{"id":14933,"date":"2011-04-15T10:26:21","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T15:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=14933"},"modified":"2011-04-15T10:26:21","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T15:26:21","slug":"bronx-tale-revenge-texas-rangers-at-new-york-yankees-free-mlb-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/bronx-tale-revenge-texas-rangers-at-new-york-yankees-free-mlb-picks-14933\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx Tale Revenge: Texas Rangers at New York Yankees Free MLB Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Yankees are coming off a thrilling come-from-behind victory over the Baltimore Orioles and now host the AL West-leading Texas Rangers this weekend<\/p>\n

Texas Rangers at New York Yankees<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The New York Yankees look to gain revenge from last year's ALCS loss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Texas claimed its first American League pennant after defeating New York in six games last fall and winning two of three at Yankee Stadium.\u00a0 The Rangers pitching was a major reason for the series victory, but the rotation will appear different during this three-game set.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a challenge,\u201d said manager Ron Washington.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re going to find out just how far along they are.\u00a0 I feel pretty good about them.\u00a0 If we go in there and the Yankees beat us, they beat us.\u00a0 It\u2019s not because we\u2019re tight or we couldn\u2019t pitch in Yankee Stadium.\u201d\u00a0 The club will be going with left-handers Matt Harrison and Derek Holland and right-hander Alexi Ogando in its first rematch with the Yankees since the ALCS.\u00a0 Texas is 4-0 in night games this year and 9-3 overall.<\/p>\n

Rangers starting pitcher Matt Harrison wasn\u2019t part of the postseason roster after going 3-2 with a 4.71 ERA in 37 games (six starts) last year, but he\u2019s limited opponents to a .143 average so far.\u00a0 Harrison is 1-1 with a 7.53 ERA in five games (two starts) versus the Yankees, but has never pitched in the Bronx.\u00a0 \u201cPitching in a ballpark like that for the first time, with all the history, should be pretty special,\u201d Harrison commented.\u00a0 \u201cBut you still have to make pitches.\u201d\u00a0 The left-hander is a perfect 2-0 with a 1.29 ERA on the season, managing to strikeout 11 batters and issue just three free passes.<\/p>\n

New York picked up a season-high third straight win and moved atop the AL East with a 6-5 extra innings win over Baltimore on Thursday.\u00a0 \u201cOur guys kept kinda chippin\u2019 away, but our team has the ability to do that,\u201d said manager Joe Girardi.\u00a0 The Yankees will need a big series from third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who has gone 8 for 13 with two home runs and five RBIs over his last four games.\u00a0 In last year\u2019s ALCS versus the Rangers, Rodriguez was 4 for 21 with just two RBIs.\u00a0 New York is 2-4 after a win this season and 131-84 in the situation the last three years.<\/p>\n

Yankees starting pitcher Ivan Nova manage to last just 4 1\/3 innings in his last start against the Red Sox, but it was a game the team ended up winning by a 9-4 count.\u00a0 The rookie right-hander is 1-0 with a 6.10 ERA in two starts this season, picking up a victory in his season debut against Minnesota at home.\u00a0 Nova has made six career appearances (five starts) at Yankee Stadium and compiled an even 1-1 mark and 4.50 ERA in the process.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Yankees due to their 7-1 record in Nova\u2019s last eight starts, while the Rangers are 2-6 in Harrison\u2019s last eight starts versus a team with a winning record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New York Yankees are coming off a thrilling come-from-behind victory over the Baltimore Orioles and now host the AL West-leading Texas Rangers this weekend Texas Rangers at New York Yankees Texas claimed its first American League pennant after defeating New York in six games last fall and winning two of three at Yankee Stadium.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[675,2801,4861,149,771],"class_list":["post-14933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-alex-rodriguez","tag-ivan-nova","tag-matt-harrison","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-texas-rangers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14934,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14933\/revisions\/14934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}