Rangers-Orioles Pointspread Pointers

The Texas Rangers and the Baltimore Orioles will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Camden Yards. Luis Mendoza will be the starting pitcher for the Rangers on this day. Righthander Mendoza is 2-4 this season with a 8.29 ERA. Starting this game for the Orioles will be ace Jeremy Guthrie. The righthander has a 3.35 ERA to go along with a 8-8 record this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Orioles listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Rangers were shut out 3-0 by the Yankees last time out, as +140 underdogs at home on Thursday. The team's played UNDER the posted over/under (11.5). Marlon Byrd had three hits in four trips to the plate for the Rangers. Scott Feldman gave up two runs over seven innings in the loss. The Orioles lost 9-4 to the Angels as +200 underdogs last time out. The game's 13 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (9.5). Luis Montanez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run for the Orioles. Garrett Olson gave up six runs over 2 2-3 innings to suffer the loss. Current streak: Texas has lost 2 straight games. Team records: Texas: 60-56 SU Baltimore: 54-59 SU Texas most recently: When playing on Friday are 6-4 Before playing Baltimore are 4-6 After playing NY Yankees are 4-6 After a loss are 6-4 Baltimore most recently: When playing on Friday are 6-4 Before playing Texas are 5-5 After playing LA Angels are 5-5 After a loss are 5-5 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 5 of Texas's last 5 games on the road Texas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Baltimore The total has gone OVER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games when playing on the road against Baltimore Texas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Baltimore The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baltimore's last 5 games when playing at home against Texas The total has gone OVER in 7 of Baltimore's last 9 games The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Baltimore's last 7 games when playing Texas The total has gone OVER in 13 of Baltimore's last 19 games at home Next up: Baltimore home to Texas, Saturday, August 9