I like the Rangers in this spot although they've struggled against scheduled starter James Shields during the regular season in his last two outings (1 post season) he went just 11 innings gave up 19 hits and 11 ER in two starts in Texas. Shields has been pitching great lately, but he faces a Rangers team that's red hot again and is already scoring over 6 runs per 9 vs. RHP , 6.82 over their last 10 due to Adrian Beltre's .520 average and 6 HR over the last 6 games. Rangers have shown they are a streaky team and right now they are hot and are 48-15 in their last 63 following a game where they scored 5 runs or more. They are also 54-23 in their last 77 home games vs. RH starter and Shields is on extra rest which is a bad thing.
Shields has just 2 quality starts on extra rest over 9 total starts. In those other 7 starts he posts a 7.61 ERA. He's coming into this start on extra rest and I'm confident that should throw him off a bit against the red hot Rangers. On the flip side Yu Darvis comes back completely fresh. He's been really streaky, but the Rays have never seen him and I think he matches up well against them.
