Rangers vs Rays Game 1 MLB Playoffs 2010 Picks, Predictions & Odds: The best team in the American League, the Tampa Bay Rays, who finished the regular season as champions of the American League East, will play the AL West victors, the Texas Rangers who are making their first MLB playoffs appearance in 11 years, in the American League Divisional Series. These two clubs only played head to head six times over the long season and Tampa won four of the six. The Rays swept the Rangers in the three games played in Tropicana Field at Tampa Bay while the Rangers took two of three in Arlington. First pitch is set to start the game at 1:30 pm ET.
The starting pitcher for Tampa Bay is expected to be left-handed pitching phenom David Price. The Rays left-hander is a top Cy Young candidate in 2010 with a 19-6 record to go along with a 2.72 ERA. Countering for the Rangers is former Cy Young award winner Cliff Lee. Lee was 12-9 in the regular season with a 3.18 ERA.
A left-hander, Lee was 4-0 with a 1.56 ERA in five playoff starts for the Phillies last year. He's the only one of the Rangers' four starters with postseason experience. He's 6-5 with a 2.87 ERA in 13 career starts vs. the Rays (3-2 with a 3.86 ERA at Tropicana).
Early betting trends show the the public is nearly split with a slight 54 percent majority favoring the Rays on the money line for today's Game-1, with 46 percent betting on Texas. The public is wagering on a low scoring game, with 66 percent wagering on the UNDER-7.
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