Saturday’s betting tips: Rangers thrive in extreme heat

Weather to watchToronto Blue Jays at Texas Rangers – Temperatures will hover around 100 degrees when the game starts at 7:05 p.m. ET. Over the last four years, Texas is 77-54 in temperatures above 90 degrees, while Toronto is 8-14.Check out the Notes and Tips section below for more exclusive Covers weather data.Who’s hotMLB: The Yankees are an incredible 28-5 in day games, and host Oakland at 1:05 p.m. ET.MLB: Pittsburgh, 12-4 in its last 16 games against lefty starters, faces St. Louis lefty Jaime Garcia.CFL: The Under is 6-1 in Winnipeg’s last seven games.Who’s notMLB: The Orioles have lost Brad Bergesen’s last seven home starts.MLB: Colorado is 3-11 in Jason Hammel’s last 14 starts. CFL: Edmonton is 1-6 ATS in its last seven meetings with Calgary.Key stat.111  Texas slugger Josh Hamilton’s average in day games,pared to .365 at night. Hamilton has 13 homers at night, none in the day games. He has started using eye drops, eyelid scrubs and sunglasses to fix his daytime woes.Injury that shouldn’t be overlookedPhillies closer Brad Lidge, sidelined all season with a rotator cuff strain, was activated Friday. He has 99 saves in three seasons in Philadelphia. Over Lidge’s eight-game minor league rehab stint, he posted a 3.52 ERA and struck out 10 in 7 2/3 innings.Game of the day Notable quotable“I think any deal within the NL East will carry some sort of premium not necessarily one that is prohibitive, but something more than if sent elsewhere.” – an NL East executive to ESPN, talking about trade possibilities for Mets All-Star outfielder Carlos Beltran. The Phillies and Braves are among the interested teams.Notes and tipsOn top of the scorcher in Arlington, Tex., Saturday temperatures will be in the 90s for five MLB games in outdoor stadiums. Here’s a look at gametime temperatures and each team’s four-year record in 90-plus degree heat.San Diego at Philadelphia, 4:10 p.m. ET, 98 degrees: Phillies are 20-16, Padres are 9-13.Atlanta at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. ET, 92 degrees: Braves are 29-21, Reds are 6-9.Oakland at New York Yankees, 1:05 p.m. ET, 95 degrees: Yankees are 21-12, A’s are 13-20.Los Angeles Angels at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. ET, 97 degrees: Angels are 11-10, Orioles are 22-33.Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m. ET, 96 degrees: Royals are 23-27, Rays are 7-12.There must be some good karma in Milwaukee; reliever Francisco Rodriguez says he doesn’t mind not being the primary closer. “Somtimes you have to embrace your role and take care of what you have instead of worrying about what you don’t have,” K-Rod, traded by the Mets over the All-Star break, told MLB. With John Axford closing and Rodriguez pitching the 8th, the Brewers have the bullpen arms to win the crowded NL Central race.

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