Braves vs. Rangers MLB Prediction

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MLB Baseball Betting - Atlanta Braves vs. Texas Rangers
By D.S Williamson

The Atlanta Braves take on the Texas Rangers in an afternoon game on Thursday. This is one of those interleague games where the online wagering looks obvious. The Braves lost the first game in this three-game sports betting series. Then they came back and won the second game by three-runs. Now, in the final game of the series they send pitcher Charlie Morton to the mound. Morton is another one of those highly-priced Atlanta pitchers that they groomed from their own farm system. In his lone start of the season, Morton threw six innings, giving up only five hits, for an ERA of 4.50. He’s a definite up-and-comer that baseball betting fans should keep an eye on.

The Texas Rangers counter with pitcher Scott Feldman. Feldman isn’t the worst starter in the majors, heck, he might not even be the worst starter on the Texas Rangers roster, but he’s probably up against it in this game. MLB betting fans have found it hard to wager on Scott Feldman with his 1 and 3 record and 4.84 ERA.

Here are the BetUS online betting odds in this game.

Atlanta Braves
Charlie Morton – R + 1 ½ - 200 Ev O 11 - 115

Texas Rangers
Scott Feldman – R - 1 ½ + 170 - 120 U 11 - 105

Here are a few online wagering trends that might help us find a good online bet in this game.

The Atlanta Braves are 2 and 8 in their last 10 games following a victory.
The Atlanta Braves are 0 and 5 in their last 5 games of a three game series.
The Texas Rangers are 5 and 1 in their last six games versus a right-handed starter.
The Texas Rangers are 0 and 6 in Scott Feldman’s last six starts.
I still believe that this is an easy game to call. Even though the Atlanta Braves start inexperienced Charlie Morton, the Texas Rangers are in no position to take advantage.

Scott Feldman just hasn’t been pitching well and as badly as the Braves can play at times, they do have super-human batting average champ Chipper Jones on their team.

Chipper has been hovering around .400 all season. That means that Feldman could get roughed up early in this game. Morton will give up a couple, maybe even three, runs in this game, but I still like the Braves and Morton’s chances more then Feldman and the Rangers’ chances.

I’ll make an online wager on the Atlanta Braves to win this game straight-up at online betting odds of even money.

Go to the BetUS sportsbook today and take a swing at Major League Baseball online betting