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Championship series rematch in Texas
The Texas Rangers beat
the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series last
fall, and both teams are in first place in their respective
divisions this season as they get ready to meet for a three-game
series in Arlington starting Friday night.
That series headlines the first weekend of May baseball at
oddsmaker.ag.
Also this weekend the Cincinnati Reds, who sit a game and a half out
of first place in the NL Central, are in Chicago for three games
with the Cubs at Wrigley Field; the NL East-leading Philadelphia
Phillies host the Atlanta Braves for three games at Citizens Bank
Park; the apparently cash-strapped Los Angeles Dodgers are in New
York for three games with the Mets at Citi Field; the NL
Central-leading St. Louis Cardinals host the struggling Milwaukee
Brewers for three games; the best team in the American League so far
this season, the Cleveland Indians, are out west for three games
with the Los Angeles Angels; and in an NL West clash the defending
World Series champion San Francisco Giants host the Colorado Rockies
for three games.
The Yankees got shut out Wednesday in Detroit on four hits by Max
Scherzer, and have lost two of the first three games of that
four-game series that concludes Thursday. So other than a 12-run
outburst against the White Sox last week the Yanks are averaging
less than three runs per game over their last nine games. New York,
however, still leads the AL East by two games over the second-place
Tampa Bay Rays.
Texas, meanwhile, won in Seattle on Wednesday 5-2 after losing the
first two games of that four-game series that ends Thursday. The
Rangers are now 8-12 since OF Josh Hamilton went on the disabled
list with a broken bone in his upper arm. Texas, though, is tied
with the Angels for first place in the AL West at 17-14.
Three weeks ago the Yankees took two of three games from the Rangers
in New York. Two of those games played UNDER their totals on the
oddsmaker.ag baseball betting boards.
Last year Texas and the Yankees split eight games during the regular
season. The Rangers then eliminated New York in six games in the
ALCS.
As of Thursday morning oddsmaker.ag is listing the Yankees at +300
to win the American League pennant this season, with Texas at +550.
And New York is getting +600 on Oddsmaker's updated 2011 World
Series betting board, with the Rangers listed at +1,000. |
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