#971 ASA PLAY ON 8* Texas Rangers -1.5 on the Run Line (-125) over Oakland A's, Monday at 9:40 PM ET - Action on pitchers here as we look for the Rangers to roll to a big road win no matter who is on the mound in this one. However, we will mention that Texas is expected to send Dane Dunning to start this one. Dunning is 6-1 with a 2.60 ERA in evening games this season and opponents are hitting just .201 against him in those 16 outings (10 starts). As for Oakland, Ken Waldichuk will be the likely starter for the A's here. He is 2-7 with a 6.52 ERA this season and opponents hitting .287 against him. Also, the Athletics bullpen has a 5.53 team ERA this season to rank at the bottom of the majors! The Rangers bullpen does have an unimpressive ERA but there has been some misfortune with that as their 1.24 WHIP ranks a solid 8th in the majors! We love the fact that Oakland enters this game off B2B wins. The reason is because that strongly puts the odds in our favor that this will be a loss here! Note that the Athletics and Royals are two of the worst teams in the majors this season. They have the two worst records and it is because they can not sustain winning streaks. KC recently had a shocking 7-game winning streak and it is the only time this entire season that they have won more than 2 straight games! Likewise, early this season the A's had a 7-game winning streak and it is the one and only time Oakland has won more than 2 straight games this entire season! We have had some solid success this season fading bad teams in the right situations and this looks like another one as Oakland again fails in a situation when off rare B2B wins. Also, 58 of the Athletics 80 losses this season have been by at least a 2-run margin. The Rangers have won 6 straight games and have gone 33-18 against teams with a losing record this season. The Athletics are 5-26 when facing teams from their division this season. All the edges point to the road team and a big-margin win here and the Rangers 66 wins this season have featured 58 of the 66 by a multi-run margin! Looking for a road blowout and we think we're getting some nice value with the -1.5 runs in this one at a price in the -125 money range with the Rangers. Lay it!