The Detroit Tigers are on the road at the Texas Rangers on Wednesday. The Tigers have won the first two games of this series on the road. With the win on Tuesday, Detroit is now 31-30 on the season. The Tigers are in third place in the American League Central, only ahead of the Chicago White Sox.
For Texas, they are now 29-32 on the season. The Rangers have lost back to back games and 6 out of their last 10 overall. The Rangers are in second place in the American League West, trailing the Seattle Mariners.
The Texas Rangers are -130 over the Detroit Tigers in this game on Wednesday
Pitching Matchup
Detroit plans to go with Kenta Maeda in this game. Maeda has made 9 starts on the season, and is 2-2. He sits with an ERA of 6.25 on the season. He has allowed 10 homeruns in 40.1 innings this season.
For Texas, Jose Urena will get the nod. Urena is 1-5 on the season. He holds a 3.75 earned run average on the season. Urena has thrown 45.2 innings, and struck out 31 batters, while walking 15. His last start was on May 31st at Miami.
Bats in Play for Detroit
The Tigers banged out just six hits in the win on Tuesday. The biggest day came from Zack McKinstry, who hit his first home run of the season, and also tripled in the game. Jack Flaherty picked up the win for the Tigers with five strong innings.
The Tigers still are in the middle of the pack in most offensive categories. Detroit is hitting .234 as a team. The Tigers have hit 55 homeruns, and are scoring 4.3 runs per game. The top Tigers bats are Riley Greene, with 10 homeruns, and Matt Vierling, who is hitting just shy of .300 on the season.
Texas Scuffling
The Texas Rangers in their last 8 losses have scored just a total of 17 runs. When Texas goes dry, the offense really finds their struggles. On the season, the Rangers are scoring 4.4 runs per game. That ranks 10th in all of Major League Baseball. The Rangers are hitting .243 as well.
The top Rangers bats have been Corey Seager and Marcus Semien. Seager is hitting .272, and Semien is up to .263. Adolis Garcia is at .231 on the season, but is tied with Seager for the team lead with 13 homeruns.
Rangers Bounce Back
The Texas Rangers know they need to get back on track. They have time, but need to start playing better baseball soon. The Rangers still have a ton of bats up and down their lineup. Wel like the Rangers to get those bats going in this game.
We are going to take the Texas Rangers -130 over the Detroit Tigers here. Enjoy the game and best of luck with all your Major League Baseball betting!
