Saturday, August 02, 2008

Blue Jays-Rangers Who Will Cover?

The Toronto Blue Jays and the Texas Rangers will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Rangers Ballpark.
Righthander AJ Burnett will take the mound for the Blue Jays to start this game. Burnett is 12-8 this season with a 4.41 ERA.
Burnett's opponent in this one will be Scott Feldman. The Rangers righthander has a 4.80 ERA to go along with a 4-3 record this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 126-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Rangers scored three times in the bottom of the ninth to come back and defeat the Blue Jays 9-8 on Friday, at EVEN odds. The game's 17 runs sailed OVER the posted over/under (11).
David Murphy went 3-for-5 at the plate with four RBIs for the Rangers. C.J. Wilson closed out the ninth inning and got credit for the win.
Lyle Overbay hit a two-run homer for the Blue Jays, who were -110 favorites in that game. B.J. Ryan gave up three runs and suffered the loss on the mound.
Current streak:
Toronto has lost 3 straight games.
Team records:
Toronto: 54-55 SU
Texas: 57-53 SU
Toronto most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 7-3
Before playing Texas are 5-5
After playing Texas are 4-6
After a loss are 6-4

Texas most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 2-8
Before playing Toronto are 3-7
After playing Toronto are 2-8
After a win are 4-6
A few trends to consider:
Toronto is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Toronto is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing Texas
Toronto is 7-15 SU in its last 22 games on the road
Toronto is 6-17 SU in its last 23 games when playing on the road against Texas
Texas is 17-6 SU in its last 23 games when playing at home against Toronto
Texas is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home
Texas is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing Toronto
Next up:
Texas home to Toronto, Sunday, August 3

 

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