Dirty's Online Gambling Headlines: Blue Jays and Rangers Tangle in Texas

Rangers Looking to Keep Astros in Sight

The Toronto Blue Jays and the Texas Rangers will battle on Monday when they meet at Globe Life Park. The Rangers are trying to find some consistency so they can keep the Houston Astros in sight. The Astros hold an 11-game lead over the Rangers.

What has to bother the Rangers is they have won seven of their last ten games and still are 11 games behind the Astros. This is even with the Astros having a depleted starting rotation. That rotation is about to get healthy again and that could spell real trouble for the AL West.

The Blue Jays will pin their hopes on the pitching of right hander Marco Estrada in this game. Estrada has a 4-5 record and a 4.54 ERA this season. Estrada has struggled throughout June. He has lost all three of his starts. Estrada has not pitched more than 5 2/3 innings in any of them. He has a 12.08 ERA in June. He was blasted by Tampa Bay for six runs on 2 hits in 3 1/3 innings in his last start.

The Rangers will counter Estrada with Austin Bibens-Dirkx. Right hander Bibens-Dirkx has a 3.28 ERA to go along with a 2-0 record this season. Bibens-Dirkx played a big role in the recent rotation surge for the Rangers. In his last start, gainst the Washington Nationals, he allowed a leadoff homer in the bottom of the first. That was the lone run he allowed in seven innings. He picked up his first victory as a starter.

Rangers and Jays are Pretty Even

Oddsmakers opened the Blue Jays as -119-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, while the game's total opened at 11. The Jays are now -115-moneyline favorites. The total has dropped to 10.5.

Texas lost its last outing, a 7-3 result against the Seattle Mariners on June 18. Bettors who backed the Mariners at 175 on the moneyline won on the day, and the total score (10) sent UNDER bettors to the payout window.

The Blue Jays were a 7-3 winner in their most recent outing on the road against the Chicago White Sox. That made winners of bettors who got Toronto at -210 on the moneyline, while the total score (10) was good news for OVER bettors.

Team	record	money	vs LHP	vs RHP	Fave	Dog	O/U	Diff
Toronto	33-35	-$430.00	5-11	28-24	23-21	10-14	32-32-4	-0.25
Texas	34-34	$107.00	8-7	26-27	19-9	15-25	31-36-1	0.19

M Estrada (4-5) ERA: 4.54

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Jun 13, 2017	TB	L	1-8	O	3.1	-$100.00
Jun 6, 2017	OAK	L	1-4	U	5.2	-$100.00
Jun 1, 2017	NYY	L	2-12	O	3.2	-$100.00

Austin Bibens-Dirkx (2-0) ERA: 3.28

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Jun 11, 2017	WSH	W	5-1	U	7	$231.00
May 31, 2017	TB	L	5-7	O	4.2	-$100.00

Toronto's relievers have pitched 12.1 innings in the last 3 games.
Texas's relievers have pitched 11 innings in the last 3 games.

Toronto Blue Jays - M Estrada

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
May 27, 2017	3-1	TOR	6	4	1	1	1	8	Win
Oct 6, 2016	10-1	TOR	8.1	4	1	1	0	6	Win
May 14, 2016	6-5	TEX	6	5	5	4	4	5	No Decision
May 3, 2016	3-1	TOR	6	2	1	1	1	3	No Decision
Oct 11, 2015	5-1	TOR	6.1	5	1	1	0	4	Win

Texas Rangers - Austin Bibens-Dirkx

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
No Recent Starts vs. Opponent.

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	O/U	Away Pitcher	Home Pitcher	Away Hits	Home Hits	Away Walks	Home Walks	Away Strikeouts	Home Strikeouts
May 28, 2017	TEX	3	TOR	1	-175	9	U	Andrew Cashner (R)	Joe Biagini (R)	10	7	2	2	9	3
May 27, 2017	TEX	1	TOR	3	-107	7.5	U	Yu Darvish (R)	Marco Estrada (R)	6	7	1	4	12	7
May 26, 2017	TEX	6	TOR	7	-142	9.5	O	A.J. Griffin (R)	Mike Bolsinger (R)	10	9	5	5	8	9
Oct 9, 2016	TEX	6	TOR	7	-192	9	O	Colby Lewis (R)	Aaron Sanchez (R)	4	10	4	4	9	9
Oct 7, 2016	TOR	5	TEX	3	-137	8	P	J.A. Happ (L)	Yu Darvish (R)	6	13	2	3	7	7
Oct 6, 2016	TOR	10	TEX	1	-113	9.5	O	Marco Estrada (R)	Cole Hamels (L)	13	4	6	0	2	6
May 15, 2016	TOR	6	TEX	7	157	9	O	Aaron Sanchez (R)	Cesar Ramos (L)	12	9	4	5	6	6
May 14, 2016	TOR	5	TEX	6	124	9	O	Marco Estrada (R)	Colby Lewis (R)	10	9	1	4	9	7
May 13, 2016	TOR	5	TEX	0	113	10	U	R.A. Dickey (R)	Martin Perez (L)	9	3	4	1	4	6
May 5, 2016	TEX	2	TOR	12	-194	8.5	O	Derek Holland (L)	J.A. Happ (L)	9	15	1	6	7	0

Toronto Blue Jays 33-35
Toronto is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games
Toronto is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games on the road
Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Texas
Toronto is 13-4 SU in its last 17 games when playing on the road against Texas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 6 games when playing on the road against Texas

Texas Rangers 34-34
Texas is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games
Texas is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Texas's last 10 games
Texas is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Texas's last 13 games at home
Texas is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Toronto
Texas is 4-13 SU in its last 17 games when playing at home against Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Texas's last 6 games when playing at home against Toronto

Toronto Blue Jays

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Jun 18, 2017	CHW	7-3	W	-210	9.5	J Happ	6.2	J Shields	H
Jun 17, 2017	CHW	2-5	L	-222	9	M Stroman	7	M Pelfrey	H
Jun 16, 2017	CHW	4-11	L	-200	9	Joe Biagini	1	J Quintana	H
Jun 14, 2017	TB	7-6	W	-141	8.5	F Liriano	7	J Odorizzi	H
Jun 13, 2017	TB	1-8	L	-147	8.5	M Estrada	3.1	Jacob Faria	H

Texas Rangers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Jun 18, 2017	SEA	3-7	L	-186	10.5	Y Darvish	5	C Bergman	H
Jun 17, 2017	SEA	10-4	W	-131	12	M Perez	5.1	Y Gallardo	H
Jun 16, 2017	SEA	10-4	W	-101	10	T Ross	5.2	J Paxton	H
Jun 14, 2017	HOU	2-13	L	130	9.5	A Cashner	4	Francis Martes	A
Jun 13, 2017	HOU	4-2	W	178	9.5	N Martinez	6	B Peacock	A