{"id":4747,"date":"2009-06-25T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rangers-diamondbacks-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-25T08:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-25T13:48:00","slug":"rangers-diamondbacks-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rangers-diamondbacks-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers-Diamondbacks Lines 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 gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet 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> in an interleague contest. <?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\">The Rangers will trot <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Scott<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Feldman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Feldman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 5-2 record and a 3.18 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Diamondbacks will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Garland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 4.99 ERA to go along with a 4-7 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Diamondbacks listed as 105-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>Felipe<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lopez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the winning run to help the Rangers defeat the Diamondbacks 2-1 on Wednesday, as +165 underdogs. That game&#8217;s three runs went UNDER the night&#8217;s posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>David<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Murphy<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the other run for the Rangers. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Vicente<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Padilla<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed six hits and one run over seven innings to record the victory. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Taylor<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Teagarden<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the only run for the Diamondbacks, who were -185 favorites in that contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Dan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Haren<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered four hits and two runs over seven innings in the loss. <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>: 38-32 SU<br \/>Arizona: 30-42 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 Thursday are 9-1<br \/>Before playing San Diego are 6-4<br \/>After playing Arizona are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Arizona most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing LA Angels are 2-8<br \/>After playing Texas are 2-8<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<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 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Arizona<br \/>Texas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Texas is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Arizona is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games at home<br \/>Arizona is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Arizona is 1-5 SU in its last 6 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>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, <st2:GivenName>June<\/st2:GivenName> 26<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to LA Angels, Friday, June 26<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 gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Chase Field in an interleague contest. The Rangers will trot Scott Feldman out to the mound in this one. Righthander Feldman has a 5-2 record and a 3.18 ERA this season. Starting this game for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rangers-diamondbacks-lines-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rangers-Diamondbacks Lines 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-4747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747","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=4747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}