ATS LOCK CLUB
4 Units Boston Red Sox -115
4 Units Washington Nationals -120
Seabass
100* Bos
100* Yanks -1.5
50* Tor Over
200* Steam Bos Under
NSA
20* Red Sox -120
20* Blue Jays +150
20* Twins -1.5
KELSO
25 Units San Francisco Giants +130
15 Units Cincinnati Reds +110
10 Units Saint Louis Cardinals -145
Marty Otto
20* NYY Over 9
Tim Trushel
Boston Under
Detroit
Andrew Lange
20* Florida Under 8.5
Tony George
Cincinnati Reds
Winners Inc.
Boston / Oakland Over 7.5
Teddy Covers
Mil/Pitt Over 8.5
SDG/Atl Over 8
Teddy Covers
Mil/Pitt Over 8.5
SDG/Atl Over 8
Should be SD Padres not Over
The Duke's Sports
Colorado (+100) for 1.5 Units
This spot has been shaky for Florida with Nolasco. And although Nolasco is 4-0 vs the Rockies, Florida is 2-7 with Nolasco in the home favorite role and 1-4 in game 3 of a series. On the other hand, Jason Hammel, who has been battered by Florida (9.72 ERA), is currently pitching well on the road with 3 solid outings at SF, SD and Cincinnati. Colorado is 8-2 in Hammel's last 10 starts. We'll look for Hammel and the solid Colorado bullpen to tame the Marlins' lineup, which is batting a meager .218 vs righties this month.
Jeff Benton
15 Dime Cardinals -1½
The Cardinals are on fire. They’ve won seven straight games, and six of those have been by scores of 4-2, 7-1, 8-4, 2-0, 8-4 and 7-1. Look again at that offensive output: 41 runs in seven games, or nearly six runs per contest.
Meanwhile, since returning from the All-Star break, the Phillies have dropped three in a row and five of six, including losses of 12-6, 11-6, 8-4 and 7-1. During this slump, Philadelphia has surrendered a total of 44 runs!
So we’ve established that the Cardinals offense is rolling, and Philadelphia’s pitching is a mess. Well, look who’s on the mound for the Phillies tonight: Joe Blanton, he of the 6.21 ERA and 1.48 WHIP. Blanton on the road this season is 1-3 with a 7.06 ERA. And Blanton in nine day games this season is 2-3 with a 6.43 ERA (the Phillies are 3-6). Translation: Blanton sucks, and if the Phillies are expecting him to cool off the Cardinals, they’re dreaming.
After all, back on May 3 at home against St. Louis, Blanton gave up four runs and 10 hits in 6 2/3 innings, losing 6-3. The winning pitcher in that one was Redbirds rookie Jaime Garcia, who surrendered just one run on three hits and four walks, striking out six in six innings. Of course, that was just one of several gems pitched this season by Garcia, who is 8-4 with a 2.27 ERA overall and 3-1 with a 1.49 ERA at Busch Stadium. How good has Garcia been this year? Only twice in his 18 starts has he surrendered more than two earned runs.
And check this out: The Cardinals have won nine games that Garcia has started this season, and the scores in those nine wins were 7-1, 6-0, 6-3, 4-3, 12-4, 5-2, 9-4, 5-0 and 8-4. So eight of the nine covered the run line. At the same time, six of the Phillies’ eight losses when Blanton starts have been multiple-run defeats.
Add it all up and you’ve got a hot team with a stellar pitcher playing at home against an opponent that’s reeling and a pitcher who has been a disaster. Easy call here.
Teddy Covers
Mil/Pitt Over 8.5
SDG/Atl Over 8
Should be SD Padres not Over
SDG/Atl Over 8 is the correct play after all. :-X
Another poster said the original play was wrong and unfortunately he was wrong,sorry.
Executive
250% Tigers