Arizona Diamondbacks at Texas Rangers Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 41-43 Texas Rangers play host to the 41-42 Arizona Diamondbacks tonight on the grass of Globe Life Park, July 8, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:05PM EST.

Betting Odds
Moneyline: Arizona +106/Rangers -116
O/U Total: 9

Pitching Matchup

Jeremy Hellickson (R) W/L 6-5 WHIP 1.35 ERA 5.06
Matt Harrison (L) 1st appearance of the year

Arizona defeated Texas 4-2 on Tuesday. They are 1-0 on their road trip and 6-3 in their last 9 games. The Rangers are 0-4 on their homestand and 3-6 in their past 9 games.

The D-backs have a 2-1 lead in the season series and a 5-3 advantage in the last 8 encounters between these two clubs, dating back to 2012.

Hellickson was an 8-1 winner over Colorado in his last start. He allowed 1 run over 7 innings for his 8th Q start of the year.

As mentioned above, this will be Harrison’s first start in 2015.

Only 4 Arizona hitters have faced Harrison before. SS Cliff Pennington is 4-14 (.286) with an RBI and is the only hitter to have much luck with the left-hander. The trio of 1B Paul Goldschmidt, 2B Aaron Hill and C Jarrod Saltalamacchia is a combined 2-17 (.118).

Several Rangers hitters have had success against Hellickson in the past. OF Leonys Martin (3-3) and 2B Rougned Odor (2-2) are perfect against him while OF Shin-Soo Choo is 3-11 (.273) with a HR and 2 RBIs. OF Josh Hamilton is 3-9 (.333) with a pair of solo HRs and 3B Adrian Beltre is 3-9 (.333) with an RBI against the right-hander.

Arizona at Texas Betting Trends

The Diamondbacks are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
Arizona is 7-14 straight up in their last 21 games against Texas.
The game total has gone over in 5 of Texas’s last 7 games at home.
The Rangers are 1-5 straight up in their last 6 games.
Texas is 9-2 straight up in their last 11 games at home against Arizona.

Injury Report

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS
Bronson Arroyo P 60-Day Disabled List
Archie Bradley P 15-Day Disabled List
Tuffy Gosewisch C 60-Day Disabled List
Phil Gosselin 3B 15-Day Disabled List
Ender Inciarte OF 15-Day Disabled List
Gerald Laird C 60-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
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)
Arizona: 44%
Texas: 56%

Free MLB Pick

The Rangers offense hasn’t been very productive in their last 6 games scoring a feeble 22 runs, but they should find their hitting stroke tonight against Diamondbacks starter Jeremy Hellickson. The Arizona right-hander has poor career stats against the Rangers current roster with Texas batters hitting a lifetime .345 with a .424 on base percentage in 58 at bats. No idea what to expect from Rangers starter Matt Harrison who is coming off of the DL to make his first MLB start since May 13, 2014, but logic would suggest that it won’t be Cy Young like.

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