{"id":4728,"date":"2009-06-24T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rangers-diamondbacks-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-24T07:02:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T12:02:00","slug":"rangers-diamondbacks-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rangers-diamondbacks-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers-Diamondbacks 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 Arizona Diamondbacks will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Chase<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Field<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <?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\">Ace righthander <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Vicente<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Padilla<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Rangers to start this game. <st2:Sn>Padilla<\/st2:Sn> is 5-3 this season with a 4.79 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:Sn>Padilla<\/st2:Sn>&#8216;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Dan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Haren<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Diamondbacks righthander has a 2.23 ERA to go along with a 6-4 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Diamondbacks listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, 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>Justin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Upton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and three runs batted in to lead the Diamondbacks past the Rangers 8-2 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> won as -140 home favorites as the game played OVER the 9-run total set by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Felipe<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lopez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-for-5 with three RBIs for the Diamondbacks, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Max<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Scherzer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed two runs over six innings to get the win for <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. <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> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Marlon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Byrd<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> both drove in runs for <st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, as <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Matt<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Harrison<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was rocked for seven runs over 3 2-3 innings to take the loss for the Rangers. <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 5 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>: 37-32 SU<br \/>Arizona: 30-41 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 Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Arizona are 5-5<br \/>After playing Arizona are 7-3<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Arizona most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Texas are 4-6<br \/>After playing Texas are 2-8<br \/>After a win are 2-8<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 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Arizona<br \/>Texas is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Texas is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Arizona is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games <br \/>Arizona is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Texas<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Thursday, June 25<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><span style=\"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase\"><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/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 Arizona Diamondbacks will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Chase Field. Ace righthander Vicente Padilla will take the mound for the Rangers to start this game. Padilla is 5-3 this season with a 4.79 ERA. Padilla&#8216;s opponent in this one will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rangers-diamondbacks-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rangers-Diamondbacks 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-4728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4728","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=4728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}