Toronto Blue Jays at Texas Rangers Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 64-60 Texas Rangers play host to the 70-55 Toronto Blue Jays tonight in MLB action on the grass of Glove Life Park, August 26, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:05PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Blue Jays -178/Rangers -168
O/U Total: 8.5
Pitching Matchup
David Price (L) W/L 12-4 WHIP 1.08 ERA 2.40
Colby Lewis (R) W/L 14-5 WHIP 1.18 ERA 4.29
Toronto scored 2 runs in the 9th inning to upend Texas 6-5 last night. They are 5-1 on their road trip and 6-1 in their last 7 games. The Rangers are 0-1 on their homestand and 7-3 in their past 10 games.
The Blue Jays lead the season series 3-1 and have a 7-3 lead in the last 10 encounters between these two clubs.
Price was a 9-2 winner at the Angels in his last start. He went 8 innings, allowed 2 runs and struck out 9 for his 19th Q start of the season.
Lewis was a 2-0 winner at Detroit in his last outing. He pitched 7 shutout innings for his 17th Q start of the year.
Jays OF Jose Bautista is 4-12 (.333) against Lewis with 2 solo HRs while 1B Justin Smoak is 6-13 (.462) with a solo HR. 3B Josh Donaldson is 2-6 (.333) against the veteran right-hander while SS Troy Tulowitzki is 1-2 (.500) with an RBI.
Only 6 Rangers’ hitters have seen Price before. SS Elvis Andrus is 10-23 (.435) with 5 RBIs and 7 steals while 3B Adrian Beltre is 9-30 (.300) with a HR and 4 RBIs. 1B Mitch Moreland is 1-3 (.333) against the veteran left-hander while OF Shin-Soo Choo is 4-16 (.250) with 3 RBIs.
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Toronto at Texas Betting Trends
The Blue Jays are 6-1 straight up in their last 7 games overall.
Toronto is 8-1 straight up in their last 9 games on the road.
The game total has gone under in 11 of Toronto’s last 14 games against Texas.
Texas is 9-3 straight up in their last 12 games.
The Rangers are 1-5 straight up in their last 6 games against Toronto.
Injury Report
TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Maicer Izturis 2B 60-Day Disabled List
Michael Saunders 60-Day Disabled List
Marcus Stroman P 60-Day Disabled List
Devon Travis 2B 15-Day Disabled List
TEXAS RANGERS
Kyle Blanks 1B 60-Day Disabled List
Lisalverto Bonilla 60-Day Disabled List
Robinson Chirinos 15-Day Disabled List
Carlos Corporan C 15-Day Disabled List
Yu Darvish P 60-Day Disabled List
Josh Hamilton OF 15-Day Disabled List
Jurickson Profar 60-Day Disabled List
Antoan Richardson 60-Day Disabled List
Nick Tepesch P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Pick (Moneyline)
Toronto: 84%
Texas: 16%
Free MLB Pick
We really like David Price and we like the way the Jays are playing, but this line is too much. The Rangers haven’t faced Price this season, but have had success against him at the plate with the active roster hitting a solid .286 in 122 plate appearances. The Jays also have done well against Texas starter Colby Lewis with a batting average of .271 in 99 plate appearances. Both teams are hot winning seven of their last 10 giving the Rangers a lot of value in this spot.
Take the Texas Rangers +168 At GTBets
