Data Skrive:
Following a four-hit effort last time out, Ryan McMahon leads the Colorado Rockies (11-28) into action as +127 underdogs against the Texas Rangers (22-19). First pitch from Coors Field at 3:10 PM ET on Sunday, live on BSSW. Jose Urena starts for Texas while Ty Blach is Colorado’s starter for the contest.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $33.33
Rangers to win vs Rockies -150
Rangers vs. Rockies Betting Lines
- Favorite: Rangers (-150)
- Underdog: Rockies (+127)
- Over/under: 11
Rangers vs. Rockies Betting Insights
- The Rangers have won in 13, or 54.2%, of the 24 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- This season Texas has come away with a win four times in eight chances when named as a favorite of at least -150 on the moneyline.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rangers have a 60% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Rockies have an 11-28 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 28.2% of those games).
- When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +127 or longer, Colorado has a 7-21 record (winning only 25% of its games).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Rockies have an implied win probability of 44.1%.
Rangers vs. Rockies Hitting Leaders
- Marcus Semien is batting .280 with seven home runs and 29 RBI for Texas this season.
- Including all hitters in Major League Baseball, Semien is 31st in homers and 10th in RBI.
- Adolis Garcia leads Texas in home runs (eight) and runs batted in (30) this season while batting .253.
- Elias Diaz has a team-high batting average of .320 and paces the Rockies in runs batted in (21).
- Diaz is 134th in homers and 46th in RBI among all batters in MLB.
- McMahon’s five home runs and 21 RBI both lead his team.
Rangers vs. Rockies Pitching Rankings
- The Rangers average 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-most in the league.
- The Rangers have pitched to a 4.09 ERA this season, which ranks 19th in baseball.
- Rangers pitchers have a 1.260 WHIP this season, 14th in the majors.
- The 6.8 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Rockies pitching staff ranks last in MLB.
- Colorado has the bottom-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (5.38).
- Pitchers for the Rockies combine for the worst WHIP in the majors (1.543).