MLB Betting Picks – Toronto To Even Series With Texas Rangers
by Tim Furious
The Texas Rangers opened their 2010 regular season betting by beating the Toronto Blue Jays back in April. Since then, Toronto was able to best Texas in every single game until last night when the Rangers finally put a dent in their record against the Blue Jays. Both teams share an equal moneyline as Toronto tries to extend their 7-2 SU record against Texas this year.
Making life difficult for the Toronto betting backers is the fact they’re deploying home town hero Shawn Hill (a native of Toronto) to the mound in his first start of the season. The victim of two Tommy John surgeries, Hill hasn’t thrown a major league pitch since April 2009 when he was with the Padres.
Texas Rangers (76-63) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (72-67)
Thursday, September 9th --- Rogers Centre --- 7:07pm EST
MLB Betting Lines:
TEX – Colby Lewis (R) -1.5 +140 / -110 / O 9.0 -115
TOR – Shawn Hill (R) +1.5 -160 / -110 / U 9.0 -105
Countering for the Rangers will be Colby Lewis, the 6-foot-4 righty from Bakersfield, California. In 27 starts, Lewis is just 9-12 SU with a 3.96 ERA. When the Rangers went through a rough patch in August, Lewis took the brunt of the pain. He went 0-4 SU in August over the course of 6 starts. Sadly, the Rangers have only won a single game when Lewis gets the start since July ended.
It’s certainly not encouraging that Toronto is sending a rusty ace to the mound tonight, but Lewis’s metrics have been horrific in MLB betting. In his last road start against Minnesota Lewis allowed 8 hits and 9 runs in just 3.2 innings. You can only blame so much of that on a lack of team defense.
Where To Watch: FSH, RSN
Toronto’s playoffs hopes are pretty much dead, but this team still loves to play at home. A 4-2 SU record in their past 6 home stands is proof of that, and the fact that Texas is just 1-5 SU in their last 6 road tests should be a warning sign on the MLB betting line. If Hill struggles early, he’ll be yanked and Toronto will use the depth of its bullpen to win this series.
Furious MLB Betting Pick – Toronto RL and ML (OVER)
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Tough Guy Parlay Pick – Toronto -110 ML and Philadelphia -115 ML
MLB Betting Lines:
St. Louis Cardinals – Adam Wainwright (R) -115 ML
Atlanta Braves – Jair Jurrjens (R) -105 ML
Game Time: Turner Field --- 7:10pm EST
MLB Betting Trends:
- St. Louis is 4-11 SU in last 15 games
- St. Louis is 1-7 SU in last 8 games on the road
- St. Louis is 4-1 SU in last 5 games against Atlanta
- Atlanta is 2-5 SU in last 7 games
- Atlanta is 5-1 SU in last 6 games at home
- Atlanta is 2-6 SU in last 8 games against Philadelphia
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