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 TEXAS RANGERS |
 OAKLAND ATHLETICS |
| 91-63, 1st in American League West | September 24, 4:05 PM | Grass of Oakland Coliseum | 66-87 5th in American League West |
When: 4:05 PM ET, Saturday, September 24, 2016
Where: Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California
| Rotation /Team /Time | Opening Lines |
| 09/24 4:05 PM 917 Texas918 Oakland |
8½o-25 -110 -110 |
PITCHING MATCHUP: Rangers RH  Yu Darvish (5-5, 3.81 ERA) vs. Athletics RH  Raul Alcantara (1-1, 5.65) |
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL – Saturday, September 24th – AMERICAN LEAGUE, Texas Rangers vs. Oakland Athletics.
| Team / Live in game Betting at |
Spread / Run Line | MoneyLine | Total |
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| Texas Rangers [Y Darvish – R] |
-1.5 +135 | -124 | 8.5 -110 |
| Oakland Athletics [R Alcantara – R] |
+1.5 -154 | +114 | 8.5 -110 |
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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Saturday when the Texas Rangers and the Oakland Athletics meet at O.co Coliseum.
Right hander Yu Darvish will take the mound for the Rangers to start this game. Darvish is 5-5 this season with a 3.81 ERA.
Darvish looks to avenge his worst loss of the season, a home setback against Oakland last Saturday in which he was battered for seven runs on seven hits and four walks over five innings. The defeat dropped the 30-year-old native of Japan to 2-9 with a 5.07 ERA in 13 career starts versus the Athletics. Darvish has yet to win on the road this year, going 0-3 in six outings despite posting a 2.72 ERA.
Meanwhile, it’ll be Raul Alcantara who starts for the Athletics. Right hander Alcantara is 1-1 with a 5.65 ERA so far this season.
currently has the Rangers listed as -124-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total is sitting at 8.5.
The Athletics were a 3-0 loser in their most recent outing on the road against the Rangers. That made winners of bettors who got Texas at -146 on the moneyline, while the total score (3) was good news for UNDER bettors.
Texas was a 3-0 winner in its last match on the road against the Athletics. They won as -146 favorites, while the total score of 3 made winners of UNDER bettors.
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Texas:
Team record: 91-63 SU
Texas is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas’s last 5 games
Texas is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Oakland:
Team record: 66-87 SU
Current Streak: lost 4 straight games.
Oakland is 10-2 ATS in its last 12 games
Oakland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oakland’s last 5 games
Next up:
Texas at Oakland Sunday, September 25.
KEY NOTES:
1. Rangers OF Carlos Gomez has hit safely in six of his last seven games, going 11-for-31 in that span.
2. Oakland announced INF Arismendy Alcantara would miss the remainder of the season due to a sprained thumb.
3. Texas recalled LHP Andrew Faulkner from Triple-A Round Rock and activated RHP Jeremy Jeffress from the restricted list following his stint of more than three weeks in a rehab clinic.
Vegas Coverage pick and prediction:
Oakland Athletics will win outright at +114 and the game will stay under 8.5 runs according to scamdicappers.com.
PREDICTION: Athletics 5, Rangers 2 at .
