Guardians vs. Rangers odds, tips and betting trends

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16 September 2023

Guardians vs. Rangers odds, tips and betting trends

The Cleveland Guardians (70-78) will host the Texas Rangers (82-65), in the second game of a three-game series, Saturday at 6:10 PM ET.

The Guardians are favored (-122 on the moneyline) when they host the Rangers (+102). The matchup on the mound for this contest is set with the Cleveland Guardians looking to Tanner Bibee (10-4), and Dane Dunning (10-6) answering the bell for the Texas Rangers.

The Guardians defeated the Rangers 12-3 yesterday, with Lucas Giolito getting the win (7.0 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 12 K) and Ramon Laureano leading the way offensively (going 2-for-2 with a home run and an RBI). Jon Gray (3.2 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 3 K) took the loss for the Rangers.

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Cleveland Guardians vs. Texas Rangers Odds and Betting Lines

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Favorite: Guardians (-122, bet $122 to win $100)
Underdog: Rangers (+102, bet $100 to win $102)
Over/under: 8

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Guardians Stats and Trends

Guardians Betting Records

The Guardians have won 36, or 52.2%, of the 69 games they’ve played as favorites this season.
Cleveland has a record of 30-28 in games when bookmakers favor them by at least -122 on the moneyline.
Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Guardians have a 55% chance to win.
Cleveland’s games have gone over the total in 62 of its 146 chances.
In 146 games with a spread this season, the Guardians are 78-68-0 ATS.

Tanner Bibee (Guardians Probable Starter)

Bibee gets the start for the Guardians, his 25th of the season. He is 10-4 with a 3.03 ERA and 137 strikeouts in 136 2/3 innings pitched.
The righty’s most recent appearance came on Sunday against the Los Angeles Angels, when he tossed seven innings, surrendering two earned runs while giving up two hits.
In 24 games this season, the 24-year-old has an ERA of 3.03, with 9 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are batting .230 against him.
Bibee is trying to secure his 12th quality start of the season.
Bibee will try to continue a 16-game streak of going five or more innings (he’s averaging 5.7 frames per outing).
In three of his appearances this season he did not allow an earned run.
The opposing Rangers offense has a collective .267 batting average, and is second in the league with 1362 total hits and third in MLB play with 815 runs scored. It has the third-ranked slugging percentage (.456) and ranks sixth in home runs (209) in all of MLB.
Head-to-head against the Rangers this season, Bibee has pitched six innings, giving up two earned runs on five hits while striking out six.

Guardians Batting Stats

The Guardians’ 114 home runs rank last in MLB this season.
Hitters for Cleveland have combined to rank 28th in MLB with a slugging percentage of only .380 this season.
The Guardians have a team batting average of .248 this season, which ranks 15th among MLB teams.
Cleveland is among the lowest-scoring teams in the majors, ranking 27th with just 603 total runs (4.1 per game) this season.
The Guardians have an OBP of .311 this season, which ranks 23rd in MLB.
No team has fewer strikeouts this season than Cleveland, whose batters have struck out only 7.1 times per game on average.

Rangers Stats and Trends

Rangers Betting Records

The Rangers have been victorious in 23, or 51.1%, of the 45 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
This season, Texas has been victorious 14 times in 32 chances when named as an underdog of at least +102 or worse on the moneyline.
The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Rangers have a 49.5% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
Contests with Texas has gone over the total set by bookmakers in 78 of 147 chances this season.
The Rangers have an against the spread mark of 78-69-0 in 147 games with a line this season.

Dane Dunning (Rangers Probable Starter)

Dunning (10-6) gets the starting nod for the Rangers in his 23rd start of the season. He’s put together a 3.97 ERA in 152 2/3 innings pitched, with 122 strikeouts.
In his last time out on Monday, the right-hander went six innings against the Toronto Blue Jays, allowing three earned runs while surrendering six hits.
The 28-year-old has put up a 3.97 ERA and 7.2 strikeouts per nine innings during 31 games this season, while allowing a batting average of .254 to his opponents.
Dunning heads into the game with 11 quality starts under his belt this year.
Dunning is looking for his third straight appearance lasting five or more innings. He averages 4.9 frames per start.
He has had seven appearances this season that he kept his opponents to zero earned runs.
He will take the hill against a Guardians squad that is hitting .248 as a unit (15th in the MLB). They are also slugging a collective .380 (28th in the league) with 114 total home runs (30th in MLB action).
This season, the 28-year-old ranks 32nd in ERA (3.97), 37th in WHIP (1.276), and 45th in K/9 (7.2) among qualifying pitchers.

Rangers Batting Stats

The Rangers rank sixth in MLB action with 209 home runs. They average 1.4 per game.
So far this year, Texas is third in the majors, slugging .456.
The Rangers have the second-best batting average in the majors (.267).
The offense for Texas is No. 3 in baseball, scoring 5.5 runs per game (815 total runs).
The Rangers’ .339 on-base percentage is third-best in MLB.

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