Chris Sale walked off the mound in St. Louis last Saturday, having thrown three shutout innings, confirmation that his second half is picking up right where a dominant first half left off. The left-hander carries a 2.20 ERA and a WHIP just over 1.1 into tonight, and against these Rangers specifically, he's been almost unfair, a 2.53 ERA and a winning record across parts of a decade and a half of facing them. Texas counters with Cal Quantrill, a bullpen arm pressed into rotation duty by injury, who's turned in a respectable four starts since the promotion but hasn't faced a lineup with this kind of pop. My mathematical model projections lean toward Atlanta by double digits, and it's not hard to see why: Sale against a fifth starter, at home, on a Friday, with the division lead on the line. The Braves haven't needed style points against Texas historically, and tonight looks like more of the same. Atlanta is the right side on the moneyline tonight.
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Who was the public on? 60% of the public money was on Atlanta Braves to win on the moneyline. And, 77% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Atlanta would win by a score of 5.6 to 4.4 with Atlanta winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 66% of the public money was on Atlanta Braves to win on the moneyline. And, 50% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Atlanta would win by a score of 5.0 to 4.7 with Atlanta winning on the moneyline, Texas winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 66% of the public money was on Atlanta Braves to win on the moneyline. And, 53% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Atlanta would win by a score of 5.4 to 3.1 with Atlanta winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Texas at Atlanta
7:15 PM Eastern
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 67% of the public money was on Texas Rangers to win on the moneyline. And, 56% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Atlanta would win by a score of 4.9 to 4.3 with Atlanta winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Atlanta at Texas
2:35 PM Eastern
Atlanta's offense is 24th in runs scored, 16th in on-base percentage, 27th in steals, and 20th in slugging. Bryce Elder has allowed five runs in his last two starts (11+ innings). He faces a Texas offense that is 23rd in runs scored, 27th in on-base percentage, and 26th in slugging. Batters are hitting .229 off starter Jack Leiter, and the bullpen is third in the majors in ERA (3.27). The Rangers are on a 54-35-1 run UNDER the total. Take Atlanta/Texas UNDER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 59% of the public money was on Texas Rangers to win on the moneyline. And, 52% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Atlanta would win by a score of 4.7 to 4.5 with Atlanta winning on the moneyline and the game going OVER the total.
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