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Texas Rangers at New York Yankees

[7:05 PM ET] |

Team Tips	Top Trends	Key Injuries
Rangers: The Rangers are 9-25 in their last 34 games versus the Yankees. Right-hander Kevin Millwood (9-8, 3.48 ERA) seeks his second win in nine career starts against New York. The Rangers are 9-27 in Millwood’s past 36 road outings. Millwood struggled in his last appearance, giving up five earned runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings versus Minnesota on Wednesday. He has only one victory in his last eight starts. Millwood is 1-4 with a 4.50 ERA in eight career starts against the Yankees entailing 48 innings. Texas has switched first basemen, calling up Chris Davis to start and putting slumping Hank Blalock on the bench. Davis was batting .312 in Triple A, while Blalock was batting .238 and had just seven hits in his last 43 at bats. The Rangers have won 10 of their last 13 games against American League East clubs. PROJECTED SCORE: 4	The Under is 47-19-4 in the Rangers’ last 70 games.	Jarrod Saltalamacchia (arm) is on the DL.
Yankees (-$1.85,O/U 9.5): New York is 27-9 since the All-Star break. The Yankees have won 10 of their past 11 series since the break and 15 of the last 17 series during the past two months. They have won 25 of the last 32 times they’ve faced a right-hander. Hideki Matsui has three homers and seven RBIs in five games versus Texas. Right-hander Joba Chamberlain (8-3, 3.98 ERA) is making his first start since Aug. 16. Chamberlain was the loser in his last start, a 10-3 loss to Seattle. The 23-year-old surrendered four runs on seven hits in five innings. He is 1-1 with a 6.75 ERA in his last three starts. Chamberlain had a no-decision in his lone start versus Texas this year giving up three runs in four innings back in late May at Texas. The Yankees are 14-2 in Chamberlain’s last 16 starts at Yankee Stadium. PROJECTED SCORE: 6 (Side of the Day)	The Over is 17-8-2 in New York’s last 27 games versus American League West teams. The Over has cashed 8 of the last 10 times when Chamberlain has started.	Brett Gardner (finger) is on the DL.

MLB:

Houston Astros at St. Louis Cardinals

[8:15 PM ET] |

Team Tips	Top Trends	Key Injuries
Astros: The Astros are 4-1 in their last five games, but now take to the road. Houston has lost 12 of its past 16 road games. The Astros are 1-7 in their last eight games against the Cardinals in St. Louis. Wandy Rodriguez is 12-7 on the season with a 2.89 ERA. The southpaw is 7-1 with a 2.38 ERA in his last 11 starts. He defeated the Marlins at home on Thursday, 4-1. Rodriguez pitched eight innings allowing one run and four hits. Rodriguez is 1-2 with a 3.18 ERA in four starts in St. Louis. Rodriguez has been much better at home going 7-2 with a 1.73 ERA compared to 5-5 with a 4.21 ERA on the road. Houston is 6-20 in Rodriguez’s last 26 road starts when playing teams with a winning record. The teams are 18-6-1 to the under in their last 25 meetings. PROJECTED SCORE: 3	The Over is 6-1 in Houston’s last seven road games.	Mike Hampton (shoulder) is on the DL.
Cardinals (-$1.70, O/U 7): Despite batting just .223 the Cardinals went 5-2 on their recently concluded 5-2 road trip. They may not need to score too much with Adam Wainwright (14-7, 2.61 ERA) on the mound. Wainwright goes for a career-high 15th win and is 1-1 with a 1.50 ERA in two starts versus Houston this year. The right-hander has a 1.44 ERA in his last 11 outings. He has issued just one walk this month in four starts. Wainwright pitches deep into games, too, going at least six innings in each of his last 24 starts. The Cardinals are 39-16 in Wainwright’s past 55 starts. St. Louis is 7-1 in Wainwright’s past eight starts versus the Astros. St. Louis has won nine of its last 11 when facing a left-handed starter. Albert Pujols is just 3-for-25 (.133) in his career facing Wandy Rodriguez. St. Louis is 19-6 in its last 25 games. PROJECTED SCORE: 5 (OVER - Total of the Day)	The Under is 13-4-1 in St. Louis’ last 18 home games.	Kyle Lohse (groin) is on the DL.