Power Play Wins
Atlanta Braves -134
KIKI SPORTS
4 Units ATLANTA -145
1 Unit LA Dodgers +110
1 Unit Texas -155
Evan Altemus
3 Units Texas -155
Texas just flat out has the better line-up and bullpen right now than Oakland. The A's have not been a good road team this season, while the Rangers are 35-20 at home this season. Texas also has won four of their last five games and is coming off of an exciting extra innings win last night against Oakland. The starting pitchers are basically a wash in this match-up with both having relatively similar statistics. Both pitchers have done fairly well against their opposing line-ups, but Trevor Cahill was hit very hard by Texas in a start last season. I feel that Texas has a hotter hitting line-up now, and Colby Lewis has the potential to shutdown the A's with his good strikeout-to-walk ratio. Also, I feel that the game will be fairly tight until the last few innings when Texas will use their better bullpen and better hitting to win the game.
Dave Cokin
SF Giants
SD Padres
Beatyourbookie
Play Chicago Cubs (-140) over Houston (POD)
Houston is 3-16 as a home underdog of +125 or higher this season
Bud Norris is 1-7 as an underdog of +125 to +175
Bud Norris is 0-4 in home games this season with an ERA of 7.13
PLATINUM PLAYS
PREMIUM PLAY
Chicago White Sox
400,000K PLAY
Texas Rangers
REGULAR PLAYS
Chicago Cubs
SF Giants
NY Yankees
LA Dodgers
TOTALS 4 U
TOP PLAYS
(Day/Nite Parlay)
LA Angels OVER 8
Chicago White Sox UNDER 8
REGULAR PLAYS
Cincinnati Reds OVER 8.5
KC Royals UNDER 9
Philadelphia Phillies UNDER 8
NICK "BOOKIEKILLER" PARSONS
10* Twins/Royals Under 9.5
NSA
20* Texas -155
20* Yanks -155
20* Twins -135
MICHAEL CANNON
RL LOCK OF THE YEAR
30 Dime Philadelphia Phillies -1.5
TIM TRUSHEL
Milwaukee Brewers Under
Boston Red Sox Under
Tampa Bay Rays Over
Teddy Covers
NY Mets
MIKE LINEBACK
4* Reds/ Brewers Over 8.5 POD
Dwayne Bryant
SD Padres
THE PREZ
7* Tampa Bay -1.5 -115
Tonight's AL contest between the Tigers and Rays is one of those rare occasions where we support a home favorite on the run-line, this due to several factors that heavily favor the Florida squad.
Eddie Bonine takes the pill to the hill, his first start of the season because Sunday's doubleheader against Toronto forced the coaching staff to alter the team's rotation. The right-hander has made 31 relief appearances in 2010 and is 3-2 with a 4.38 ERA in nine career starts. The 28-year-old had trouble getting Triple-A hitters out, 4.43 ERA in 83.1 innings and has an extremely mediocre skill set, 4.4 K/9 and a 1.4 BB/9. He has an ERA of 4.52 in seven minor league seasons. His K/9 at Triple-A was a low 4.5 and. his K/BB ratio in his all of his major league starts is 9/6.
Jeff Niemann will try to send the Tigers to their ninth consecutive road defeat, this against a lineup that is missing three key pieces to their offensive success (Guillen, Ordonez and Inge). Niemann has received two runs or more from his offense in 15 starts this season. He is 8-0 in those outings - all of which have resulted in Tampa Bay victories
Backing home favorites (Tampa Bay) on the run-line starting a pitcher with a WHIP of 1.300 or better against a team (Detroit) that strikes out seven or more times per game, this when the oddsmakers open the money line at -170 or larger, has cashed at 170-72 (70%) clip over the last five campaigns with the average margin of victory of nearly three runs.
7* Pirates/Rockies Under 9.5
Ohlendorf has been delivering and despite his history with the Rockies lineup the Pirates left-hander is in line for a solid outing. Cook can control the Pittsburgh lineup by inducing ground balls and both pitchers benefit from a huge strike zone (scheduled home plate umpire is Jeff Nelson) making tonight's play UNDER 9.5 runs a solid investment. Ohlendorf is 23-7 to the UNDER when oddsmakers open the total between 8.5 and 10 over the last 2 seasons.