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On the season the Rockies have an Over/Under record of 23-11 and a run-line W/L record of 24-12 and the Rangers have an Over/Under record of 18-14 and a run-line W/L record of 12-22.

Colorado Rockies (22-14) vs. Texas Rangers (17-17)
Venue/ Stadium: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Time/Date: 8:05 PM EST Thursday, May 8, 2014
MLB Odds From: Bovada
Moneyline: Rockies +120 / Rangers -130
Over/Under:  9.5 runs
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This season the Rangers are 9-8 at home and the Rockies are 9-9 on the road.

The Rangers have lost all 3 games facing the Rockies losing the first 2 in Colorado and then last night at home. In the 3 games the offense for the Rockies have been en fuego, to say the least, as they have scored 29 runs. Texas has lost 8 of their last 10 games and they have slipped into 3rd place in the AL West 2.5 games back of the Oakland A’s.

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The Rockies are 8-2 in their last 10 games and they are tied atop the NL West with the San Francisco Giants.

In yesterday’s game the Rockies beat the Rangers 9-2.

To say the Rockies’ offense has been solid this season would be an understatement, as they rank 1st in the Majors in runs, team batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage. Their offense is key, as they only rank 20th in team ERA.

Texas’ pitching has really struggled this season ranking 28th in the Majors and while last season they had a great offense this season they rank in the middle of the pack scoring the 13th most runs.

Franklin Morales (3-1 5.05 ERA) goes for the Rockies tonight and in his last start he gave up 5 earned runs in 5 innings in a no decision facing the New York Mets.
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The Rockies are 4-0 in Morales’ last 4 starts.

Morales had an ERA of 9.00 in 6 relief appearances against Texas during his 2 ?  seasons with the Red Sox before being traded to the Rockies in the off-season.

For the Rangers Matt Harrison (0-0 4.35 ERA) gets the starting nod and in his last outing he gave up 3 earned runs in 4 innings in a no decision facing the L.A. Angels.

Harrison has only faced the Rockies once in his career getting the win in 2102 throwing 5 scoreless innings.

The Rangers are 8-3 in Harrison’s last 11 home starts.

Notes

1. Colorado SS Troy Tulowitzki, who went 1-for-4 on Wednesday to drop his major league-leading average to .414, is hitting .608 at home and .250 on the road.
2. Texas 2B Donnie Murphy departed Wednesday’s game after he tripped over first base trying to beat out a grounder to end the sixth inning and strained his neck.
3. Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre hit his 378th career home run Wednesday – and 100th with Texas – to join Alex Rodriguez (Seattle, Texas, N.Y. Yankees), Jim Thome (Cleveland, Philadelphia, Chicago White Sox), Reggie Jackson (Kansas City/Oakland, N.Y. Yankees, California) and Darrell Evans (Atlanta, San Francisco, Detroit) as the only players to hit 100 or more homers with three different teams. Beltre belted 147 shots with the Los Angeles Dodgers and 103 with Seattle.

Betting Trends

The Rockies are 4-1 in their last 5 road games, 6-2 in their last 8 games as an underdog, and they have an Over record of 17-6-3 in their last 26 road games.

The Rangers are 2-7 in their last 9 interleague games, 2-8 in their last 10 overall, and they have an Over record of 6-1-1 in their last 8 home games.

Jason’s MLB Pick:

With the Rockies playing like they are I have to go with them in this game.

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By Jason Green

Jason Green is back with Cappers Picks again to give out his free sports plays. As always he's hoping the Braves and Redskins can win a championship since their last one in the 90’s was long ago. He’s starting to know the pain of Cubs fans.