TONY BRUNO WINS
10x BRAVES
Kelso
15 Units Rockies (-130) over Giants
Mostly clear. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game-time temperature: Around 60.
Dave Malinsky
Top of the Ticket - Side
4* NY YANKEES over TORONTO
Their has not been a game in many seasons in which starting pitcher has been made more of a factor than it is for this setting. How else can a downtrodden team that is 27.5 games behind the other in the standings be put at this level of road favorite? And with the gap between the starters not as pronounced as they are trying to make it, we can not resist here. Yes, Roy Halladay is special, and just threw a complete-game one-hitter against the Yankees in Toronto two starts back. But that game actually works against him here, creating an added level of pride for a lineup that brings plenty of it, and now the change in venue also means an entirely different level of challenge ? he lost in his only outing from new Yankee Stadium so far, when Johnny Damon, Jorge Posada and Hideki Matsui all homered. And behind Halladay there is precious little, with last night?s draining loss at Detroit (they led by three going into the bottom of the 9th) taking away a layer of whatever limited energy was still there. Contrast this with a surging Yankee team that has gone 51-22 at home this season, including 25-6 since the All Star break. And while Sergio Mitre draws market scorn with his 7.02 ERA, there is more than meets the eye to that number. The Yankees brought him in because they thought that he would throw strikes and get ground balls, and that is just what he has done ? he has only walked 11 batters in 41 innings, and a 2.63 ratio of ground ball outs to fly outs rivals any pitcher in the Majors. But Mitre has not had the best of it in terms of balls finding holes, with a .369 BABIP that is a pendulum stretched to an extreme. That kind of extreme calls for a correction, and what better place than against a weak and tired lineup (it is rare to go from road series to road series without a night off, which was exacerbated by the length of Monday?s loss at Detroit) that brings little spark. And a New York bullpen that brings excellent current form holds a big late edge over their struggling Toronto counter-parts.
Larry Ness
Oddsmaker's Error
SF Giants
Eric Degarde
2* Colorado -125
2* LA Angels -105
Seabass
50* Giants
50* Mets
50* Yanks
MustWinSports
5 DIME LA Angels
SportsOddsAndPicks
LA ANGELS (-120) over Boston
SEATTLE (+105) over White Sox
Teddy Covers
CWS Under
Street Rosenthal
*200 Boston Red Sox +111
*200 Tampa Bay Rays -136
KEVIN ROGERS
White Sox at Mariners
Pick: White Sox +100
The White Sox have been rather inconsistent lately, alternating wins and losses in their last eight games, coming off a one-run loss to the Angels on Sunday. Chicago travels to the Pacific Northwest to battle a Seattle team that is coming off a 4-6 road trip against the A's, Angels, and Rangers. The Mariners send to the mound Ian Snell, who started slow with Seattle after being acquired from Pittsburgh, then pitched well, but has reverted back to mediocre status. Snell has pitched into the sixth inning in just one of his last three starts, with not one quality outing to his ledger in this current stretch. Former Mariner Freddy Garcia gets the start for the White Sox, and while he has fallen off the map in recent years, the veteran has pitched well lately. Garcia has strung together four straight quality outings, with three of those starts coming off against the Red Sox and Yankees. Chicago is 14-7 this season off a one-run defeat, and I like them in this spot to knock off Seattle.
Teddy June
Stl Cards RL
Wayne Root
Vegas Legend Arizona
Millionaire San Fran