{"id":5247,"date":"2009-08-13T06:40:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-13T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rangers-indians-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-13T06:40:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-13T11:40:00","slug":"rangers-indians-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rangers-indians-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers-Indians Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Texas Rangers and the Cleveland Indians will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Progressive Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Scott<\/st2:GivenName> Feldman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Rangers on this day. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Feldman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 11-4 this season with a 3.55 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Indians will be Jeremy Sowers. The lefthander has a 5.08 ERA to go along with a 3-7 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rangers listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rangers avenged a shutout loss and blanked the Indians 5-0 on Wednesday, as -120 favorites. The team’s played UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Josh<\/st2:GivenName> Hamilton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-4 at the plate with two runs batted in for the Rangers. Tommy<\/st2:GivenName> Hunter<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> pitched 7 2-3 shutout innings for the victory. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Fausto<\/st2:GivenName> Carmona<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up five hits and two runs over six innings in the loss. The Indians were +100 underdogs in that contest. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 63-49 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Cleveland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 49-64 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Texas most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 3-7
Before playing Boston are 6-4
After playing Cleveland are 5-5
After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
Texas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland
Texas is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Texas is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Cleveland is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
Cleveland is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home
Cleveland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Texas<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, August 14
Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> at Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, August 14<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Texas Rangers and the Cleveland Indians will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Progressive Field. Scott Feldman will be the starting pitcher for the Rangers on this day. Righthander Feldman is 11-4 this season with a 3.55 ERA. Starting this game for the Indians will be … Continue reading Rangers-Indians 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-5247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5247","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=5247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}