{"id":5027,"date":"2009-07-27T08:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T13:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/tigers-rangers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-27T08:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-27T13:13:00","slug":"tigers-rangers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/tigers-rangers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers-Rangers Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Detroit Tigers and the Texas Rangers will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Rangers Ballpark. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Armando<\/st2:GivenName> Galarraga<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Tigers on this day. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Galarraga<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-8 this season with a 4.82 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Tommy<\/st2:GivenName> Hunter<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Rangers in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Hunter<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 2-1 with a 2.17 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rangers listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Tigers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tigers lost to the White Sox 5-1 as a -130 favorite on Sunday. The six runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Raburn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in Detroit’s only run and Rick<\/st2:GivenName> Porcello<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered five runs on five hits in 5 1-3 innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rangers defeated Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 7-2 as a -150 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michael<\/st2:GivenName> Young<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-4 with a pair of RBI, while Andruw<\/st2:GivenName> Jones<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo home run in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 52-45 SU
Texas: 54-42 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Detroit most recently:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing Texas are 6-4
After playing Chi White Sox are 6-4
After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n

Texas most recently:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing Detroit are 4-6
After playing Kansas City are 5-5
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit’s last 5 games when playing Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Texas’s last 11 games
Texas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Texas is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, July 28<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Detroit Tigers and the Texas Rangers will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Rangers Ballpark. Armando Galarraga will be the starting pitcher for the Tigers on this day. Righthander Galarraga is 5-8 this season with a 4.82 ERA. It’ll be Tommy Hunter toeing the rubber for the Rangers … Continue reading Tigers-Rangers Lines 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-5027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5027","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=5027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}