Rangers in this contest. Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> Harrison<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 4-4 with a 5.43 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rangers listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ian<\/st1:GivenName> Kinsler<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went 3-for-4 with two homers, as the Rangers handled the Astros 6-1 on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Texas<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> cashed as -145 home favorites as the game played UNDER the 9-run total listed by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michael<\/st1:GivenName> Young<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> was 2-for-4 with two runs batted in for the Rangers, while Kevin<\/st1:GivenName> Millwood<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> earned the win after allowing one run over seven innings for Texas<\/st2:place><\/st2:State>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ivan<\/st1:GivenName> Rodriguez<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went deep for Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, as losing pitcher Wandy Rodriguez was tagged for six runs over four innings for the Astros. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 29-33 SU
Texas: 36-27 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 4-6
Before playing Texas are 4-6
After playing Texas are 2-8
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Texas most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing Houston are 6-4
After playing Houston are 6-4
After a win are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Houston is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Houston is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Texas
Houston is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Texas
Texas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Houston
Texas is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Houston
Texas is 15-7 SU in its last 22 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Texas<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> home to Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Thursday, June 18<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Rangers Ballpark in an interleague contest. Russ Ortiz will be the starting pitcher for the Astros on this day. Righthander Ortiz is 2-1 this season with a 4.43 ERA. It’ll be Matt Harrison toeing the … Continue reading Astros-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-4613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4613","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=4613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}