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CLE vs. TEX
Sport: Major League Baseball
Game: Cleveland Indians vs. Texas Rangers
The Play: Texas Rangers -135.0
Play Description:
Star Value: 3* (30 Units)
Writeup:
A late one here, and we apologize for the delay in getting it out there this evening but we were waiting on some late information. At 8:05PM EST the Texas Rangers host the Cleveland Indians at home. These two teams went back and forth last night with Cleveland pulling slightly ahead late and holding on. Tonight, it's a great spot for bettors like us to hit on the Rangers, and this is why.
Believe it or not, Texas comes in holding 2nd place in the AL West. Who would have thought these guys would be in the hunt for something.not us anyway. Well, reality is.they are. They've struggled as of late and it is officially time for them to turn this buggy in the other direction. Texas is 63-67 overall, 33-32 at home. The Rangers will put Vicente Padilla on the mound tonight. Vicente comes in 12-6 overall this season. It's difficult to judge any pitcher's ERA or statistics on this Texas team because they don't play like most. These guys are an offensive powerhouse, more than any other team in the league. Their lineup answers rather than pitchers throwing gems and the defense being Gold Glovers.
Cleveland is handing it to right hander Anthony Reyes. Anthony is 2-1 on the season pitching just 17 short innings. The Tribe has turned things around a bit in their last ten games, but they still aren't the team they should have been this year. They are a huge, huge disappointment and they are very inconsistent when it comes to scoring runs. Their bullpen in the last three games has an averaged ERA of 6.55 in just 22.1 innings. The available and projected Pen for the Indians also has an ERA approaching 5.50.
Bottom line.Texas takes care of business. This is likely to be a shootout, and to be honest we're not sure Cleveland is capable of keeping up like they did last night. Texas -135 will be a decent size play for us here.3* / 30 units on the Rangers at home Sunday night.
TRENDS OF THE GAME:
- The Indians are 5-13 in their last 18 Sunday games
- The Rangers are 7-2 in their last 9 Sunday games
Texas 10, Cleveland 4