PREMIUM
Day Game Blowout MLB
(MLB) White Sox (CWS) vs. Rangers (TEX),
Point Spread: -1.50 | -114.00 Rangers (TEX) (Home)
Result: Loss
Point Spread: -1.50 | -114.00 Rangers (TEX) (Home)
Result: Loss
#960 ASA PLAY ON Texas Rangers -1.5 on the Run Line (-125) over Chicago White Sox, Thursday at 2:35 PM ET - We have stayed away from this series after we got burned with a 1-run win in the first game of the series and we had the run line. Laying the -1.5 runs on the run line to avoid laying big prices always carries with it the risk of getting burned by a 1-run win but we like our chances for a home blowout in the series finale here. Texas is going for the sweep and Chicago has now lost 10 straight games! Note that the White Sox have scored only 2 runs per game last 11 games and the last 10 games in this low-scoring stretch have all been losses. 56 of 77 Chicago losses this season have come by a multi-run margin. Texas has scored 5 runs per game last 20 games and has won 11 of 15 games. Rangers build off the momentum of 3 straight wins in this series punctuated by the huge 10-2 win yesterday. We look for the Rangers to pull away as this game gets into the middle and later innings. The starting pitching match-up is expected to be Max Scherzer versus Jonathan Cannon. Scherzer is off a tougher start but it came against the league-best hitting Orioles. Now he faces the league-worst hitting White Sox! He takes advantage and dominates. Scherzer is still getting back to full strength after missing time with injury but this is a guy who has dominated for many years and facing light-hitting Chicago will help him round back into top form! As for Cannon, he is a rookie and is 0-3 with a 6.46 ERA in his road starts and opponents hitting .313 against him away from home. He catches the Rangers lineup confident off the 10-run outburst yesterday. The surge continues here in a home blowout. Lay it!