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The Tampa Bay Rays and the Texas Rangers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Rangers Ballpark.
The Rays will give the ball to starter Edwin Jackson in this one. Righthander Jackson is 9-7 this season with a 4.07 ERA.
It’ll be Matt Harrison toeing the rubber for the Rangers in this contest. Lefthander Harrison is 4-2 with a 7.06 ERA so far this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Rays listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
Matt Garza tossed a two-hit complete-game shutout on Friday, as the Rays defeated the Rangers 7-0. The Rays won that game as +105 underdogs, while the seven runs went UNDER the posted over/under (10.5).
Gabe Gross went 2-for-4 at the plate with a solo home run for the Rays. Garza whiffed nine batters in improving to 10-7.
Kevin Millwood gave up five runs off 10 hits over 4 2-3 innings in the loss.
Oddsmakers had the Rangers a -115 favorite.
Current streak:
Team records:
Texas: 61-62 SU Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5 Before playing Texas are 7-3 After playing Texas are 4-6 After a win are 7-3 Texas most recently: A few trends to consider:
Tampa Bay is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road Tampa Bay is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Texas The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Tampa Bay’s last 16 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas’s last 6 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas’s last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay Texas is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Texas’s last 9 games Next up:
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