At 3:35 pm our selection is on the Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics 'under' the total. If the Rangers can get righthander Scott Feldman three more starts this season, and if those three starts can all be on the road, then Feldman has a great chance to become the fourth 20-game winner in Rangers history. His 17 wins are the second most by a Rangers pitcher this decade behind 18 won by Kenny Rogers in 2004 but consider this amazing statistic: Feldman is 12-1 with a 2.58 ERA in 15 games, including 14 starts, on the road this season. To be victorious in that high a percentage of road starts is almost unheard of. Oakland's 21-year-old rookie lefthander Brett Anderson also has a chance to make his mark this season. If Anderson can get just three more strikeouts -- he should be able to do that this afternoon against the free-swinging Rangers -- then he will set the Oakland rookie season record for strikeouts at 142. He seems to be in a strikeout mood lately also, having just fanned a career-high 10 over six shutout innings in his last start against the Indians. He was taken out after 89 pitches because he's passed his career high in innings pitched. It was Anderson's third win in three starts this month, and his command has been tremendous of late: He's averaging one walk over his past six assignments. Finally, the Rangers have gone 'under' the total in 19 of Feldman's 27 starts, and Texas is also 36-15 'under' vs. lefties this year. Take the 'under'. As always, good luck...Al McMordie.
Big Al 9/24
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