ALDS - Game 2 Betting Odds: Rangers vs. Blue Jays

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Oct/07/2016

Gambling911.com has your ALDS Game 2 betting odds for the Rangers vs. Blue Jays.  Texas had a line of -122, Toronto was at +112  The total featured a number of either 8 or 8.5 depending on the book.

Today’s Game 2 Rangers vs. Blue Jays Head to Head Pitching

The pitching matchup for this game: Blue Jays LH J.A. Happ (20-4, 3.18 ERA) vs. Rangers RH Yu Darvish (7-5, 3.41)

Happ is coming off the best season of his career, winning 20 games (one of only three starting pitchers to do so this year).  He limited the Rangers to one run and six hits in seven innings in his only career appearance against Texas this past May.

Darvish allowed fewer than two runs in his last three starts.  He is 3-2 with a 2.45 ERA in seven career turns against the Blue Jays.

Rangers vs. Blue Jays Recent Head-to-Head History

Toronto is 12-4 in the last 16 meetings in Texas.  The Blue Jays are 8-3 in the last 11 meetings.

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The Blue Jays are 8-1 in Happ’s last 9 starts vs. American League West but it should be noted that Toronto is 1-9 in their last 10 games vs. a starter with a WHIP less than 1.15.

The Rangers are 8-2 in Darvish’s last 10 starts and 15-7 in his last 22 home starts.

- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com

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