| SMART CHART | ||
| TEX | TEAM | OAK |
| 4.77 | RUNS | 4.07 |
| 4.69 | RUNS AGNST | 4.70 |
| 0.08 | DIFF | -0.63 |
| $2,996 | MONEY | -$1,238 |
| 4.43 | TEAM ERA | 4.51 |
| 8.98 | OFF HITS | 8.37 |
| 2.71 | OFF WALKS | 2.73 |
| 7.47 | OFF Ks | 7.04 |
| 8.90 | DEF HITS | 9.01 |
| 3.34 | DEF WALKS | 2.93 |
| 7.10 | DEF Ks | 7.34 |
| BULLPENS | |
| Texas Rangers’s relievers have pitched 13? innings in the last 3 games. | Oakland Athletics’s relievers have pitched 9? innings in the last 3 games. |
| INJURIES | ||
| TEXAS RANGERS | ||
| PLAYER | POS | DESCRIPTION |
| Shin-Soo Choo | OF | 15-Day Disabled List |
| Colby Lewis | P | 15-Day disabled List |
| Tanner Scheppers | P | 60-Day Disabled List |
| Prince Fielder | DH | 15-Day Disabled List |
| Lucas Harrell | P | 15-Day Disabled List |
| Shawn Tolleson | P | 60-Day Disabled List |
| OAKLAND ATHLETICS | ||
| PLAYER | POS | DESCRIPTION |
| Sonny Gray | P | 15-Day Disabled List |
| Jesse Hahn | P | 15-Day Disabled List |
| Andrew Triggs | P | 15-Day Disabled List |
| Jed Lowrie | SS | 15-Day Disabled List |
| Henderson Alvarez | P | 15-Day Disabled List |
| Chris Bassitt | P | 15-Day Disabled List |
| Mark Canha | 1B | 60-Day Disabled List |
| Sean Doolittle | P | 15-Day Disabled List |
| Felix Doubront | P | 60-Day Disabled List |
| Sam Fuld | OF | 15-Day Disabled List |
| Andrew Lambo | OF | 15-Day Disabled List |
| Jarrod Parker | P | 60-Day Disabled List |
| Josh Phegley | C | 15-Day Disabled List |
| Fernando Rodriguez | P | 15-Day Disabled List |
| Eric Sogard | 2B | 60-Day Disabled List |
| Andrew Triggs | P | 15-Day Disabled List |
| Tyler Ladendorf | P | 15-Day Disabled List |
| Billy Butler | DH | 7-Day Disabled List |
| BETTING TRENDS | |||||
| TEXAS RANGERS | |||||
| The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas’s last 5 games | |||||
| The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas’s last 5 games on the road | |||||
| Texas is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road | |||||
| The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas’s last 7 games when playing Oakland | |||||
| Texas is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Oakland | |||||
| The total has gone OVER in 8 of Texas’s last 11 games when playing on the road against Oakland | |||||
| Texas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Oakland | |||||
| OAKLAND ATHLETICS | |||||
| Oakland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games | |||||
| The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oakland’s last 5 games | |||||
| The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oakland’s last 5 games at home | |||||
| Oakland is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games at home | |||||
| Oakland is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing Texas | |||||
| The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland’s last 7 games when playing Texas | |||||
| The total has gone OVER in 8 of Oakland’s last 11 games when playing at home against Texas | |||||
| Oakland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Texas | |||||
| SUPERGRID | ||||
| RANK | RANK | |||
| Texas’s Overall Scoring vs Oakland’s Overall Defense | 4.8 | 4 | 4.7 | 14 |
| Texas’s Away Scoring vs Oakland’s Home Defense | 4.2 | 11 | 4.4 | 9 |
| Texas’s Road ERA vs Oakland’s Home ERA Allowed | 4.4 | 7 | 3.4 | 15 |
| Oakland’s Overall Scoring vs Texas’s Overall Defense | 4.1 | 15 | 4.7 | 13 |
| Oakland’s Home Scoring vs Texas’s Road Defense | 3.6 | 15 | 4.5 | 7 |
| Oakland’s Home ERA vs Texas’s Road ERA Allowed | 4.2 | 10 | 3.9 | 11 |
| TOP 3/BOTTOM 3 | |||||
| RANGERS | |||||
| Rangers are second best in K’s per game with 6.6. | |||||
| ATHLETICS | |||||
| Athletics are the third highest scoring team in the league at 4.7 runs per game. | |||||
| Athletics have the third-most base on balls in the league at 3.5 per game. | |||||
| Athletics have allowed the third fewest runs in the league at 3.9 runs per game. | |||||
| Athletics are second best in the league in giving up hits, allowing 8.3 per game. | |||||
| Athletics give up the fewest free passes in the league allowing 2.6 per game. | |||||
