Texas Rangers vs Chicago Cubs 4/8/2023 – The Texas Rangers will be locking horns with the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field for the second game of a three-game series between the two teams. The Texas Rangers are 4-2 on the table after losing to the Cubs in the first game. The Chicago Cubs managed a beautiful win in the first game which improved them to 2-3. The Cubs are hoping that this series goes better for them than their previous one against the O’s. The most recent MLB betting trends favor the Texas Rangers to win in this game.
Texas Rangers vs Chicago Cubs 4/8/2023
| When: | Saturday, April 8, 4:05 PM EDT |
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| Where: | Wrigley Field Chicago Illinois |
| TV: | FS1 |
| Stream: | MLB.TV |
Texas Rangers vs Chicago Cubs 4/8/2023
| Team | RL | TOTAL | ML | |
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| Texas Rangers | +1.5 (-190) | 8 o (-120) | +105 |  |
| Chicago Cubs | -1.5 (+160) | 8 u (+100) | -132 | |
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— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) April 6, 2023
Texas Rangers
The Texas Rangers took on the Baltimore Orioles before coming here and managed to lose two games and win one. In the first game against the Cubs, the Rangers managed to lose abysmally 2-0 after Nathan Eovaldi threw for 5.2 innings giving up five hits and a single walk. The Rangers are led in offense by Adolis Garcia who is batting with an average of .348 while Mitch Garver has knocked a pair of homers out of the park for the team. Texas will be nodding to Martin Perez for this game. Perez is 76-77 with a 4.42 ERA.
Players to watch: Marcus Semien 2B (GP 7, AB 29, R 3, H 6, 2B 0, 3B 0, HR 1, RBI 3, TB 9, BB 1, SO 8, SB 1, AVG 0.207, OBP 0.226, SLG 0.31, OPS 0.536, WAR 0.2, Nathaniel Lowe 1B (GP 7, AB 29, R 4, H 7, 2B 2, 3B 0, HR 1, RBI 5, TB 12, BB 1, SO 7, SB 0, AVG 0.241, OBP 0.267, SLG 0.414, OPS 0.68, WAR 0.2
Chicago Cubs
The Chicago Cubs took on the Cincinnati Reds in the previous series and won one game while losing another. In Friday’s victory against the Rangers, the Cubs had Marcus Stroman throw for a total of six innings giving up two hits along with a trio of walks. The Cubs are headed by Dansby Swanson who is batting with an average of .500 along with ten hits. In terms of home runs, the Cubs are led by Patrick Wisdom who has scored two homers for the team. The Chicago Cubs will hand the ball to Justin Steele who is 8-11 with a 3.41 ERA
Players to watch: Nico Hoerner 2B (GP 6, AB 28, R 6, H 9, 2B 2, 3B 0, HR 0, RBI 0, TB 11, BB 0, SO 2, SB 2, AVG 0.321, OBP 0.321, SLG 0.393, OPS 0.714, WAR 0, Dansby Swanson SS (GP 6, AB 24, R 7, H 10, 2B 2, 3B 0, HR 0, RBI 2, TB 12, BB 4, SO 3, SB 1, AVG 0.417, OBP 0.5, SLG 0.5, OPS 1, WAR 0.5
Texas Rangers vs Chicago Cubs Betting Numbers
Trends
Texas Rangers
Texas are 6-3 SU in their last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas’ last 5 games.
Texas are 4-8 SU in their last 12 games against Chi Cubs.
Texas are 0-6 SU in their last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Texas’ last 7 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs.
Texas are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games against an opponent in the National League.
Chicago Cubs
Chi Cubs are 14-6 SU in their last 20 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Chi Cubs’ last 13 games against Texas.
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Chi Cubs’ last 17 games at home.
Chi Cubs are 6-14 SU in their last 20 games against an opponent in the American League.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chi Cubs’ last 7 games when playing at home against Texas.
Chi Cubs are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games against an opponent in the American League West Division.
Texas Rangers vs Chicago Cubs Betting Picks
The Chicago Cubs will try to build on their win from the first game, but the Rangers will use Martin Perez to their advantage. This is going to be a battle between two very strong pitchers. The Texas Rangers will be winning this game as predicted by the MLB betting forum.
Score Prediction: Rangers 3, Cubs 2.
