Game: Texas Rangers vs. Cleveland Indians
Pitchers: TEXAS - Rich Harden vs. CLEVELAND - Fausto Carmona
Write Up: The Rangers on Sunday coming off a strong offensive showing putting up 9 runs against Seattle and the Indians also coming off a strong offensive outing only to come short against the Tigers. I see the Rangers putting up some strong hits against Cleveland. And with that late struggle against the Tigers, the Tribe's bullpen is shady. Look for Hamilton, Cruz, and Murphy to be solid at the plate since they are .400+ average batters against Carmona. The tribe has not faired well against Harder, only five members of the team have faced him within the past five years, and have below average numbers.
Rich Harden: Only giving up one earned run against Toronto in his last start in three innings of work. Didn't last much longer since 3 runs scored that were unearned. Harder is 1-0 when starting against the Tribe with an ERA of 5.19. His team's record is 4-1 in these starts.
Fausto Carmona: Carmona gave up 3 runs to a weak Chicago White Sox offensive team in his last start. Carmona is 2-6 when starting against Texas with an ERA of 6.02. His team's record is 2-6 in these starts.
Texas is 7-2 against CLEVELAND while playing at CLEVELAND over the last 3 seasons. Sizemore is questionable for this game also.
Pick: Rangers ML @ -105 AND Rangers +1.5 @ -200 for the cover.
I could see this line closing at -160
Pitchers: TEXAS - Rich Harden vs. CLEVELAND - Fausto Carmona
Write Up: The Rangers on Sunday coming off a strong offensive showing putting up 9 runs against Seattle and the Indians also coming off a strong offensive outing only to come short against the Tigers. I see the Rangers putting up some strong hits against Cleveland. And with that late struggle against the Tigers, the Tribe's bullpen is shady. Look for Hamilton, Cruz, and Murphy to be solid at the plate since they are .400+ average batters against Carmona. The tribe has not faired well against Harder, only five members of the team have faced him within the past five years, and have below average numbers.
Rich Harden: Only giving up one earned run against Toronto in his last start in three innings of work. Didn't last much longer since 3 runs scored that were unearned. Harder is 1-0 when starting against the Tribe with an ERA of 5.19. His team's record is 4-1 in these starts.
Fausto Carmona: Carmona gave up 3 runs to a weak Chicago White Sox offensive team in his last start. Carmona is 2-6 when starting against Texas with an ERA of 6.02. His team's record is 2-6 in these starts.
Texas is 7-2 against CLEVELAND while playing at CLEVELAND over the last 3 seasons. Sizemore is questionable for this game also.
Pick: Rangers ML @ -105 AND Rangers +1.5 @ -200 for the cover.
I could see this line closing at -160
Nothing is a for sure in gambling!
