Bob Balfe
Netherlands -165
We all saw Uruguay escape by the skin of their teeth last week with a hand ball on the goal line that prevented Ghana from winning. Uruguay will not have the support from any of the refs today who will be looking to give them yellow or perhaps red cards. I do not see it being good for World Cup soccer having a team get to the finals that way. The Netherlands have a solid defense that will frustrate Uruguays strikers. Look for a low scoring and lopsided penalties and free kicks in favor of the Netherlands. Once Holland gets the lead, they will play smothering defense. Take the Netherlands.
KIKI SPORTS
2 Units San Diego/Washington UNDER 7.5
1 Unit San Fran +140
1 Unit White Sox +100
2 Units Netherlands -175
Fantasy Sports Gametime
100* Play Detroit (-180) over Baltimore
Baltimore has lost 4 of the last 5 games and they have also lost 22 of the last 27 road games when the total posted is between 8.5 and 10 runs. Baltimore has lost 98 of the last 131 games as an underdog of +150 or higher and pitcher, Jake Arrieta is 0-2 over the last 3 starts with an ERA of 9.45.
50* Play Tampa Bay (-155) over Boston
Tampa Bay has won 5 of the last 6 games and they have also won 63 of the last 86 games as a home favorite of -150 to -200. Jeff Niemann has won 7 of the last 8 games as a favorite of -125 to -175 and he has won 4 consecutive games when playing on a Tuesday.
50* Play Milwaukee (-150) over San Francisco
San Francisco has lost 7 of the last 9 road games when the total posted is between 8.5 and 10 runs and they have also lost 15 of the last 21 road games as an underdog of +100 or higher. Milwaukee pitcher, Randy Wolf ahs won 16 of the last 19 home games vs. NL West Division Opponents and he has an ERA of 2.95 over the last 3 starts.
WNBA
50* Play Seattle (-9.5) over New York
Seattle has won 14 of their 16 games this season and they have also won 21 of the last 22 home games as a favorite of 6.5 to 12 points. Seattle has won 5 consecutive games coming off a road win and they have also won 8 of the last 9 games when playing their 2nd game in 5 days.
World Cup
50* Play Uruguay (+.5 goals) over Netherlands
Extra Time and Penalty Kicks does not count towards plays
Rocketman
4* LA Angels
4* Colorado
Dave Cokin
SD / Wash Under
Oakland A's
Tom Freese
10* Chicago Cubs
Sports Investment Group
Minnesota -135
Stephen Nover
25 Dime - San Diego
20 Dime - Kansas City
15 Dime - Oakland
Rocco Spacamuro
100* Minnesota -135
Asian Executive
0-2 Arena
1-1 CFL
Lock Of The Year & Wave The Rating
San Diego Padres
Dave Cokin
SD / Wash Under
Oakland A's
Dave Cokin
Matchup: San Diego at Washington
Time: 7:05 PM EDT (Tue)
Listed pitchers must go: (L) RICHARD, C vs. (R) HERNANDEZ, L
Play: Under (7.5 -103)
The Padres have been a big money winner if you've playing their road games Under the number and the same holds true for the Nationals at home. Look for more of the same tonight as Clayton Richard tangles with Livan Hernandez. Both pitchers have done a superb job of keeping the ball in the park. Richard has 8 quality starts in his last ten outings, and there have been seven or fewer runs scored in five of his six road starts. The amazing Hernandez continues to be one of the biggest surprises of the season. He's had all but one quality starts at home, with six of nine home efforts having seven or fewer total runs scored. Just the base numbers alone are strong indicators to a low scoring game, and it's not like either offense is crushing the ball. I'll look for a tight and tense clash between the Padres and Nationals with the Under standing out as the best option.
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Matchup: N.Y. Yankees at Oakland
Time: 10:05 PM EDT (Tue)
Listed pitchers must go: (L) SABATHIA, C.C. vs. (R) CAHILL, T
Play: Oakland (ML +146)
You won't see my trying to beat CC Sabathia very often, and it's a daring move here as the massive lefty has won his last six starts. But Sabathia gets stiff competition tonight from blazing hot Trevor Cahill. The surging A's prospect has now permitted a meager 19 ER in his last 77 IP, and his curve is absolutely baffling most opposing hitters. I think the pitching here is a virtual wash, particularly given Sabathia's poor record in this ballpark. Beyond that, the A's have played .600 ball at home this season, so this become a real nice value with them sending their ace to the mound tonight. The game is a tossup, but that being the case, being able to get this kind of an underdog price makes this a very solid risk. Grab the A's to snare the upset.
