San Diego Padres at Texas Rangers Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 41-44 Texas Rangers play host to the 39-38 San Diego Padres tonight in MLB action on the grass of Globe Life Park, July 10, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:05PM EST.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Padres +126/Rangers -136
O/U Total: 9.5
Pitching Matchup
Ian Kennedy (R) W/L 4-8 WHIP 1.31 ERA 4.84
Wandy Rodriguez (L) W/L 5-4 WHIP 1.49 ERA 4.23
San Diego was a 5-2 loser at Pittsburgh yesterday, their 5th-straight defeat. They are 2-5 on their road trip and 2-8 in their last 10 games. Texas was a 7-4 loser to Arizona on Thursday, also their 5th-straight loss. They are 0-5 on their homestand and 1-6 in their past 7 games.
This marks the first matchup between these two teams since 2012. The Rangers have a 5-2 advantage dating back to 2006.
Kennedy suffered his 3rd-straight defeat in his last start, a 3-1 loss at St. Louis. He pitched 6 innings and allowed 3 runs for his 8th Q start of the year. He has allowed 3 ERs or less in 7 straight starts.
Rodriguez was a 13-0 loser to the Angels in his last outing. He gave up 5 runs in 5 innings and has 5 Q starts on the season.
SD 1B Yonder Alonso is 1-2 (.500) against Rodriguez with 2 RBIs and a stolen base while IF Clint Barmes is 4-12 (.333) with 3 RBIs and a steal. OF Matt Kemp is 6-24 (.250) with a HR and 7 RBIs vs. the left-hander. The Upton brothers, Melvin and Justin, are a combined 3-21 (.143) vs. Rodriguez but both have homered and stolen at least one base.
1B Prince Fielder is 2-8 (.250) vs. Kennedy with a HR and 2 RBIs while 3B Adrian Beltre is 2-5 (.400). DH Mitch Moreland is 1-3 with an RBI but the trio of SS Elvis Andrus and OFs Josh Hamilton and Shin-Soo Choo are a combined 0-10 against the right-hander.
San Diego at Texas Betting Trends
The Padres are 0-5 straight up in their last 5 games.
San Diego is 2-5 straight up in their last 7 games against Texas.
The game total has gone under in 4 of San Diego’s last 5 road games against Texas.
The Rangers are 0-5 straight up in their last 5 games.
Texas is 0-5 straight up in their last 5 home games.
Injury Report
SAN DIEGO PADRES
Tim Federowicz C 60-Day Disabled List
Josh Johnson P 60-Day Disabled List
Cory Luebke P 60-Day Disabled List
Brandon Morrow P 60-Day Disabled List
Wil Myers OF 15-Day Disabled List
Cory Spangenberg 15-Day Disabled List
Justin Upton OF Day-to-Day (oblique)
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)
San Diego: 37%
Texas: 63%
Free MLB Pick
The Padres continue on their road trip that saw them get off to a good start winning the first two, but the wheels have fallen off since then losing five straight. The offense has been the problem with a total of seven scored during the five game losing streak. That may change tonight when they face lefty Wandy Rodriguez who has been roughed up two of his last three starts for an unenviable 9.00 earned run average in his last three starts. He’s been really struggling at home going 0-4 with a 7.42 Era in six starts this season. The Padres starter Ian Kennedy has moderate overall stats on the road going 2- with an ERA of 3.54, but his last three were very strong getting the Q start in all three starts. The Rangers have also dropped five straight with their lack of offense being one of the factors in their losing streak. When we weigh this out we believe that the odds are with San Diego to have more success on the scoreboard in this spot.
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