Twins-Rangers Lines Preview

The fans at Rangers Ballpark will be treated to a game between the Minnesota Twins and the Texas Rangers when they take their seats on Saturday. Righthander Scott Baker will take the mound for the Twins to start this game. Baker is 7-7 this season with a 5.42 ERA. The Rangers will counter Baker with Scott Feldman. Righthander Feldman has a 3.21 ERA to go along with a 8-2 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Rangers listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Twins scored their runs early and held on for a 5-3 victory over the Rangers in the series-opener on Friday, as +110 underdogs. The game's eight runs fell UNDER the night's posted over/under (10.5). Jason Kubel led the Twins with a three-run dinger, and Carlos Gomez drove in two runs. Glen Perkins allowed seven hits and three runs over five innings to pick up the victory. Josh Hamilton belted a two-run homer and drove in all three runs for the Rangers, who were -130 favorites in that game. Vicente Padilla gave up 11 hits and five runs over seven innings in the loss. Current streak: Minnesota has won 2 straight games. Texas has lost 3 straight games. Team records: Minnesota: 46-44 SU Texas: 48-40 SU Minnesota most recently: When playing on Saturday are 6-4 Before playing Texas are 6-4 After playing Texas are 5-5 After a win are 4-6 Texas most recently: When playing on Saturday are 1-9 Before playing Minnesota are 3-7 After playing Minnesota are 6-4 After a loss are 4-6 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games on the road Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games The total has gone OVER in 8 of Minnesota's last 11 games when playing Texas Texas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas's last 6 games The total has gone UNDER in 16 of Texas's last 20 games at home The total has gone OVER in 8 of Texas's last 11 games when playing Minnesota Next up: Texas home to Minnesota, Sunday, July 19