{"id":4978,"date":"2009-07-24T09:32:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/rangers-royals-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-24T09:32:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T14:32:00","slug":"rangers-royals-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/rangers-royals-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers-Royals 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\">A winning streak will be on the line for the Texas Rangers on Friday when they battle the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. <?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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Scott<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Feldman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Rangers on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Feldman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 8-3 this season with a 3.29 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Feldman&#8217;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Zach<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Greinke<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Royals righthander has a 2.08 ERA to go along with a 10-5 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Royals listed as 153-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\">The Rangers completed a three-game sweep of the Red Sox with a 3-1 win on Wednesday, as +140 underdogs. The four runs went UNDER the night&#8217;s posted over\/under (10). <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> went deep for the Rangers, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Taylor<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Teagarden<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Elvis<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Andrus<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the other runs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Dustin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Nippert<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed 5 2-3 innings to earn the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Royals blew a late lead and lost 9-6 to the <st2:Sn>Angels<\/st2:Sn> on Wednesday, as +100 underdogs. That game&#8217;s 15 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Mark<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Teahen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> batted in a pair of runs, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Roman<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Colon<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up two runs in relief in suffering the loss on the hill. <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 won 4 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 9 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>: 52-41 SU<br \/>Kansas City: 37-57 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 Friday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Kansas City are 7-3<br \/>After playing Boston are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Texas are 4-6<br \/>After playing LA Angels are 1-9<br \/>After a loss are 1-9<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Texas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Kansas City<br \/>Texas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Kansas City&#8217;s last 9 games when playing Texas<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against Texas<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, July 25<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>A winning streak will be on the line for the Texas Rangers on Friday when they battle the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Scott Feldman will be the starting pitcher for the Rangers on this day. Righthander Feldman is 8-3 this season with a 3.29 ERA. Feldman&#8217;s opponent in this one will be Zach &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/rangers-royals-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rangers-Royals 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-4978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4978","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=4978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}