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May, 04 2008 4:05pm EST
MONEYLINE: Oakland Athletics -152
WIN for +0.66 unit(s)

Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics

--This IS A SHARK SYSTEM Premium Play! The Record is 17-0 and this is game one of series nineteen! The Texas Rangers sit at 13-18 after winning two of the three games against Oakland, In Oakland. Only twice since 1999 have the Rangers won 3 straight in Oakland. Today, will not be another one of those days as they face a left handed pitcher, a matchup where they have only won once out of five tries this season. Lefties have dominated the Rangers this year holding them to an average of 2.11 runs while getting support of 4.98. The Rangers have a batting average of .201 against left handers and do not match up well with Oakland today one bit. Scott Feldman comes out of relief to make a starting appearance. This season he has gone 12 innings and has a ERA of 6.00. Feldman has walked 5 and struck out 7 in 3 games of work. He is giving up an opponent on-base percentage of .389 and has seen his team lose all three games where he has thrown a pitch. Greg Smith is having a great debut season going 2-1 through 5 starts holding and ERA of 2.71. Opponents have a .281 OBP and Smith averages just 14.1 pitches per inning. Oakland has won four of the five games he has pitched in and has averaged 7.5 runs per start at home with Smith on the mound. Take the Oakland Athletics to avoid being swept at home today.

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