While the Rangers are coming off a loss they are still 7-3 in their last 10 games and have the biggest AL division lead, as they are 5.5 games up on the Oakland A’s in the AL West. The Rays are also 7-2 in their last games, but they have lost 2 straight. <\/p>\n
Venue\/ Stadium: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas<\/strong> Matchup<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Preview<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Tampa Bay Rays vs. Texas Rangers Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n Still, they are only 4 games back of the Yankees in the AL East and are tied with 2 other teams for the Wild Card lead. MLB odds have the Rays as slight away favorites with a total of 8.5 runs.<\/p>\n In their last games the Rangers lost to the Minnesota Twins 6-5 and the Rays lost to the Oakland A’s 4-2.<\/p>\n This season the Rays have an O\/U record of 49-73 with a run-line W\/L record of 60-67 and the Rangers have an O\/U record of 56-68 with a run-line W\/L record of 62-65.<\/p>\n On the season the Rangers are an AL best 41-24 at home and the Rays are 35-30 on the road.<\/p>\n David Price (16-4, 2.28 ERA) goes for the Rays tonight and he was stellar in his last outing not giving up any earned runs in 8 innings, but got no run support in a no decision against he Royals. Derek Holland (8-6, 4.92 ERA) is on the hill for the Rangers and he got a win over the Orioles in his last start giving up 3 earned runs in 7 innings.<\/p>\n The main reason the Rays are the favorite is that Price is on the mound and he has not lost in his last 8 starts. He is 2-0 with a 0.60 ERA in his last 4 starts and while he won the last time he faced the Rangers he was 0-6 with a 5.30 ERA in his previous 9 starts facing them.\u00a0\u00a0[dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n Holland has been a little shaky lately, as he did win his last start, but in his previous 4 outings was 0-1 with an ERA of 5.88.<\/p>\n Price has a tall task in this game facing a Rangers’ offense that ranks #1 in the Majors in runs scored, team batting average, and on base percentage.<\/p>\n Texas slugger Josh Hamilton went deep in yesterday’s game and he ranks 1st in the AL in RBI and 2nd in HR.<\/p>\n In some betting trends for this AL match up the Rays are 4-0 in their last 4 road games, 6-1 in Price’s last 7 road starts, and they have an Under record of 6-2 in their last 8 games as a favorite.<\/p>\n The Rangers are 4-1 in their last 5 games, 4-1 in Holland’s last 5 home starts, and they have an Over record of 4-1 in their last 5 games.<\/p>\n
\nTime\/Date: 8 PM EST Monday, August 27, 2012<\/strong>
\nMLB Odds From: Bovada<\/a><\/strong>
\nMoneyline: Rays -130 \/ Rangers +110 <\/strong>
\nOver\/Under:\u00a0 8.5 runs<\/strong><\/p>\n