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The Texas Rangers will try to win their second straight game in row at home vs the New York Yankees on Wednesday night at 8:10pm EST from Rangers Ballpark in a game that can be seen on ESPN. Online sportsbooks have the Rangers -170 MLB betting favorites vs the Yankees +160 while the baseball odds total is listed at 8 OVER (-115). Texas will try to win tonight’s home game by sending lefthander Cliff Lee to the mound with a 10-5 record and 2.44 ERA while New York will counter with righthander Javier Vazquez who has gone 8-8 with a 4.64 ERA this season. Sportsbooks also favor the Rangers -1.5 (+120) in MLB odds on the run line vs the Yankees +1.5 (-140) for tonight’s prime time game on ESPN.

Texas won last night 4-3 to take the first of two games in this quick series as -145 baseball betting favorites in MLB picks while the seven runs stayed UNDER the 10 posted at sportsbooks. David Murphy went 2 for 3 on the night with a 415-ft homer to right field in the sixth inning and rocked a single that scored Michael Young in the bottom of the tenth inning for the win while handing New York their second straight loss. Closer Mariano Rivera was given the loss after allowing the winning run while Nick Swisher went 2 for 5 and scored a run with a double in the fifth inning.

Heading into tonight’s prime time game on ESPN, the Yankees have gone 69-43 on the season, 6-4 when playing on Wednesday and 7-3 after a loss. New York has gone 14-4 in their last 18 games when playing on the road against Texas, 14-6 in their last 20 games on the road while the MLB odds total has gone UNDER in 4 of the Yankees last 5 games when playing the Rangers. Texas has gone 65-47 on the season, 4-6 when playing on Wednesday and 4-6 after a win. The Rangers are 4-1 for their last 5 games at home while the total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas’s last 5 games when playing the Yankees.