Twins at Rangers MLB Odds & Picks: The Texas Rangers and Minnesota Twins continue their four game set, between the AL Central and West Division leaders, at Rangers Stadium Thursday (8:05 pm ET). The Twins have fallen to the Rangers in the first two games of the series. C.J. Wilson will get the start for Texas. The Rangers left-hander is 12-5 on the season with a 3.02 ERA. Countering Wilson for Minnesota is left-hander Brian Duensing who is 7-1 with a 1.92 ERA.
MLB oddsmakers at Wilson is unbeaten in seven starts since July 11, and it will be hard for him to improve on his last outing, when he allowed three hits in eight innings in a 2-0 win over the O's on Friday. In that game, Wilson retired 18 of his final 19 batters.
Lee is 0-2 with an 8.24 ERA in his past three starts, and the Rangers are 3-6 in his nine starts with the club. He's 2-1 with a 3.02 ERA in five games at the Ballpark in Arlington this year. He's 8-3 with a 3.40 ERA in 18 career starts vs. the Twins.
Michael Young drove in the winning run as the Rangers defeated the Twins 4-3 on Tuesday. The Rangers won the game as -140 favorites, while the seven runs went UNDER the posted 8.5 total set by Bodog. Andres Blanco went 2-for-3 with one run batted in for the Rangers, while Darren Oliver tossed the win in relief. Neftali notched his 32nd save with a scoreless ninth. Carl Pavano suffered a complete-game loss for the Twins, giving up eight hits and four runs.
MLB Picks: Take the UNDER on the posted 8.5 total.
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