David Banks
Wash. Nationals
Chi. Cubs
Mill. Brewers
NY Yankee's
KC Royals
Brandon Lang
10 Dime - Mets
Free pick - Diamondbacks
Scott Delaney
100 DIME ST. LOUIS CARDINALS RUN LINE
Colorado was a huge underdog winner last night, snapping a four-game skid with a 10-3 shellacking of the Astros. Back to the losing, as this team has still lost seven of its last 10. And now it takes on a pitcher that has a strong 2.70 ERA at Busch Stadium, and who has pitched quite well over his last five starts.
Though he’s posted a 2-2 mark in those games, thrice he’s given up just one earned run, while he’s lasted a minimum of six innings in them all. In fact, his durable has been a strong point for the Cardinals, as he’s lasted at least six frames – the minimum to earn a quality start – in nine straight starts. He’s taken on the Cubbies three times, Milwaukee twice and the Phillies once, so he’s seen some decent lineups.
The Rockies are a far cry from those teams, despite hosting games in hitter-friendly Coors Field, as they rank 24th in the league in hitting – 11th in the National League. And I don’t see them standing a chance against St. Louis’ tall right-hander who pitches downhill with a running fastball that reaches 93 miles per hour and a nasty curveball he can change the break on with ease. He has great command of his pitches, and pitches with more confidence when it comes to his off-speed junk.
Sorry, but this is a major pitching mismatch, as Colorado’s Jorge De La Rosa is 0-6 this season with a 5.43 ERA. His biggest problem is handling in-game adversity. And in having to pitch inside Busch, against a potent lineup, I think he’ll make one too many mistakes tonight. Lay the Run Line.
Trace Adams
1000♦ - Oakland
The A's have to be feeling good as they come back home from the Windy City, fresh off a sweep of the Pale Hose, as Oakland has now won 4 of their last 5, and will be hosting a Baltimore team that is a putrid 8-17 away from Camden Yards.
Lay the small home wood with Dallas Braden, as the southpaw looks to even his season mark at 5-5. Braden is 1-0 over his last 3 starts, and all 3 have been "quality", so you can expect him to hold the Baltimore bats in check in this one.
Jeremy Guthrie has struggled on the road this season, going just 1-2 with an ERA of 6.57. Then there is the fact that the A's won ALL 5 off the O's just a season ago.
Have to back Oakland in the opener this evening at the Coliseum.
500♦ - Texas
Let's grab the take back cash with Kevin Millwood over Brad Penny tonight at Fenway.
No doubt the Red Sox are tough at home - 17-6 at Fenway, and no doubt Brad Penny does somehow sport a 5-1 record this season, but Penny's ERA is 5.63 this season, and at home it is over 6!
Texas just dropped 2 of 3 to the Yankees, and will be in a prickly mood tonight when they step in against the hitable Brad Penny.
Look for the Rangers to outslug the Sox in their home park tonight.
Kevin Millwood's season ERA is just a tick over 3, so I expect him to limit the damage the Red Sox can inflict, and let his team's bats take over against Penny.
Texas plus money is the call here.
Matt Fargo
**9** MLB DARK HORSE DANDY 62.5% YTD
REASON FOR PICK: **9** MLB DARK HORSE DANDY 62.5% YTD Yovani Gallardo has been solid following a tough outing in Houston as he has allowed just one combined run over his last two starts covering 13.1 innings. He has been the victim of two bad starts on the year and after hat, everything has been great. Taking those two games away and his ERA drops from an already solid 3.18 to a minuscule 1.64 in his other eight starts. Overall, the Brewers are 7-3 in his 10 starts and Atlanta is only 15-18 against right-handed starters on the season. Jair Jurrjens counters for Atlanta and he is having a very solid season as well. He is however coming off his worst start of the season and it is hard to tell how he will react to that. Last season, he put together poor back-to-back starts on several occasions so we could see that again. He had allowed two runs or fewer in nine of his first 10 starts before giving up five runs in five innings against the Diamondbacks on Friday. On the road this year he has been spectacular with a 1.08 WHIP but at home, his WHIP is 1.44 and that is very below average.
