Marlins vs. Rangers Prediction
Will the Marlins pull off another upset in Arlington tonight when they visit the Rangers at 8:05PM ET?
According to oddsmakers from online sports book Bovada.lv, the Rangers are -128 money line favorites versus the Marlins, who have odds of +118 to pull off the upset in Texas. With Dan Straily set to face Cole Hamels in the pitching matchup, the over/under currently sits at 10.5 runs.
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From Rotoworld: Straily allowed four earned runs over five innings Wednesday in a loss to the Phillies. Straily suffered a bruised right thumb in his last start Friday against the Dodgers and it may have been bothering him in this one. He walked four and gave up nine hits for one of his worst pitching lines of the season. The 28-year-old right-hander still has a nice 3.57 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, and 105/32 K/BB ratio in 113 1/3 innings overall, and he did strike out seven in Wednesday’s defeat.
Hamels allowed seven runs on nine hits — including three homers — over 5 1/3 innings in a loss to the Orioles on Thursday. Hamels cruised through the first three innings and gave up only a solo homer to Jonathan Schoop in the fourth, but things fell apart quickly from there on out. The nine hits allowed were a season high, as were the three homers, and it was the first loss in 10 starts for Hamels. Especially frustrating for fantasy owners was the fact that the poor start came on the heels of two scoreless outings for the 33-year-old. Hamels will carry a 3.78 ERA and 1.10 WHIP into an interleague start against the Marlins on Tuesday.
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OUR PREDICTION: The Marlins are 4-1 in their last five games in Texas and are 5-2 in their last seven games versus the Rangers. Miami is also 6-1 in its last seven road games, is 5-2 in Straily’s last seven starts and is 5-1 in his last six outings coming off five days of rest. The Rangers, meanwhile, are 1-4 in their last five games following a loss and are 0-7 in their last seven games versus a team with a losing record.
TUESDAY MLB PREDICTION: MIAMI MARLINS +118