This game is demonstrative of how important finding value is. Yes Clayton Kershaw is a stud and back to pitching like one.

But, Texas is 19-7 the last 26 including 4-1 last five. LA has lost 3-of-4 -3.1 units. Texas is 7-1 the last with with Wandy Rodriquez +8.3 units. He is an uncanny 1.89 ERA on the road with a .947 WHIP winning his last five for +7.5 on the highway.

Texas to teams with a winning record is 17-6 +17.2 units this season. Since last year they are 29-9 to teams with a winning record. They are 15-6 as a puppy including 7-0 to NL teams as an underdog.

In their last five games Texas has a slugging percentage edge of .097.