MLB : Rangers vs. Reds
Jun 15, 2019| final | ML | OU | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rangers | 106 | 9 | 4 |
| Reds | -116 | 3 |
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| Larry Ness | ||
| MLB | Jun 15 Rangers vs Reds |
Rangers 0110 at 5Dimes |
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| My free play is on the Tex Rangers at 7:10 ET. Texas made back-to-back World Series appearances in 2010 and 2011 (lost both), to begin a seven-year stretch in which the Rangers made the playoffs in FIVE of seven seasons. However, Texas would go 78-84 in 2017 and then 67-95 in 2018. That said, the 37-32 Rangers find themselves squarely in the thick of the American League playoff race thanks to their strong play over the last month. Texas currently owns the second AL wild card position, although FIVE teams are within 3 1/2 games of them. The Rangers won 7-1 Friday night at Cincinnati, giving Texas its 20th victory in its last 30 games. As for the Reds, they fell to 30-37. They are one percentage point back of 31-38 Pittsburgh, falling back into last place in the NL Central, one day after ending a 58-day stretch in the cellar. Mike Minor (5-4, 2.52 ERA) and Tanner Roark (4-5, 3.74 ERA) square off in Saturday's middle contest of the three-game series. Minor is a former first-round pick who made 65 relief appearances for KC in 2017 but the Rangers put him back in the starting rotation in 2018. He made 28 starts last year, going 12-8 with a 4.18 ERA. Here in 2019, he's been the team's best starter. He is winless in his last four outings but has logged quality starts in FOUR of his past five starts, including Monday's no-decision at Boston in which he held the Red Sox to two runs and fanned six over eight innings. Minor allowed SIX runs in his season debut on March 28, but he has limited the opposition to two runs or less in 10 of his 13 trips to the mound! Roark is in his first season in Cincinnati, after spending the past six years with the Washington Nationals. He lost for the FOURTH time in his last five starts last Saturday at Philadelphia, allowing four runs through five innings.That said, Roark's pitched better than his record, as prior to allowing four ERs in each of his last two outings, he had allowed three ERs or less in 10 of his first 11 starts of 2019. He owns a 2.08 ERA in two career starts vs the Rangers but has lost BOTH games. Love the way Texas is playing and Minor over Roark gets me on the Rangers in this one. Good luck...Larry |
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