Philadelphia Phillies vs Texas Rangers Prediction, Pick and Preview, June 21 (6/21): MLB

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The Phillies and Texas Rangers will play game 1 of their second series on Tuesday at Globe Life Field in Texas, The Rangers have won the first series 2-0 which was in Philadelphia earlier in the season with scores of 6-4 and 2-1 respectively.

Philadelphia Phillies 

The Phillies are in a really good form right now as they have won their last series Vs the Nationals 4-1 games scoring 28 run and allowing 20 runs in those 5 games, they also won the series before that against the Marlins 2-1 games. Phillies haven't beaten Texas Rangers in ages as they have lost the last 7 games Vs them and this game won't be any easier on them. Phillies are the 2nd in runs scored and 20th in runs allowed this season.

Probable pitcher:

Kyle Gibson (4-2, 4.04 ERA) will be on the mound for the Phillies in game 1 on Tuesday, Gibson's last start was against Miami Marlins and he went 8 innings allowing 1 earned run and had 6 strikeouts in a game that ended as a 3-1 win for the Phillies.

Texas Rangers 

Texas aren't in their best form as of right now as they won the first two game Vs the Tigers in their last series then proceeded to lose the last two games while allowing 21 runs in those two games only. I expect the pitching to be much better for the Rangers in this game with Martin Perez pitching. Rangers are 18th in runs scored and also 18th in runs allowed this season.

Probable pitcher:

Martin Perez (4-2, 2.1 ERA) will be in the mound for the Rangers in game 1 on Tuesday, Martin's last start was against Detroit Tigers and he went 7 innings allowing 1 earned run and had 5 strikeouts in a game that ended as a 3-1 win for the Rangers.

Betting Trends

Philadelphia Phillies have gone Over the total in 13 of last 19 games.

Philadelphia Phillies are 5-1 Straight up last 6 games.

Philadelphia Phillies are 0-7 Straight up last 7 games Vs the Rangers.

Texas Rangers are 2-4 Straight up last 6 games.

Texas Rangers are 5-0 Straight up last 5 home games Vs the Phillies.

Texas Rangers have gone under the total in 7 of last 9 home games.

Prediction

This will be an interesting game to see if the Phillies will break the Rangers dominance in this matchup in the recent games between them, Phillies are in a better form right now but the Rangers are playing at home. I like the Under in this game as we have two good pitchers and the Rangers have had a lot of unders lately especially at home, so give me the under in this game.

PICK: Total Under 8.5 (-105).

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