Dwayne Bryant
LA Angels -105
How does Jered Weaver, he of the AL-leading 124 K's and stellar 2.82 ERA, NOT make the All-Star team? That is a complete joke, although I doubt Weaver finds it too funny. In fact, I see him using this game to send a message. And what better team to be facing than the White Sox, against whom he's started 5 times in his career and owns a ridiculous 0.52 ERA. Weaver has given up just ONE run over 19 2/3 innings in winning all three outings at U.S. Cellular Field.
The ChiSox just can't hit Weaver. Juan Pierre (6 for 16, all singles) and Mark Kotsay (2 for 7, 1 double) are the ONLY ChiSox batters to have any kind of success against Weaver. Check out these numbers against Weaver: Andruw Jones 0 for 7; Paul Konerko 1 for 11 (single); A.J. Pierzynski 3 for 13 (a‚ll singles); Carlos Quentin 0 for 6; Alexei Ramirez 0 for 4; Alex Rios 3 for 14 (all singles). Weaver, as you can see, has flat out OWNED these Chicago hitters.
Jake Peavy has been on fire over his last five starts, but look at who he's faced: Royals (good hitting club), Cubs TWICE, Washington, and Cleveland. That's not exactly a list of great offensive teams. I expect Peavy to look A LOT more hittable tonight against an Angels lineup that rocked him for 6 runs in 6 innings on 5/20. This is a night game and Peavy has done MUCH better during the day (2.27 ERA, 0.95 WHIP) than under the lights (5.94 ERA, 1.38 WHIP) this season.
Bottom line: Weaver has absolutely dominated the White Sox every time he's faced them, while Peavy got hammered by the Angels just a few weeks ago. Peavy's recent success was against some poor teams and I expect the Angels to have success against him once again.
Tony George
Philladelphia –135
Cole Hammels has stunk it up as of late, but he is a different animal at home allowing just a 2.96 ERA and is avenging a loss back in June to the Braves as well. Philly got the win last night, and the Braves still are struggling to put it together on offense. Hammels has lost 6 out of his last 7, and will be very determined in this one. He has allowed only a .274 batting average against him at home this year and with Atlanta struggling at the plate, this is what the doctor orders for him in a very important series for the Phillies at home.Play 1 Unit on Philladelphia.
JR O'Donnell
Cardinals / Rockies Under 9.5
Let's play the under 9.5 tonight as the public will be all over the Over here and JR O will slam the under 9.5 +105. Looking at these 2 hurlers in Colorado tonight. The Cards run out the Blake Hawksworth 2-5 over all and a 4.98 ERA who has pitched well lately and the Rockies Jeff Francis show will stymied the Cards bats , who have traditional done poor @ Coors field. The Rockies hurler is 4-1 and a nice under 3 ERA VS THE ROCKIES!! JR O is going Under here as the Jeff Francis lead Rockies will hold the Cards in check!!
King Creole
Red Sox / Rays Under 9
*This is a play REGARDLESS of the scheduled starting pitchers (Niemann vs Doubront)
JAMES HOYE will be working behind the dish in Tampa tonight. In addition to his great 'UNDER' numbers across the board, his results in Boston games... in Tampa games... and in Dome parks are impeccable.
Hoye comes in ranked in the Top 8 for the season in overall UNDER results at 4-10-2 O/U. Average runs scored in his games is only 7.4. In the 'what have you done for me lately' department, we note that he has gone 1-4 O/U in his last 5 overall.. with an average of only 5.8 combined runs per game.
Last year, he went an impressive 18-36-2 O/U overall. That included 6-15-1 O/U in American League games, And in 'Righty vs Lefty' pitching matchups, he went 5-23 O/U overall!
Now let's look at his numbers involving tonight's two opponents:
HOYE has gone an unreal 0-8 O/U in his last 8 RED SOX games in the last 3 years. That includes 0-2 O/U already this season (6.2 RPG).
HOYE has gone 2-8 O/U in all TAMPA games in the last 3 seasons. That includes 1-3 O/U in the last 1.5 years.
HOYE went a PERFECT 0-4 O/U in DOME stadiums last year...
HOYE has gone a PERFECT 0-7 O/U on TUESDAYS in the last 1.5 seasons...