Cajun Sports MLB 2* Complimentary Selection- Tuesday
Date/Time: Tuesday April 28 / 8:05PM EST
Sport/Type: MLB / Side
Game: Oakland A’s @ Texas Rangers
Graded Selection: 2* Texas Rangers -150
Analysis:
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington will be the site of tonight’s American League clash between the host Texas Rangers and the visiting Oakland Athletics. The A’s are 7-10 W/L on the year and 3-5 W/L on the road. Oakland will send Brett Anderson to the bump with his 0-2 record in three starts and an ERA of 5.89. He struggled in his only road start of the season in Gotham going 5.3 innings giving up five earned runs on nine hits with three homeruns and two strikeouts in a 9 to 7 loss. The team he faces tonight averages 7.9 runs at home and 10.2 runs against left-handers in four games this season batting .335 against them with an OBP of .385. Oakland is 20-41 their last sixty-one as a road underdog, 11-23 on the road versus teams with a winning record at home and 16-35 overall on the highway their last fifty-one. This A’s team has really found the going tough when facing right-handed starters on the highway posting a record of 8-21 their last twenty-nine in that situation. The Rangers will send right-hander Kevin Millwood to the mound with his 1-2 W/L record an ERA of 2.10 on the season. He is 1-1 at home with an ERA of 1.69 and has pitched well although his record does not reflect his strong performances to date. Millwood pitched a complete game against the Royals and Zack Greinke but lost 2 to 0, he gave up the two runs on five hits with three strikeouts, three bases on balls while his teammates failed to plate any runs with seven hits and leaving seven on base. That should change tonight as the Rangers are 41-13 W/L when favored in the price range of 150 to 200 and 5-1 when Millwood starts in that situation. The Rangers are 19-7 W/L the last twenty-six times Millwood has taken the bump at home and faced a team with a losing record. We also have a MLB System that tells us to Play Against MLB road underdogs in this price range with a team batting average of less than .265 and facing a starter whose ERA is below 4.20, with a starter who averages giving up one or more homeruns per start on the season. Playing against these underdogs has produced a record of 21-2 W/L over the last three seasons for a profit of +17.9 units. We will back the host here as the Rangers and Millwood take down the boys from the Bay on Tuesday night.

Graded Selection: 2* Texas Rangers 7 Oakland As 4