{"id":5042,"date":"2009-07-28T10:11:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-28T15:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/tigers-rangers-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-28T10:11:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-28T15:11:00","slug":"tigers-rangers-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/tigers-rangers-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers-Rangers Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A winning streak will be on the line for the Texas Rangers on Tuesday when they battle the Detroit Tigers at Rangers Ballpark. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tigers will give the ball to starter Lucas<\/st2:GivenName> French<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> French<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-1 this season with a 2.53 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rangers will counter French with ace Vicente<\/st2:GivenName> Padilla<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Padilla<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4.67 ERA to go along with a 7-5 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rangers listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Tigers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tommy<\/st2:GivenName> Hunter<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed only one run over seven innings to earn the win, as the Rangers dropped the Tigers 5-2 on Monday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> won as -140 home favorites as the teams played UNDER the 9.5-run total set by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Hank Blalock knocked in two runs for the Rangers, while Michael<\/st2:GivenName> Young<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-for-4 with a solo shot for Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Curtis<\/st2:GivenName> Granderson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-5 with a big fly for Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as losing pitcher Armando<\/st2:GivenName> Galarraga<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed four runs over seven innings for the Tigers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 52-46 SU
Texas: 55-42 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Detroit most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 3-7
Before playing Texas are 5-5
After playing Texas are 7-3
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

Texas most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 2-8
Before playing Detroit are 5-5
After playing Detroit are 2-8
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
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
Detroit is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit’s last 6 games when playing Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas’s last 5 games at home
Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Texas’s last 12 games
Texas is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, July 29<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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A winning streak will be on the line for the Texas Rangers on Tuesday when they battle the Detroit Tigers at Rangers Ballpark. The Tigers will give the ball to starter Lucas French in this one. Lefthander French is 1-1 this season with a 2.53 ERA. The Rangers will counter French with ace Vicente Padilla. … Continue reading Tigers-Rangers Odds 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-5042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5042","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=5042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}