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<\/a>Tampa Bay finished off its recent six-game homestand with a 3-3 record, suffering a 4-2 setback to the Oakland Athletics on Saturday afternoon.\u00a0 The Rays received a rare off day on Sunday, posting a 14-5 record during a stretch of 19 days without such an event.\u00a0 \u201cYou can\u2019t win them all,\u201d commented Rays manager Joe Maddon.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m really pleased with our surge right now.\u201d\u00a0 The club is 21-11 versus AL West opponents this year, which is the best such mark in the majors.\u00a0 Tampa Bay is 8-7 on the road with a money line of -100 to -125, with the \u201cunder\u201d going 8-7 in those contests.<\/p>\n
Rays starting pitcher David Price (16-4, 2.28 ERA) didn\u2019t factor into the decision of a 1-0 home loss to the Kansas City Royals last time out, allowing three hits over eight shutout innings.\u00a0 The left-hander is 9-2 with a 2.93 ERA in 13 road outings, surrendering nine home runs in 83 frames.\u00a0 In seven career starts versus the Rangers, Price has compiled a disappointing 1-3 record and 5.22 ERA, but earned a 5-2 road win on April 29.<\/p>\n
Texas managed to win three of four against the Minnesota Twins, but ended up on the losing end of a 6-5 decision on Sunday afternoon, which dropped its lead to 5.5 games over the Oakland Athletics in the AL West standings.\u00a0 The Rangers are hoping Nelson Cruz can lead the offense against one of baseball\u2019s best pitchers, going 5-for-10 with a home run when facing Price in his career.\u00a0 Texas is 11-6 as a home underdog of +100 to +125 the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n
Rangers starting pitcher Derek Holland (8-6, 4.92 ERA) has led the club to three consecutive victories, including a 12-3 home win over the Baltimore Orioles in his last effort.\u00a0 The left-hander is 4-4 with a 5.43 ERA in 12 home appearances (11 starts), issuing 22 walks and striking out 63 batters in 71.1 frames.\u00a0 In six lifetime outings versus the Rays, Holland has registered a 3-2 record and 6.49 ERA.<\/p>\n
Sports bettors will likely back the Rays due to their 23-7 mark in Price\u2019s last 30 starts as a road favorite, while the Rangers are 3-14 in Holland\u2019s last 17 outings as an underdog of +110 to +150.<\/p>\n
Make sure to check out our Major League Baseball picks<\/a> all season long and get the most up-to-date betting odds at Bookmaker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Tampa Bay Rays (70-57) and Texas Rangers (75-52) will open up an important American League series on Monday night at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, with the first pitch scheduled for 8:05 ET on ESPN Tampa Bay Rays at Texas Rangers\u00a0 Tampa Bay finished off its recent six-game homestand with a 3-3 record, suffering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[151,397,1648,1749,150,771],"class_list":["post-24548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-american-league","tag-david-price","tag-derek-holland","tag-rangers-ballpark","tag-tampa-bay-rays","tag-texas-rangers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24548","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=24548"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24552,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24548\/revisions\/24552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}