{"id":5294,"date":"2009-08-16T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-16T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/red-sox-rangers-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-08-16T08:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-16T13:30:00","slug":"red-sox-rangers-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/red-sox-rangers-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox-Rangers Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Rangers Ballpark. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Junichi<\/st2:GivenName> Tazawa<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Red Sox on this day. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Tazawa<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-0 this season with a 1.80 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Dustin<\/st2:GivenName> Nippert<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Rangers in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Nippert<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rangers listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Red Sox, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rangers evened their three-game series with a 7-2 win over the Red Sox on Saturday, as -135 favorites. The game’s nine runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (10). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Julio<\/st2:GivenName> Borbon<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 4-for-5 at the plate with a pair of runs batted in for the Rangers. Derek<\/st2:GivenName> Holland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> pitched 6 2-3 innings for the win, and Neftali<\/st2:GivenName> Feliz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> closed out the game for his first save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Victor<\/st2:GivenName> Martinez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 at the plate with a solo home run for the Red Sox, who were +115 underdogs. Brad<\/st2:GivenName> Penny<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up eight hits and four runs over 5 2-3 innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 66-50 SU
Texas: 65-50 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 4-6
Before playing Toronto are 5-5
After playing Texas are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

Texas most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 8-2
Before playing Minnesota are 2-8
After playing Boston are 7-3
After a win are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Boston is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Boston is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games
Boston is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Texas
Boston is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Texas
Texas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Boston
Texas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Boston
Texas is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games at home
Texas is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, August 18
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Monday, August 17<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Rangers Ballpark. Junichi Tazawa will be the starting pitcher for the Red Sox on this day. Righthander Tazawa is 1-0 this season with a 1.80 ERA. It’ll be Dustin Nippert toeing the … Continue reading Red Sox-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-5294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5294","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=5294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}