Indians-Rangers Who Will Cover?

The Cleveland Indians and the Texas Rangers will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Rangers Ballpark. Aaron Laffey will be the starting pitcher for the Indians on this day. Lefthander Laffey is 3-3 this season with a 1.59 ERA. Starting this game for the Rangers will be Doug Mathis. The righthander has a 7.56 ERA to go along with a 0-1 record this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Indians listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Indians lost to Kansas City 6-1 as a -130 favorite on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8.5). Grady Sizemore delivered a solo home run for Cleveland and Paul Byrd was tagged for six runs on nine hits in four 1-3 innings to take the loss. The Rangers lost to Oakland 13-8 as a +100 underdog on Sunday. The 21 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (9.5). Milton Bradley homered and had three RBI for the Rangers, while Scott Feldman surrendered three earned runs in six innings to pick up a no-decision. Current streak: Cleveland has lost 2 straight games. Team records: Cleveland: 25-31 SU Texas: 29-29 SU Cleveland most recently: When playing on Monday are 7-3 Before playing Texas are 3-7 After playing Kansas City are 6-4 After a loss are 3-7 Texas most recently: When playing on Monday are 3-7 Before playing Cleveland are 5-5 After playing Oakland are 5-5 After a loss are 7-3 A few trends to consider: Cleveland is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Texas The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Cleveland's last 13 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Cleveland's last 25 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland's last 6 games Texas is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games at home The total has gone OVER in 9 of Texas's last 13 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas's last 6 games when playing Cleveland Texas is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Cleveland Next up: Texas home to Cleveland, Tuesday, June 3