Info Plays
3* on Pirates/Cardinals UNDER 9
Play Under - Home teams where the total is 8.5 to 10 (ST LOUIS) - with an on base percentage of .285 or worse over their last 5 games, with a hot bullpen whose ERA is under 2.00 the last 10 games. This is a 43-14 Totals System favoring the UNDER that is hitting 75.4% since 1997. St. Louis is 17-5 UNDER vs. a starting pitcher whose gives up 7 or more hits/start over the last 2 seasons. St. Louis is 13-4 UNDER when the total is 9 to 9.5 this season. The Cards and Pirates both struggle to score runs. The UNDER is 5-1 in the Cardinals’ last 6 games overall. Todd Wellemeyer held the Pirates to just 1 run on 2 hits in his last start against them this season. Bet the UNDER 9 runs.
Bob Balfe
NBA Basketball
Pistons -5 over Celtics
This is where experience comes into play. Detroit is facing elimination at home and I just don't see this core group of guys who have played in so many playoff games together losing tonight at home. This game is real simple. Pick the winner and then take them against the spread. If the Pistons win, but fail to cover then its just the way it goes. I think Detroit forces a game seven so lets roll with the Pistons tonight.
Major League Baseball
Mets -140 over Dodgers
Maine/Kershaw
Savannah Sports
2 units on Cleveland -131
2 units on Arizona -1.5 (RL)
The Fat Jack
The Pistons
MONEYLOCKOFTHEDAY
Digger - White Sox
Junior - Indians
Black Magic Sports
1 Unit on Baltimore Orioles +140
I’ll give Baltimore a shot tonight with Daniel Cabrera on the mound. Cabrera is 5-1 with a 3.70 ERA on the season. The Orioles are 2-0 against the Red Sox this season, including a 7-3 win where Cabrera allowed just 3 runs through 7 innings to pick up the win. Boston has dropped nine of its past 10 road games and are batting just .169 (32-for-189) through the first six games of its current 10-game road trip. The Red Sox managed just two hits as they were blanked for the second time in five games, 1-0, at the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday. Josh Beckett lost his last start against the Orioles, allowing 11 hits and 5 earned runs. Cabrera is 6-0 in night games this season. The Orioles have won 8 of Cabrera’s 10 starts this year so we will give them a shot tonight against Beckett and the Red Sox. Cash in with Baltimore as the underdog.
Black Widow Sports
1* on San Francisco Giants -116
Usually the Giants are a shaky bet, but tonight they are a great wager against the lowly San Diego Padres. San Diego is 1-11 (-10.5 Units) against the money line vs. a starting pitcher whose gives up 5.5 or less hits/start this season. Matt Cain has given up just 60 hits in 67 innings this season. Cain has been brilliant against the Padres in his career with a 2.32 ERA in 13 lifetime starts against San Diego. The Giants are also playing with confidence right now in winning 6 of their last 8 games overall. Take the Giants on the Money Line.
GOLD SHEETS LTS
DETROIT - 5½
Tony Matthews
20 Stars: Boston/Detroit Under 176½
Dave Malinsky 6*
Minn Twins
Roots
Chairman- Pistons
Millionaire- Padres
Money Maker- Reds
Billionaire- Twins
Tom Stryker 4 *
4 * Detroit/Boston UNDER
Red Dog Sports
1 unit on Florida and Philadelphia to go over 10 runs.
There have been 35 overs, 16 unders and 2 pushes in the last 53 meetings. The Marlins
have 24 overs 9 unders and 2 pushes in their last 35 Friday night games while the
Phillies have 9 overs 3 unders and 1 push in their last 13 after a win. Hendrickson
has an ERA of 6.00 in his last 3 starts while Myers has an ERA of 7.16 his last
3. The Phils have been scoring runs in bunches lately and we are looking for plenty
of runs on Friday night. 1 unit on OVER 10 runs.
ATS Arena Football Lock Club
4 Units - New Orleans -7½
MATT RIVERS
For Friday take the Angels at home.
Jered Weaver has not been as great as in that sensational rookie season but the righty was just awesome in that last start and should come through once again here against what has been a very weak hitting Toronto squad.
Last season the Blue Jays put up a ton of runs but things have been a complete 180 this season. Frank Thomas was a disappointment and was released and now Vernon Wells is still hurt. Even when those guys were around the offense was not close to clicking and in Anaheim here there is nor eason to believe that Weaver will be anything but very very good.
Dustin McGowan has great stuff but for whatever reason is just not the same on the road. The righty has been absolutely great up North but is a little Jekyl and Hyde hurler and the bad guy shows up on the highway like this more times than not. McGowan certainly has a huge upside and the ability to be fine here but with his punch and judy offense up against Weaver he better be more than fine and I don't see that happening.
Vlad, Anderson, Matthews, Hunter and the Halos are always solid at the Big A and I don't see much changing today!
Bob Harvey Sports
Take LA Dodgers and New York Mets UNDER 8.
To borrow from a line from my favourite rock group, The Eagles, theres a New Kid In Town and his name is Clayton Kershaw.
The 20-year old lefthander makes his second big league start as the Dodgers look to snap a four-game losing streak tonight in New York.
In his major league debut on Sunday, Kershaw held St. Louis to two runs and five hits while striking out seven in six innings. He came out of contest with a no decision but deserved better. His stuff has been described as electric and its still a mystery to me why he wasnt in the Dodger rotation from Day One. The Dodgers under Frank McCourt and Ned Colletti havent made very many good decisions, but thats another subject for another day. In regards to Kershaw, its better late than never. Hes the real deal, as Willie Randolphs club will find out this evening. New York will counter with John Maine who held the Dodgers to one run and four hits in 8 1-3 innings of a 12-1 victory in Los Angeles in May. The UNDER is 8-1 in the Dodgers last nine games overall, while the UNDER plays to a 6-2-1 record in Maines last nine starts. My friends, Kershaw is the real deal and Maine should keep the Dodger bats quiet as he did earlier this season. This one shapes up as a low-scoring affair.