{"id":4681,"date":"2009-06-21T08:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-21T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rangers-giants-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-21T08:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-21T13:43:00","slug":"rangers-giants-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rangers-giants-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers-Giants Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Texas Rangers and the San Francisco Giants will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>AT&amp;T<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Millwood<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Rangers on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Millwood<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 7-4 this season with a 2.62 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Millwood&#8217;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Barry<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Zito<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Giants lefthander has a 4.72 ERA to go along with a 3-7 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Rangers listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Nate<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Schierholtz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored off a wild pitch in the 11<sup>th<\/sup> inning as the Giants defeated the Rangers 2-1 on Saturday, as -140 favorites. That game&#8217;s three runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Aaron<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Rowand<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered to drive in the other run for the Giants. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Sergio<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Romo<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed a scoreless 11<sup>th<\/sup> to earn the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ian<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kinsler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo home run for the Rangers, who were +120 underdogs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jason<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jennings<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up the winning run and was tagged with the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 3 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 37-30 SU<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 36-31 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Texas most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Arizona are 6-4<br \/>After playing San Francisco are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Oakland are 4-6<br \/>After playing Texas are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Texas is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Texas is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Texas is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against San Francisco<br \/>Texas is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Francisco<br \/>San Francisco is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Texas<br \/>San Francisco is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Texas<br \/>San Francisco is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games at home<br \/>San Francisco is 16-8 SU in its last 24 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, June 23<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, June 22<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Rangers and the San Francisco Giants will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at AT&amp;T Park. Kevin Millwood will be the starting pitcher for the Rangers on this day. Righthander Millwood is 7-4 this season with a 2.62 ERA. Millwood&#8217;s opponent in this one will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rangers-giants-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rangers-Giants Odds Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-4681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4681","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=4681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}