Rangers at Tigers Odds 2011 ALCS Predictions Game 5: The Texas Rangers can put this American League Championship Series versus the Detroit Tigers to rest with a win today (4:15 p.m. ET), now up 3-to-1 in this – best of seven – series. The Rangers need one win to ice this thing while the Tigers must win out if they plan on being in the 2011 World Series. Looking to stay alive; Detroit turns to 2011 AL Cy Young Award favorite Justin Verlander to start the game while the Rangers give the ball to their dependable left-hander C.J. Wilson. The Tigers are listed as -153 MLB Odds favorites for today's game with a 7.0-run total.
The Tigers will keep Verlander on regular rest after two rain delays shortened his Game 1 outing to four innings of three-run ball over 82 pitches. He beat the Yankees at Comerica Park last week in the American League Division Series. Verlander finished the regular season with the best record in the American League at 24-5 to go along with a 2.40 ERA.
Wilson allowed two runs in 4 2/3 innings in his Game 1 start and is now 1-3 with a 4.76 ERA in six postseason starts. He has made just one regular-season start vs. the Tigers in the past two years, allowing four runs in 6 2/3 innings on April 12.
With Wilson the starter; online sportsbook Bodog.eu lists the Rangers as +139 underdogs for Game 5. Texas is giving -160 at +1 1/2 on the Run Line while bettors are getting +140 on the Tigers Run Line at -1 1/2. The price of an over-7 wager is -115 while the under is going for -105.
Some trends bettors should think about when preparing their card: The Rangers have gone 12-and-2 through their last 14 games and are 6-1 SU in its last seven games on the road, counting Wednesday's Games-4. While the total has gone UNDER in nine of the Rangers last 13 games when playing at Detroit, the total has gone UNDER in four of the Rangers last five games on the road.
Detroit is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games and the total has gone OVER in six of the Tigers last eight games at home where the Tigers have gone 6-1 SU in their last seven games in Comerica Park. The Tigers have had plenty of success at home versus the Rangers winning five of their last six games at home. Get $50 in Free MLB Picks Here.
MLB Odds ALCS Game 5: Favorite – Detroit Tigers -154 ML; Underdog – Texas Rangers +139; combined total (over/under) 7.0
