MLB Betting – Yankees vs Rangers Preview & Prediction
The Red-hot Yankees are now in first place in the AL east after winning 2 straight games against the Boston Red Sox, the 3rd was postpones, and now head to the Lone Star State to face a Rangers’ team that is in first place in the AL West and has won 9 of their last 10 games.
Venue/ Stadium: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Time/Date: 7:10 PM EST Monday, April 23, 2012
NCAA Odds From: Bovada
Moneyline: NY +125 / Texas -145
Over/Under: 10.5 runs
New York Yankees vs. Texas Rangers Preview
MLB lines have the Rangers as the home favorites in Game 1 of this series with a total of 10.5 runs.
In their last games the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 15-9 and the Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 in 11 innings.
This season the Yankees have an O/U record of 8-7 with a run-line W/L record of 7-8 and the Rangers have an O/U record of 4-11 with a run-line W/L record of 10-6.
This game may see a lot of offense, as the Rangers rank 1st in the Majors in runs scored and the Yankees rank 3rd and on top of that New York has the most HR in baseball (27) and the Rangers have the 2nd most (26).
CC Sabathia (1-0, 5.59 ERA) takes the mound for the Yankees tonight and in his last start he went 7 innings giving up 3 earned runs in a win over the Twins. On the hill for the Rangers is Derek Holland (2-0, 3.10 ERA), who also got a win in his last outing against the Red Sox going 7 innings and only giving up 2 earned runs.
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Holland has really struggled against the Yankees going 0-4 with an ERA of 8.78 in his 5 career starts facing them. Last season the Yankees beat the Rangers in 7 of their 9 games.
Holland will be dealing with a new Bronx Bombers lineup in Mark Teixeira, Nick Swisher, and Curtis Granderson, who have combined for 13 HR this season. On top of that Derek Jeter is off to a hot start batting .382 with 4 HR and 12 RBI.
Sabathia also has his work cut out for him tonight facing Josh Hamilton and Mike Napoli, who rank 1st and 2nd in the AL in HR. Michael Young and Hamilton are batting over .400 for the season.
The Yankees are 4-0 in their last 4 games facing the Rangers and are 6-0 in Sabathia’s last 6 starts facing them.
In some betting trends for this AL match up the Yankees are 5-0 in their last 5 road games, 1-4 in Sabathia’s last 5 road starts, and they have an Over record of 4-1 in their last 5 games.
The Rangers are 5-0 in their last 5 home games vs. a team with a winning record, 20-7 in Holland’s last 27 home starts, and they have an Under record of 8-1 in their last 9 home games.
Jason’s Pick: I think the Yankees have good value tonight at +125 and I think they will win behind a solid outing from Sabathia.
