At Globe Life Field on Saturday, the Texas Rangers (1-0) play the Chicago Cubs (0-1), with first pitch at 7:05 PM ET.
The Rangers are the home favorite (-124) against the Cubs (+105). The Rangers will start Cody Bradford against the Cubs and Kyle Hendricks.
Saturday, the Rangers picked up a 4-3 win over the Cubs, with David Robertson (1.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K) earning the win for the Rangers. Adolis Garcia finished 2-for-4 with a home run and an RBI to lead the offensive attack. Drew Smyly (0.2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 K) was handed the loss for the Cubs.
Prepare for the Rangers vs. Cubs with everything you need to know before Saturday’s baseball action, including viewing options.
Texas Rangers vs. Chicago Cubs odds and betting lines
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Saturday at 9:16 AM ET. For a full list of Sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
- Favorite: Rangers (-124, bet $124 to win $100)
- Underdog: Cubs (+105, bet $100 to win $105)
- Over/under: 9.5
Rangers vs. Cubs: Live streaming info & game time
- Game Day: Saturday, March 30, 2024
- Game Time: 7:05 PM ET
- Stadium: Globe Life Field
- TV Channel: Bally Sports
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
Rangers stats and trends
Rangers betting records
- The Rangers entered a game as favorites 118 times last season and won 69, or 58.5%, of those games.
- Texas had a record of 59-39, a 60.2% win rate, when it was favored by -124 or more by sportsbooks last season.
- The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 55.4% chance of a victory for the Rangers.
- Games involving Texas went over the total set by sportsbooks in 93 of 179 chances last season.
- The Rangers were 101-78-0 against the spread last season.
Cody Bradford (Rangers probable starter)
- Bradford will take the mound to start for the Rangers, his first of the season.
- The 26-year-old left-hander came out of the bullpen and threw one scoreless inning when he last appeared on Wednesday, Nov. 1 against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- Last season he finished with a 5.30 ERA and a 1.214 WHIP over his 20 games, compiling a 4-3 record.
Rangers batting stats
- The Rangers ranked third in Major League Baseball with 233 home runs.
- With a .452 team slugging percentage, Texas ranked third in the majors last season.
- The offensive efforts of the Rangers last season led to the second-best batting average in MLB at .263.
- With 881 runs scored last year, Texas ranked No. 3 in all of baseball.
- Ranking third with an OBP of .337, the Rangers were among the best teams in baseball at reaching base.
- Texas ranked 17th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.7 whiffs per contest.
Cubs stats and trends
Cubs betting records
- The Cubs came away with 29 wins in the 69 contests they were listed as the underdogs in last season.
- Last season, Chicago came away with a win 18 times in 44 chances when named as an underdog of at least +105 or worse on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Cubs have a 48.8% chance of walking away with the win.
- Chicago and its opponents hit the over in 80 of its 162 games with a total last season.
- The Cubs went 79-83-0 against the spread in their 162 games with a line set by sportsbooks last season.
Kyle Hendricks (Cubs probable starter)
- Hendricks will take the mound to start for the Cubs, his first this season.
- In his last appearance on Saturday, Sept. 30, the 34-year-old righty started the game and went 4 1/3 innings against the Milwaukee Brewers.
- Over his 24 appearances last season he compiled a 6-8 record and had a 3.74 ERA and a 1.204 WHIP.
Cubs batting stats
- The Cubs averaged 1.2 home runs per game to rank 15th in baseball with 196 total home runs last season.
- Last year Chicago ranked 10th in baseball with a .421 slugging percentage.
- The Cubs’ .254 batting average ranked 11th in MLB.
- Last season Chicago scored the sixth-most runs in baseball (819 total, 5.1 per game).
- A year ago the Cubs’ .330 on-base percentage ranked sixth-best in baseball.
- The club’s 8.6 strikeouts per game ranked 14th in baseball.
