Jays vs. Rangers Game 2 Prediction
Will the Texas Rangers be able to bounce back from the embarrassing Game 1 loss when it hosts the Toronto Blue Jays today at 1PM ET?
The Rangers have Yu Darvish taking the mound to face J.A. Happ of the Blue Jays. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Rangers are favored to win Game 2, as they are getting odds of -122 to win, while the Jays are getting a money line of +113 to win. The over/under total for the game has been set at 9 runs. Toronto picked up a 10-1 win in Game 1 on Thursday.
Texas is now 95-68 on the season and 53-29 at home while Toronto is 91-73 overall and 44-38 on the road. The Blue Jays hammered the Rangers on Thursday, racking up 13 hits for their 10 runs. They managed to chase Cole Hamels from the game in the fourth innings, scoring seven runs on him in that time. Jose Bautista had four RBI in the win while Troy Tulowitzki added three hits and three RBI. The Jays also got a big pitching outing from Marco Estrada, who went 8.1 innings and allowed just one run on four hits with six strikeouts.
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The Jay were able to conserve their bullpen for Game 2 while the Rangers had to use three different arms yesterday. That could prove to be an issue in this contest. Darvish hasn’t pitched 7 full innings in six of his last seven outings and his ERA over his last three starts is just 4.00. Happ has been very strong at the end of the season, posting a 2.41 ERA in his last three starts. The Jays are also 24-8 when he has taken the mound. Plus, should he not make it deep into the game, Toronto has a fresh bullpen.
ALDS GAME 2 FREE PREDICTION: TORONTO BLUE JAYS +113