Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Braves-Rangers Vegas Betting Odds

The Atlanta Braves and the Texas Rangers will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Rangers Ballpark in an interleague contest.

The Braves will give the ball to starter Tim Hudson in this one. Righthander Hudson is 7-4 this season with a 2.75 ERA.

The Rangers will counter Hudson with Vicente Padilla. Righthander Padilla has a 3.89 ERA to go along with a 8-3 record this season.

NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Rangers listed as 102-moneyline favorites versus the Braves, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

Jair Jurrjens threw 7 2-3 innings of scoreless baseball to earn the win, as the Braves shut down the Colorado Rockies 7-1 on Monday night.

Atlanta cashed as +110 road underdogs as the game played under the 9.5-run total posted by oddsmakers.

The Rangers lost to the Mets 4-2 as a +140 underdog in Game 2 of a doubleheader on Sunday. The six runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9.5).

Kason Gabbard took the loss for Texas after allowing four runs on eight hits in five 2-3 innings, while Michael Young had an RBI in the loss.

Team records:
Atlanta: 35-36 SU
Texas: 35-36 SU

Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing Texas are 6-3
After playing Colorado are 7-3
After a win are 3-7

Texas most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 6-4
Before playing Atlanta are 3-6
After playing NY Mets are 1-4
After a loss are 7-3

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta's last 6 games
Atlanta is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing Texas
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 7 games when playing Texas
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Texas's last 9 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Texas's last 15 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Texas's last 7 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Texas's last 6 games when playing at home against Atlanta

Next up:
Texas home to Atlanta, Wednesday, June 18

 

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