Last night at the ballpark in Arlington, the Texas Rangers and Colby Lewis showed that they were meant to be a part of the 2010 World Series.  Colby Lewis showed exactly why he is a starting pitcher while Neftali Feliz posted yet another save this year (making him the second-youngest to post a save in the World Series) and Lewis continued his postseason success with a 4-2 win for the Rangers over the San Francisco Giants.

Tonight is Game 4.  The Rangers are handing the ball over to Tommy Hunter.  Hunter hasn’t had quite the success in the postseason that he had in the regular season.  Hunter had an earned run average of .373.  Looking at the postseason, his longest start was only four innings – in his two postseason starts, he allowed a total of five runs over the course of 7 1/3 innings.  Not impressive at all.

As for the Giants, they will hand the ball over to Madison Bumgarner.  The rookie has a postseason earned run average of 3.55. During his single start in the NLCS, he lasted only 4 2/3 innings but in the clinching Game 6 for the Giants, he was able to throw two scoreless relief innings.

The bullpens for both teams have been impressive.  Josh Hamilton showed that he was back last night by hitting a single homerun.  Earlier in the game, Mitch Moreland hit a three-run homerun, which put the Rangers on the board.  As for the Giants, both Cody Ross and Andres Torres scored single home runs.

The Giants still currently lead the World Series 2-1 but the Rangers are now in their groove and on the board.

Rangers favored for tonight’s game by leading online sportsbooks:

Bookmaker Sportsbook
Moneyline:  Rangers -152, Giants +142
Runline:  Rangers -1 ½+140, Giants +1 ½-160
Total:  Rangers Over -125, Giants Under +105 (9)

DSI Diamond Sportsbook
Moneyline:  Rangers -150, Giants +135
Runline:  Rangers -1 ½+145, Giants +1 ½-165
Total:  Rangers Over -125, Giants Under +105 (9)

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