Texas Rangers vs. Toronto Blue Jays Prediction and Betting Odds. The 88-74 Texas Rangers are set to take on the 93-69 Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario Thursday October 8, 2015, first pitch is scheduled 3:37 PM

Betting Odds
Moneylines: Rangers +195 / Blue Jays -230
O/U: 8 runs

Pitching Match Up
Texas: Yovani Gallardo (13-11, 3.42 ERA)
Toronto: David Price (18-5, 2.45 ERA)

In their last games: The Rangers beat the L.A. Angels 9-2 and the Blue Jays lost to the Tampa Bay Rays 12-3.

The Rangers head into Toronto for the first game of the 5 game ALDS. The 13-11 Yovani Gallardo goes for the Rangers and the 18-5 David Price goes for the Blue Jays. The Blue Jays open at -230 with a line sitting at 8 runs. The Rangers won the AL West this season and they ended their campaign winning 4 of their last 6 games. They rank 3rd in the Majors in runs scored and 23rd in team ERA. The Blue Jays lost 4 of their last 5 games of the season, but they did not mean anything after the team had already wrapped up the AL East crown. Toronto is the highest scoring team in baseball and they rank 12th in team ERA.

Texas at Toronto Key Betting Trends

Texas is 7-3 in their last 10 road games vs. a left-handed starter.
The Rangers are 19-9 in their last 28 vs. a team with a winning record.
Texas has an Over record of 4-1-1 in their last 6 road games.
Toronto is 42-17 in their last 59 home games.
The BlueJays are 37-14 in their last 51 vs. a team with a winning record.
Toronto has an Over record of 5-0-1 in their last 6 games.

Key Player Injuries

TEXAS RANGERS
Kyle Blanks 1B 60-Day Disabled List
Lisalverto Bonilla 60-Day Disabled List
Alex Claudio P 60-Day Disabled List
Yu Darvish P 60-Day Disabled List
Jurickson Profar 60-Day Disabled List
Antoan Richardson 60-Day Disabled List
Nick Tepesch P 60-Day Disabled List

TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Maicer Izturis 2B 60-Day Disabled List
Michael Saunders 60-Day Disabled List
Devon Travis 2B 60-Day Disabled List

Consensus Pick (Moneyline)
Texas: 21%
Toronto: 79%

Free MLB Pick

The Rangers won their last 2 games that Yovani Gallardo has gotten the start and in his last outing of the season he went 5 innings and gave up 2 earned runs in a 6-2 win over the Detroit Tigers. The Rangers are 4-0 in Gallardo’s last 4 road starts and 10-1 in his last 11 starts when facing a team that has a winning record. David Price is the Ace of the Blue Jays and is a Cy Young candidate that ranks 3rd in the AL in wins and 1st in ERA. The Blue Jays have won their last 5 games when Price has gotten the start, but he can thank his offense for the last win since in his last outing of the season he gave up 4 earned runs in 5 innings in a 10-8 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. The Blue Jays are 4-0 in Price’s last 4 starts against a team with a winning record.

Price did not have a great last start to the season, but the game did not mean anything and this game obviously does. He will have a good home outing and lead Toronto to a win in Game 1 of this series.

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