Oakland Athletics at Texas Rangers Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 37-34 Texas Rangers play host to the 32-34 Oakland Athletics tonight in MLB action on the grass of Globe Life Park, June 24, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:05PM EST.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Rangers -106/Athletics -104
O/U Total: 8.5
Pitching Matchup
Kendall Graveman (R) W/L 3-4 WHIP 1.41 ERA 4.02
Wandy Rodriguez (L) W/L 4-2 WHIP 1.25 ERA 3.20
Oakland defeated Texas 8-6 last night. The A’s are 1-0 on their road trip and 7-2 in their last 9 games. The Rangers are 0-1 on their homestand and 4-5 in their past 9 games.
These AL West Rivals have seen each other a lot in 2015 and Oakland has a 6-4 lead in the last 10 games in the season series.
Graveman was a 3-1 loser to San Diego in his last start. He went 7 innings and allowed 2 runs for his 5th Q start on the year.
Rodriguez was a 5-3 winner at the Dodgers in his last outing. He yielded 3 ERs in 5.1 innings and also has 5 Q starts on the season. The Rangers are 8-3 in games he has started in 2015.
Only 3 Oakland hitters have faced Rodriguez before. DH Billy Butler is 2-2 with a solo HR while 2B Ben Zobrist is 2-4 (.500) with and RBI. 1B Ike Davis has had his struggles vs. the left-hander and is 1-10 (.100) against him.
No Texas hitter has more than 3 ABs vs. Graveman. 1B Keith Moreland is 1-1 with a 3-run HR while OF Shin-Soo Choo is 2-3 (.667) with a HR and 3 RBIs. OF Ryan Rua (2-2) and C Carlos Corporan (1-1) have also had success against the right-hander in limited ABs.
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Oakland at Texas Betting Trends
The Athletics are 7-2 straight up in their last 9 games.
Oakland is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 road games.
The game total has gone over in 6 of Oakland’s last 9 games against Texas
The Rangers are 1-4 straight up in their last 5 games.
Texas is 1-4 straight up in their last 5 games against Oakland.
Injury Report
OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Coco Crisp OF 60-Day Disabled List
Sean Doolittle P 60-Day Disabled List
Tyler Ladendorf 2B 60-Day Disabled List
Jarrod Parker P 15-Day Disabled List
Taylor Thompson P 60-Day Disabled List
Pat Venditte P 15-Day Disabled List
TEXAS RANGERS
Kyle Blanks 1B 15-Day Disabled List
Lisalverto Bonilla 60-Day Disabled List
Yu Darvish P 60-Day Disabled List
Delino DeShields 15-Day Disabled List
Neftali Feliz P 15-Day Disabled List
Josh Hamilton OF 15-Day Disabled List
Matt Harrison P 60-Day Disabled List
Derek Holland P 60-Day Disabled List
Ross Ohlendorf P 15-Day Disabled List
Martin Perez P 60-Day Disabled List
Jurickson Profar 60-Day Disabled List
Antoan Richardson 60-Day Disabled List
Nick Tepesch P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Oakland: 39%
Texas: 61%
Free MLB Pick
Kendall Graveman got torched for 8 runs (7 earned) in his only career start against Texas. We think that we can throw that stat line out the window. Graveman was making his first career start after 5 appearances in relief for the Jays last season and pitching in front of a home crowd for a new team in your first start is a tough spot. He had one more subpar outing at home before he got past the jitters, but he’s been golden on the road this year. In 6 starts he’s 3-1 with a super impressive 1.78 striking out 20 in 28 innings. Wandy Rodriguez will be making his first career start against the Athletics and has limited experience against their batting lineup. He hasn’t been at his best at home with 0-2 W/L record and a 5.06 ERA in 4 home starts. The A’s are the hot team here winning 7 of 9 compared to the Rangers 1 win in their last 5 games.
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