4 Unit Play. #974. Take the Texas Rangers -1.5 (-105) over the Minnesota Twins (Thursday @ 8:05pm est). I'm not a huge fan of the run-line but given that the Rangers come off back to back losses to the Twins and with Holland on the mound for them I expect them to do well. Bear in mind the Rangers were up 4-1 yesterday prior to Millwood giving up four runs before his exit and ended up losing 4-5. This team is in the playoff hunt and certainly cannot afford to drop 3 of 4 games to the Twins at home. I look for them to bounce-back today behind Holland who has pitched very well of late including a complete game shutout of the Angels on the road and defeating Boston by going 6 innings and yielding just 2 runs. The Rangers are 10-2 in their last 12 home games and the Twins are 0-4 vs. a left hander of late. The Rangers have quite a bit of frustration of late and they will look to take it out on Swarzak who has given up 16 runs in his last 8 innings.
4 Unit Play. Take Over 166 between the San Antonio Silver Stars @ Atlanta Dream (Thursday @ 7:30pm est). There has been a sharp spike in the total since its opening. You should be able to find a few 165.5's as well so keep an eye out for that. The Silver Stars are quite good at winning games ouright on the road as evdient by their SU wins at Minnesota and at LA. Given that these two teams have not met each other this year, this game will likely be an up and down game which the Silver Stars don't mind playing on the road. After all, the game in Phoenix totaled 178 on the road and the game in Minnesota totaled 176 on the road - two teams that run the same pace for the most part as the Dream. Atlanta has been playing very well as they have covered their last 8 of 10 and won their last 7 of 10 straight up. The Dream are 4-1 to the Over against the Western Conference of late and San Antonio is 6-1 to the Over against the Eastern Conference. I have this game at 172 today so let's roll with the over.
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