Baseball Betting: Streaks, Tips, Notes
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San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers
San Francisco isn't giving up on their hopes of winning the NL West. A 5-2 thirteen inning victory in the opener has moved Giants 3 1/2 games of the division lead. Giants hoping to eat further into the lead count on Madison Bumgarner. The left-hander undefeated in six games (6-0 TSR) is 18-9 with a 2.91 ERA and heads to the hill 11-3 on the road over 17 starts (13-4 TSR). Giants are in good hands, they've won 3-of-4 in the series this year w/Bumgarner and have won 11 of the hurlers 15 starts vs Dodgers including 7-of-9 at Dodger Stadium. L.A. counters with Zack Greinke. The Dodgers' hurler carries a 15-8 record, 2.76 ERA to the hill and is 8-2 with a 2.63 ERA at home over 13 starts (9-4 TSR). Dodgers have had great success vs Giants handing the ball to Greinke, they're a perfect 4-0 this season and have won each of his five starts since joining the club. Giants 9-2 in the past 11 meetings in Los Angeles, along with a sparkling 11-1 mark on the road w/Bumgarner following a team win the previous effort Giants are the choice.
Game of the Day: Royals at Indians
By Covers.com
Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians (-109, 7)
The Kansas City Royals are looking safe to secure at least a berth in the wild-card race, but are once again turning their sights to the American League Central crown. The Royals will try to keep the pressure on the Detroit Tigers when they visit the Cleveland Indians for the second of a three-game series on Tuesday. Kansas City is one game behind the Tigers in the Central while sitting two games up on the Seattle Mariners for the second AL wild card.
Cleveland is not ready to give up its own postseason dreams and is 3 1/2 games behind the Royals for that coveted second wild card. The Indians briefly got the deficit down to 2 1/2 when they closed out the completion of a suspended contest before Monday’s regularly-scheduled game but failed to take another bite out in a 2-0 loss in the nightcap. Cleveland is down to the final five contests of its regular season and has two more chances to cut into the Royals before closing out the campaign against the Tampa Bay Rays.
LINE HISTORY: Pinnacle Sports opened the Indians as -113 home faves but that is now -109. The total has held at 7.
INJURY REPORT: Royals - 2B Christian Colon (Out indefinitely, finger). Indians - RF Ryan Rayburn (Out indefinitely, knee).
COVERS POWER RANKINGS: Royals (-171), Indians (-161)
WEATHER: Temperatures in the low-60s with clear skies. Wind bill blow in from right field at 5 mph.
WHAT CAPPERS SAY: "A nice pitching matchup here with two young starters coming off terrific outings. The Royals have a lot more to play for at this point, and they showed it last night as they delivered a 2-0 victory. Their offense hasn't exactly been humming along, so they'll likely need a strong performance from Yordano Ventura here. Note that they're 3-0 when he takes the hill against the Tribe this season. I anticipate this line moving back toward a pk'em prior to first pitch, with Kansas City gaining considerable support." Covers Expert Sean Murphy.
PITCHING MATCHUP: Royals RH Yordano Ventura (13-10, 3.19 ERA) vs. Indians RH Danny Salazar (6-7, 4.02)
Ventura dominated through seven innings against Chicago on Wednesday, striking out seven while allowing one run on three hits to earn a win. The 23-year-old has permitted three or fewer earned runs in each of his last 10 starts and has picked up the win in four of the last five. Ventura yielded one run in a season-high 8 1/3 innings at Cleveland on July 4.
Salazar has been nearly as strong as Ventura of late and struck out nine while surrendering one run in 7 1/3 innings without getting a decision at Houston on Thursday. The Dominican allowed one or no earned runs in four of his last six turns. Santana last faced the Royals on July 27, when he picked up a win while yielding three run on seven hits in seven innings.
TRENDS:
* Under is 4-0 in the last four meetings.
* Royals are 6-2 in Ventura's last eight road starts.
* Indians are 7-1 in their last eight games as a favorite.
* Under is 19-7-1 in umpire Ed Hickox's last 27 games behind home plate.
COVERS CONSENSUS: 55 percent of bettors are behind the visiting Royals.