Tonight is Game 1 of the 2010 World Series, or also known as the Fall Classic. Game 1 kicks off at 7:57 p.m. ET at the San Francisco Giants home stadium, AT&T Park, with the visiting Texas Rangers. Both teams declared their LCS victory in Game 6 when the Giants won over the Philadelphia Phillies and the Rangers were able to destroy the New York Yankees.

The Rangers will obviously hand over the ball to ace starting pitcher Cliff Lee, who was ready to start Game 7 in the ALCS had it been necessary. Since it was not, he is fully rested, ready and pumped to begin tonight’s game against the Giants. For the postseason, Lee is 3-0 with a 0.75 earned run average.

The Giants, on the other hand, weren’t so sure about their starting pitcher for the night but have decided that it will be their ace pitcher, Tim Lincecum, a two-time winner of the NL Cy Young award. Lincecum is 2-1 for the postseason with an earned run average of 1.93. The Rangers are new to Lincecum as he has never pitched to them before so it’s going to be a surprise on how well he can do on both ends – his own and the Rangers batters.

The pitching match-up is going to be intense tonight and both guys are going to not only have to give it their best game but rely heavily on their bullpen to take charge as well. Speaking of batters, I wonder if the Giants are going to decide to intentionally walk Josh Hamilton, who was the LCS MVP, like the Yankees ended up doing in the ALCS?

Out of 11 games in the postseason, the Rangers have made 107 total hits with 17 home runs and have 55 RBI’s. Their batting average as a team is .281 and have stolen 15 games with only 2 caught stealing. Looking at the Giants in the postseason of 10 games, they have 77 total hits with 6 home runs and 27 RBI’s. They have 3 stolen bases, 4 caught stealing and a batting average of .231. Who do you think has the better bullpen looking at just those stats?

Now, the Giants definitely have a strong and solid pitching staff but the Rangers have Cliff Lee as well as strong lineup in the bullpen and offense. My personal opinion is that the Rangers are going to take it home in the World Series.

Odds from the leading and most trusted online sportsbooks are below:

Bodog Sportsbook
Moneyline: Rangers -131, Giants +121
Runline: Rangers -1 ½, +130 and Giants +1 ½, -150
Total: Rangers Over -115, Giants Under -105 (5 ½)

Bookmaker Sportsbook
Moneyline: Rangers -125, Giants +115
Runline: Rangers -1 ½, +140 and Giants +1 ½, -160
Total: Rangers Over -110, Giants Under -110 (5 ½)

BetUs Sportsbooks
Moneyline: Rangers -130, Giants +110
Spread: Rangers -1 ½, +140 and Giants +1 ½, -160
Total: Rangers Over -115, Giants Under -105 (5 ½)

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