The ballpark in Arlington has been fertile ground for run scoring this year, as it often is most years. So much so that it ranks only second behind the new Yankee Stadium in ballpark OPS rankings, at .905. Contributing to that is a Texas team that has hit a massive .940 OPS for the year on their own, when playing at home.
This prolific Texas team also loves to hit lefties this year, to the tune of an .875 OPS - right handed mashers Ian Kinsler, Michael Young, Nelson Cruz and even Andruw Jones have all taken turns putting up large games. Meanwhile, Oakland bats have been rather underwhelming overall this year; but, they have averaged more than 5 runs per game in their last three.
What really sets this Free Baseball Bet up nicely is the weak starting pitching duo taking the hill. Texas hitters have ripped Outman to the tune of a .924 OPS and a .367 BA. Meanwhile, the big three hitters of Oakland, Giambi/Cust/Holliday, have put up equally similar strength OPS numbers against Padilla - plus, two of the OAK hitters Padilla has actually pitched well against, Ellis and Chavez, appear to be out of the lineup today. Thus far in the year 2009, Outman has posted a brutal 6.71 FIP and Padilla has put up a near equally bad 5.98 FIP. Neither of these pitchers seem poised to turn that around today.
Taking this all into consideration, the following wager is worth the price:
OVER 10.5 -125
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