You had to go all the way back to July 19th of 2005 to find the last time the Rangers defeated the Yankees in their own ballpark. Last nights exhilarating walk-off win snapped a string of 10 straight defeats at the hands of the Bronx Bombers in Arlington.
The Rangers have been a fantastic story in 2008 making us a pretty penny to date ($1600+), but we all know they just don't have the pitching to compete for the wild card this season. That said; the Yanks own a major pitching advantage this evening with Pettitte going up against this Harrison kid who impressed early, but hasn't fooled anyone since (19 hits , 17 runs allowed with a K/BB ratio of 3/11 L/3 starts).
Andy got rocked his last time out against the red-hot Halos, but before that gave up a total of 2 runs through 14 innings vs. BOS and OAK. He's also 7-3 with a tidy little 3.50 ERA on the road in 11 starts this season.
The Yanks were tremendously overpriced last night with Joba going up against Texas' ace Padilla. However, they look to be underpriced in this spot as I thought they'd be in the -185 to 200 range with the vet going up against the rook. Nobody likes choking on all the chalk in MLB, but it takes money to make money in this league at times, and the Yanks look to be in a very ripe spot to reel in some profits tonight.
What y'all think?