Rangers-Twins Pointspread Pointers

The Texas Rangers and the Minnesota Twins will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at The Metrodome.

The Rangers will give the ball to starter Scott Feldman in this one. Righthander Feldman is 1-1 this season with a 2.49 ERA.

Starting this game for the Twins will be Boof Bonser. The righthander has a 5.37 ERA to go along with a 2-5 record this season.

NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 114-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

The Rangers lost to Houston 5-4 as a -125 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (10.5).

Milton Bradley hit a two-run home run for Texas, while Kason Gabbard was tagged with the loss after allowing five runs on nine hits in five innings.

The Twins lost to Colorado 6-2 as a +130 underdog on Sunday. The eight runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9.5).

Justin Morneau hit a two-run home run for Minnesota and Kevin Slowey took the loss after allowing three runs on seven hits in five 2-3 innings.

Current streak:
Minnesota has lost 2 straight games.

Team records:
Texas: 22-23 SU
Minnesota: 21-22 SU

Texas most recently:
When playing on Monday are 2-8
Before playing Minnesota are 3-7
After playing Houston are 6-4
After a loss are 6-4

Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Monday are 8-2
Before playing Texas are 6-4
After playing Colorado are 3-2
After a loss are 6-4

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas's last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games
Texas is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games
Texas is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing at home against Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games
Minnesota is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing Texas

Next up:
Minnesota home to Texas, Tuesday, May 20

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