9* Milwaukee Brewers
Marc Lawrence
Been Cold
MLB Super Pick Play! - Friday 6/5:
Play On: Cleveland w/Pavano vs. Danks
Note: When the Indians send Carl Pavano up against John Danks and the White Sox in Chicago tonight they will do so knowing Pavano is in great KW form with 3 walks and 18 strikeouts in his last three starts. He has also cashed in 6 of his last 7 team starts. Meanwhile, Danks has been rocked in his last four starts while compiling a 7.50 ERA. Look for Pavano to continue his winning ways as the Pale Hose to fall to 5-11 on Fridays here tonight. Kansas City ace Zach Greinke takes on Ricky Romero and the Blue Jays in the opener of a 3-game series in Toronto tonight. Greinke enters tonight fray in terrific KW form with 2 walks and 23 strikeouts in his last three starts while Romero owns a sky-high 9.72 ERA in his last two starts. With Greinke 4-1 in his last five road starts, look for the Royals to beat the Blue Jays here this
Charlie Sports
mlb. minnesota @ seattle under 7' runs (500*)
mlb. dodgers-140 (30*)
mlb. colorado+170(20*)
mlb. oakland-120 (20*)
mlb. seattle-150 (10*)
mlb. cubs-135 (10*) free play
Brian Joseph
Best Bet
Seattle Mariners (-142) over Minnesota Twins
Felix Hernandez has a decent line against current Twins at .238/.310/.376 in 114 PAs and Minnesota is dreadful (6-16) on the road. Seattle is slightly better at home (14-13) and has shown the ability to get to Francisco Liriano this year. Liriano is 1-1 against the Mariners but neither outing went well for Liriano. Hernandez is also 1-1 against the Twins but dominated them in the first of two starts. The home/road effect is the selling point here though which gives me considerable faith in Seattle
John Morrison June 5
(MLB baseball) -> Chicago Cubs -130 {Money Line]
(MLB baseball) -> Tampa Bay & New York Yankees Under 9.5 {Total)
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Tom Stryker
Chicago White Sox
William E. Stockton
20* San Diego under 7.5 (100 Dime BIG TICKET)
20* Florida over 9
10* Dodgers -140
10* KC under 7.5
10* Oakland over 8.5
10* Twins +140
ROBERT FERRINGO
1.5-Unit Play. Take St. Louis (-175) over Colorado
1-Unit Play. Take St. Louis (-1.5, +120) over Colorado
0.5-Unit Play. Take ‘Under’ 8.5 Colorado at St. Louis
NSA
20* Milwaukee +115
20* Texas @ Boston OVER 10
10* Cleveland @ White Sox OVER 9
10* Tampa Bay @ NY Yankees OVER 9
10* Cubs -135
EZWINNERS
5 STAR PARLAY SELECTION
St. Louis Cardinals -$174 and Los Angeles Dodgers -$135
3 STAR SELECTION
Kansas City Royals -$138
2 STAR SELECTION
San Francisco Giants +$140
2 STAR SELECTION
Los Angeles Angels +$158
2 STAR SELECTION
Tampa Bay Rays +$178
2 STAR SELECTION
Baltimore Orioles +$106
We Cover Spreads
Diamondbacks -104
The Padres are in for a long night tonight since they are batting just .196 at home vs. lefties. Doug Davis is on the hill for the DBacks tonight and despite his 2-6 record he has pitched solid this season with a 3.65 ERA, a 51 strike out to 27 walk ratio, and a 1.28 WHIP. Davis has subdued the Padres batters in the past. Earlier this season he faced them a pitched a solid seven innings giving up just two earned runs. Last year he faced them three times holding them to a .211 batting average and in three games '07 to a .217 batting average.
Chad Gaudin gets the start for San Diego and he has been inconsistent this season. He is yielding a 4.76 ERA with a 1.51 WHIP allowing batters a .360 on base percentage. Earlier this season Arizona slammed Gaudin for seven earned runs in just five innings of work. While pitching for Oakland last year Gaudin struggled again vs. Arizona facing just 10 batters and gave up 3 earned runs before being pulled in the second inning. Arizona's batters are hitting .273 vs right handed pitchers in their last 10 games; steadily improving from the .247 average overall this season vs. rightys. San Diego was just swept at home vs. Philly and we look for the struggles to continue.
Angels +162
We couldn't pass up the value in this line here. We have been riding Justin Verlander this season but the buck stops here in this game tonight. The Angels aren't a power hitting line up and play small ball. Which adds to their benefit tonight and the main component why Verlander has struggled vs. them in the past. Verlander usually does better against line ups with a lot of power hitters. They are a patient group of batters and Verlander struggled this year giving up seven earned runs and nine hits in just five innings vs. LA. Last season he gave up 6 earned runs in his only game against the Angels.
We have faded Ervin Santana up to this point of this season and feel this is the game he breaks out. The Angels are 5-2 when he starts vs. Detroit. In three games vs Detroit last season he dominated on the hill allowing just 6 runs and holding batters to a .185 average. The Tigers are batting just .249 vs rightys at home this year and .252 the last 10 games. The big bat of Miguel Cabrera may be on the sidelines since he is listed doubtful with a hamstring injury. We'll back the Angels and the value who have dominated the series winning 11 of the last 15 overall and 19 of the last 28 in Detroit.