Cleveland Indians at Texas Rangers Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 15-21 Texas Rangers play host to the 13-21 Cleveland Indians tonight in MLB action on the grass of Globe Life Park, May 16, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 8:05PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Indians -132/Rangers +122
O/U Total: 9

Pitching Matchup
Danny Salazar (R) W/L 4-1 WHIP 0.88 ERA 3.27
Colby Lewis (R) W/L 3-2 WHIP 3-2 ERA 2.40

Cleveland won the opener of this series 8-3 last night. They are 1-0 on their current road trip and 3-5 in their past 8 games. Texas is 2-3 on their current homestand and 3-5 in their last 8 games. The Rangers are 5-12 at home in 2015.

Yesterday was the first matchup of the season between these two clubs. The Indians won the season series 6-1 last year and have a 9-1 edge in the past 10 games.

Salazar was an 8-2 winner in his last start against Minnesota. He went 7 innings, allowed 1 run and struck out 11. He has 3 Q starts in his 5 outings and is striking out better than 9 batters per game.

Lewis was an 8-2 victor over Kansas City in his last start. He went 7 innings and allowed 1 run for his 3rd-straight Q start. He has 4 Q starts on the season.

Indians OF Michael Brantley is hitting .333 off of Lewis with 1 HR and 2 RBIs. 1B Carlos Santana is hitting a robust .444 off of the right-hander while OF Ryan Raburn is 2-5 (.400) with 3 RBIs.

No one on the Rangers has more than 6 ABs vs. Salazar. C Robinson Chirinos and 3B Adrian Beltre are both 2-2 off the young right-hander. No one in the Texas lineup has hit a HR or stolen a base off of him.

Cleveland at Texas Betting Trends

The Indians are 2-4 straight up in their last 6 road games.
The game total has gone over in 4 of Cleveland’s last 5 road games in Texas.
Cleveland is 6-1 straight up in their last 7 games on the road in Texas.
The Rangers are 3-9 straight up in their last 12 home games.
Texas is 1-6 straight up in their last 7 games at home against Cleveland.

Injury Report

CLEVELAND INDIANS
Gavin Floyd P 60-Day Disabled List
Yan Gomes C 15-Day Disabled List
T.J. House P 15-Day Disabled List
Josh Tomlin P 60-Day Disabled List

TEXAS RANGERS
Lisalverto Bonilla P 60-Day Disabled List
Yu Darvish P 60-Day Disabled List
Josh Hamilton OF 15-Day Disabled List
Matt Harrison P 60-Day Disabled List
Derek Holland P 60-Day Disabled List
Leonys Martin OF Day-to-Day (wrist)
Martin Perez P 60-Day Disabled List
Jurickson Profar 2B 60-Day Disabled List
Antoan Richardson OF 60-Day Disabled List
Ryan Rua OF 60-Day Disabled List
Nick Tepesch P 60-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Cleveland: 51%
Texas: 49%

Free MLB Pick

Danny Salazar has done a great job at limiting baserunners this season with a very impressive 0.88 WHIP. He has had some problems with the long ball (1 HR in each start), but the early forecast is calling for the wind to be blowing in tonight. Colby Lewis’ historical statistics against the Indians are below average with the current team hitting .283 with a .813 OPS. That said, he may be pitching the best ball in his career right now with a 0.86 ERA in his last 3 starts.

Take the UNDER 9‏