The Detroit Tigers (34-44) visit the Texas Rangers (48-31) Wednesday for the 3rd game of a 4-game series. First pitch from Globe Life Field is 8:05 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Tigers vs. Rangers odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Season series: Rangers lead 3-2
The Tigers and Rangers have split the first 2 games of the series with Texas picking up an 8-3 victory Tuesday and Detroit winning the series opener 7-2 on Monday.
Detroit is 3-3 in its last 6 games and 7-5 in its last 12 and sits 3rd in the AL Central, 4 1/2 games back of the division-leading Minnesota Twins.
The Rangers snapped a 3-game skid with their win on Tuesday. Texas is 6-4 in its last 10 games and leads the AL West by 5 games over the Los Angeles Angels.
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Tigers at Rangers projected starters
LHP Joey Wentz vs. RHP Dane Dunning
Wentz (1-8, 6.72 ERA) makes his 15th start and 16th appearance. He has a 1.58 WHIP, 3.9 BB/9 and 8.2 K/9 through 67 IP.
- Last start: Loss, 5 IP, 4 R (3 ER), 5 H, 4 BB, 4 K in 4-1 home loss vs. the Minnesota Twins Friday
- Vs. Texas on May 31: No-decision, 4 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 7 H, 1 BB, 5 K in a 3-2 Tigers win
- The Tigers are 1-5 in his last 6 starts
Dunning (6-1, 2.76 ERA) makes his 10th start and 18th appearance. He has a 1.17 WHIP, 2.6 BB/9 and 5.1 K/9 through 71 2/3 IP.
- Last start: No-decision, 7 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, 2 K in a 4-2 home win over the New York Yankees Friday
- 4-1 with 3.16 ERA over 9 starts since joining the rotation in May
- The Rangers are 5-4 in his 9 starts
Tigers at Rangers odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 8:51 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Tigers +180 (bet $100 to win $180) | Rangers -225 (bet $225 to win $100)
- Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Tigers +1.5 (-105) | Rangers -1.5 (-115)
- Over/Under (O/U): 9.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Tigers at Rangers picks and predictions
Prediction
Rangers 5, Tigers 2
Moneyline
The Tigers are 16-23 on the road compared to the Rangers’ 25-14 home record.
The Rangers have won 3 out of Dunning’s last 4 outings while the Tigers are 1-5 in Wentz’s last 6 starts and 1-6 in his last 7 appearances.
The pitching matchup overwhelmingly favors Texas but having to wager more than twice your potential return makes me want to look to the spread for better value instead.
PASS.
Run line/Against the spread
The Rangers are 49-30 ATS overall this season, the 2nd-best mark in the majors. Their last 9 wins, and 16 of their last 17, have been by at least 2 runs.
Eight of the Tigers’ last 10 losses have been by 2 or more runs. They are 41-37 ATS overall.
BET RANGERS -1.5 (-115).
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Over/Under
The series opener had 9 total runs followed by last night’s game of 11 total runs.
Only 2 of the 5 games between the 2 teams have had at least 10 total runs.
Three out of Wentz’ last 4 starts have not reached 10 total runs.
Three of Dunning’s last 5 outings have had 9 or fewer total runs.
Five of the Rangers’ last 6 games and 5 of the Tigers’ last 7 have had 9 or fewer runs.
BET UNDER 9.5 (-110).
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