Michael Cannon
20 Dime - Tigers
Marc Lawrence
San Diego -110
The Padres will look to keep the Dodger bats on ice when they send Jon Garland to the mound in the opener of this three-game N.L. West Division rivalry matchup Tuesday night in San Diego. There couldn't be a worse venue than spacious Petco Park for Los Angeles to try and shake out of its hitting doldrums as they have scored five or fewer runs in each of their last nine games. With Garland 11-3 with a 2.12 ERA in his last 14 home team starts, and also 9-3 in his last 12 July home team starts, look for the Dodgers bats to remain silent one again here this evening. We recommend a 4 unit play on San Diego.
Power Play Wins
Florida
Rocketman
3* Minn -145
3* LAA -135
MTi Sports
Mil -135
Col -200
NSA
20* Giants +105
20* Yanks -1.5
20* Nats -130
BOB BALFE
Tampa Bay Rays -150
The Rays are coming off a no-hitter last night which will have this team energized for tonight's game. The Tigers are a banged up team right now and far from being energized to play on the road against such a hot team. Take the Rays.
JEFF BENTON
15 Dime Blue Jays -1½
For starters, the Blue Jays and Orioles have squared off 10 times already this season and Baltimore has exactly … ZERO victories. Not only that, eight of Toronto’s 10 wins against the O’s this season have been by more than one run.
Toronto lefty Ricky Romero has been on the hill for two of those multi-run victories (6-1 at home; 4-2 on the road), and he gave up all three runs (but only one earned) on just 11 hits and three walks in 16 innings. Likewise, veteran right-hander Kevin Millwood has faced the Blue Jays twice this year, and he’s allowed nine runs (five earned) in 13 2/3 innings, losing 5-2 at home and 5-0 on the road. Since August 2007, Millwood has matched up against Toronto five times and his teams have lost four times.
For the season this year, Millwood is 2-9 with a 5.84 ERA, including 1-5 with a 5.82 ERA in nine road games. Baltimore has dropped eight of those nine on the highway – the only win came in an interleague contest in San Diego – and of those eight defeats, six have been by multiple runs. In fact, Millwood’s win in San Diego (three runs allowed in six innings) is his only quality start in his last nine trips to the mound. In the eight other games, he’s given up 43 earned runs in 40 innings (9.68 ERA).
Back to Romero. He’s pitched so much better than his 7-7 record, it’s not even funny. He’s got a 3.52 ERA on the season, but he’s been especially good at home, where’s 4-2 with a 2.16 ERA, a 0.99 WHIP and 57 strikeouts in 58 1/3 innings. Take out one poor start versus the Red Sox in his last home outing – he gave up nine runs (five earned) in 2 1/3 innings of a 14-3 loss – and Romero’s numbers in Canada would be 4-1 with a 2.08 ERA.
Also, with Romero coming from the left side, it’s interesting to note that Baltimore is hitting just .234 against southpaws on the road this year. And over their last 10 games, the Orioles are hitting .213 against lefties.
Lastly, not only has Toronto won all 10 meetings this year, but it is 15-3 in the last 18 head-to-head clashes dating to last summer and 36-17 in the last 53 battles in Canada. The Jays have also won 23 of 29 as a home favorite, while the Orioles are in a slew of tailspins, including 35-81 overall (2-9 last 11 games), 14-45 on the road (all as an underdog), 14-43 within the division and 17-42 against left-handed starters.
Baltimore is just 7-15 in July – shockingly, four of those victories came at first-place Texas – and that includes blowout losses of 10-4, 7-2, 5-0, 8-1, 10-1, 4-2, 4-2, 7-5, 12-9, 9-3, 8-1 and – last night – 9-5.
Executive
250% Cubs
Andrew Lange
Angels Under 8
Ben Burns
10* Blue Jays Under
10* LA Angels
Kelso
50 Units Minnesota Twins -145
10 Units Florida Marlins -115
10 Units Los Angeles Angels -135
10 Units Saint Louis Cardinals -145
5 Unit 2 TEAM PARLAYS Florida Marlins & Saint Louis Cardinals
Tim Trushel
Red Sox Under
Mets Under
KIKI SPORTS
2 Units Milwaukee -152
1 Unit Atlanta +121
1 Unit Oakland +220
The Duke's Sports
Atlanta (+122) for 2 Units
The Braves have mostly been a resilient team under Cox and continue in that tradition this year at 20-7 after a loss; moreover, they're 14-3 with Hanson on the mound following a team loss. Hanson is 2-0 with a 2.94 ERA in 5 starts vs Washington. On the other hand, Strasburg has lived up to his hype and doing a super job; however, the Braves are driving in runs well now and Heyward got his swing back. We'll look for the Braves to do enough to get by here.