Tuesday 4 October 2011

Texas Rangers at Tampa Bay Rays

MLB

Texas Rangers at Tampa Bay Rays
Tuesday October 4th 7pm
ESPN America

Starting Pitchers
Texas: Harrison (14-9, 3.43 ERA)
Tampa Bay: Hellickson (13-10, 2.95 ERA)

This series goes to the fifth game.

Harrison is 1-0 with a 1.29 ERA in four games against Tampa Bay and has beaten them this season, but this Rays’ lineup is hitting .293 against him and needs to win to stay alive. Texas is hitting .250 against Hellickson and he has been strong recently.

Tampa went just 1 for 8 RISP last game and, with a little luck, the Rays can get home behind Hellickson; they’ve shown they can win under pressure.

Given the importance of the game, the strength of the pitching, and home umpire Greg Gibson’s 9/20 OU line, I’ll go under too.

Pick: Rays@ 1.95; -105; 20/21
Pick: Under 8.5 @ 1.87; -115; 20/23

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