{"id":5075,"date":"2009-07-30T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mariners-rangers-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-30T08:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-30T13:48:00","slug":"mariners-rangers-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mariners-rangers-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariners-Rangers Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Seattle Mariners will be trying to extend a winning streak on Thursday when they take on the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> Garrett<\/st1:middlename> Olson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will take the mound for the Mariners to start this game. Olson<\/st1:Sn> is 3-4 this season with a 6.25 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Derek<\/st1:GivenName> Holland<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Rangers in this contest. Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> Holland<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 1-5 with a 6.42 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ken<\/st1:GivenName> Griffey<\/st1:Sn> Jr.<\/st1:nameSuffix><\/st2:PersonName> drove in a pair of runs as the Mariners got past the Blue Jays 3-2 on Wednesday, as +160 underdogs. That game’s five runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (7.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jose<\/st1:GivenName> Lopez<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went 3-for-4 at the plate with a solo home run, while Ryan<\/st1:GivenName> Rowland-Smith<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> collected his first win. David<\/st1:GivenName> Aardsma<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> tossed a scoreless ninth for his 25th<\/sup> save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Andruw<\/st1:GivenName> Jones<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> hit two home runs, and Michael<\/st1:GivenName> Young<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> drove in a pair of runs in the Rangers’ 13-5 loss to the Tigers last time out. Oddsmakers listed that game as a -110 pick’em, while the 18 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Scott<\/st1:GivenName> Feldman<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up 10 hits and six runs over 2 1-3 innings in suffering the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Seattle<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Seattle<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 53-48 SU
Texas: 56-43 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Seattle most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 4-6
Before playing Texas are 4-6
After playing Toronto are 7-3
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Texas most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 7-3
Before playing Seattle are 8-2
After playing Detroit are 2-8
After a loss are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Seattle’s last 7 games on the road
Seattle is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Seattle’s last 5 games when playing Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Seattle’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Texas
Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Seattle
Texas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Texas’s last 10 games at home
Texas is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Texas<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> home to Seattle<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Friday, July 31<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Seattle Mariners will be trying to extend a winning streak on Thursday when they take on the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark. Lefthander Garrett Olson will take the mound for the Mariners to start this game. Olson is 3-4 this season with a 6.25 ERA. It’ll be Derek Holland toeing the rubber for the … Continue reading Mariners-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-5075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5075","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=5075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}