{"id":5115,"date":"2009-08-01T08:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/mariners-rangers-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-08-01T08:36:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T13:36:00","slug":"mariners-rangers-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/mariners-rangers-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariners-Rangers Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
\n
The division rival Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers are set to renew hostilities on Saturday when they meet at Rangers Ballpark. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Felix<\/st1:GivenName> Hernandez<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Mariners on this day. Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> Hernandez<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 11-4 this season with a 2.79 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Rangers will be Tommy<\/st1:GivenName> Hunter<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The righthander has a 2.00 ERA to go along with a 3-1 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Mariners listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rangers defeated the Mariners 5-4 on Friday, as -175 favorites. That game’s nine runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (10.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Marlon Byrd<\/st1:Sn> led the way with a three-run homer for the Rangers, and Taylor<\/st1:GivenName> Teagarden<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> drove in a pair of runs. Vicente<\/st1:GivenName> Padilla<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> allowed just three runs over six innings to earn the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jose<\/st1:GivenName> Lopez<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> homered and drove in three runs for the Mariners, who were +155 underdogs. Jason<\/st1:GivenName> Vargas<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> surrendered five runs off seven hits in five innings on the mound. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Seattle<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> has lost 2 straight games.
Texas<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Seattle<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 53-50 SU
Texas: 58-43 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Seattle most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 3-7
Before playing Texas are 4-6
After playing Texas are 3-7
After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n

Texas most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 7-3
Before playing Seattle are 7-3
After playing Seattle are 7-3
After a win are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Seattle’s last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Seattle’s last 7 games when playing Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Seattle’s last 7 games when playing on the road against Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Seattle’s last 5 games
Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Seattle
Texas is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Texas’s last 7 games when playing Seattle
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Texas’s last 7 games when playing at home against Seattle<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Texas<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> home to Seattle<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Sunday, August 2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

 <\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The division rival Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers are set to renew hostilities on Saturday when they meet at Rangers Ballpark. Felix Hernandez will be the starting pitcher for the Mariners on this day. Righthander Hernandez is 11-4 this season with a 2.79 ERA. Starting this game for the Rangers will be Tommy Hunter. The … Continue reading Mariners-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-5115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5115","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=5115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}