Info Plays
3* on San Francisco Giants -126
The Washington Nationals are without several key players right now, making it tough for this team to compete with anyone. 2B Ronny Belliard, 1B Nick Johnson, OF Austin Kearns, C Paul Lo Duca, and 3B Ryan Zimmerman are all starters that are missing playing time, including Monday’s game, with various injuries. That make the Giants the play today. We’ll Play Against - Home teams (WASHINGTON) - bad offensive team (<=4.1 runs/game) against an average starting pitcher (ERA=4.20 to 5.20)-NL, cold hitting team - batting .250 or worse over their last 20 games. This is a 45-26 ML System hitting 63.4% over the last 5 seasons. The Nationals really struggle to score runs without 5 of their best players in the lineup. Bet San Francisco on the road.
Larry Ness 20* AL Game of the Month
LA Angels
JEFFERSONSPORTS 3-1 yesterday
Hit 8 of last 9 plays
hit 5 straight mlb plays
nba 58% (153-113)
ncaa hoops 58% (161-120)
wnba 63% (5-3) 2-1 yest
mlb +2172 (playing 1 unit on every game, 100.00 per game)
ncaa foots 71% (27-11) bowl games (10-4) 71%
nhl 58% (51-37)
MLB EARLY RELEASE MONDAY
DETROIT-104
SAN FRANCISCO-124
CINCINATTI-128
Mr. A's
Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers
The Indians have played awful away from home, just 4-13 in its last 17 games on the road, but they have been successful against the Tigers, winning seven of the last 10 games and six of the last nine at Comerica Park.
Cleveland's lefty Cliff Lee (9-1, 2.45 ERA), has not been profitable bet in the past against the Tigers. Lee is 3-6 with a 5.23 ERA in 14 career starts against the Tigers, 1-1 with a 3.53 ERA in six starts at Comerica Park and the Indians have lost his last 6 starts versus the Tigers, However, the Southpaw has been superb this season in contrast to a poor performance in 2007. Lee has won his last three and is 6-1 in his last seven starts on the road. Detroit’s lefthander Dontrelle Willis (0-0, 4.50), makes his first start since coming off the disabled list. He is 0-1 with a 2.25 ERA in two career starts against Cleveland.
Take the Indians with Cliff Lee at the wheel. Cleveland is 9-2 in Lee's last 11 starts and 6-1 in his last 7 on the road.
Cleveland Indians -105
Thanks for the plays Ice 😉
Frank Rosenthal
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
901 DBACKS-125 SB
903 REDS-130 SB
910 CWS-190 SB
912 JAYS-170 SB
913 TRIBE+105 SB
OVER 9.5 SB
916 ANGELS-145 SB
Brandon Lang
5 Dime - Angels
Free Pick - Tigers
Michael Cannon
15 Dime –
REDS (With Volquez as listed pitcher)
Take the Reds for the road win over the Marlins tonight.
Edinson Volquez will start for Cincinnati and you don’t need to say much more than that as to why the Reds are the play.
The right-hander has been spectacular for Cincinnati this season, posting an 8-2 record with a 1.32 ERA in 13 games. Volquez has allowed only 49 hits and three homeruns in 75 innings while striking out 91.
The Marlins will counter with Mark Hendrickson, who is 7-3 with a 5.33 ERA on the season. But the left-hander has been knocked around lately, as evidenced by his 11.66 ERA over his last three starts.
Hendrickson is also 0-2 with an 8.49 ERA in five career starts against the Reds.
Take Cincinnati for the road win.
5 Dime –
INDIANS (With Lee as listed pitcher)
Take the Indians for the road win over the Tigers tonight.
Cliff Lee will start for Cleveland and he’s gunning for his major league-leading 10th win. The left-hander had a spectacular start to the season, winning his first six games while posting a 0.81 ERA over that span. He’s won his last three starts, despite posting a 6.11 ERA.
The Tigers will counter will Dontrelle Willis, who is making his second start since coming off the DL on May 21. The D-Train just hasn’t been the same pitcher as he was a few years ago, and I don’t expect him to go deep into this game or to match Lee pitch-for-pitch.
Take the Indians as they grab the road win.
Stu Feiner
10,000 Dime MLB Game of the Day: CINCINNATI REDS
Gotta ride with Cincinnati behind the arm of Edinson Volquez tonight in South Florida. He has been dynamite this season and he’ll pitch the Reds to victory in this series’ finale over the Marlins. Cincy is 10-2 when Volquez takes to the mound as he has a sparkling 1.00 ERA in six road starts this season. He has not given up more than two runs in any of his 12 starts and his 91 strikeouts and .188 opponent batting average leads the majors. He held these same Marlins to just one run in six innings back on May 13. Florida counters with Mark Hendrickson, who has an 11.66 ERA in his last three starts. He’s 0-2 with an 8.49 ERA in five career starts against the Reds. Cincy will score enough for Volquez tonight as the Reds take this one
Josh Dean
Today we head to Gm 4 of this series between Florida and Cincinnati. The Reds took a beating the last two games with a walk off homer in Gm 2 and a beating in Gm 3. Event though the reds struggle on the road the are clearly the better team tonight as Florida is not as deep in the pen as the reds. Volquez has proven all year he's a solid performer and no doubt in my mind he's coming ready to play. Hendrickson putting up solid numbers this year but struggled his last couple starts boosting his ERA. Not only that, the pen for the Marlins can't/wont back him up tonight. Florida needs to score some runs tonight to beat the Reds and I just don't see that happening with Volquez on the mound. Play the Reds tonight fellas as your 1* bet.
Cinci -126 1*
Ted Sevransky
The Tigers have been hammering lefties for much of the season, scoring 65 runs in their last eleven starts against southpaws. Detroit’s home/road offensive disparity is second to none in the big leagues this year, averaging 5.9 runs per game at Comerica Park, in sharp contrast to their 3.6 runs scored per game on the highway. They’ve destroyed Indians lefty Cliff Lee repeatedly over the last two years: six starts, 34.2 innings of work, 48 hits and 26 runs, with Lee sporting an 0-5 mark in those ballgames.
After his incredible start to the 2008 campaign (seven consecutive quality starts; an 0.67 ERA), Lee has reverted back to his mediocre career form as the weather has warmed up. In his last four trips to the hill, Lee has allowed 36 hits and 18 earned runs. Look for the Tigers to get to Lee once again here, and the Indians bullpen behind Lee has been nothing short of awful, ranked 29th out of 30 big league teams in bullpen ERA, with the worst opponent’s batting average allowed in the big leagues.
But it’s equally hard to trust Dontrelle Willis these days, or the Tigers bullpen behind him – Jim Leyland’s squad ranks 28th in the majors in bullpen ERA. Willis labored through four innings against the A’s in his first start off the DL last week, walking five batters. That’s nothing new for Dontrelle – he’s got an incredibly bad 3-16 strikeout to walk ratio so far this season, lasting just nine innings in his three previous starts. And with Willis on a strict pitch count once again tonight, the patient Indians should have plenty of opportunities to put even more runs on the board against Detroit’s bullpen in the latter stages of the game. With umpire Larry Vanover and his narrow strike zone behind home plate tonight (49-32 to the Over since the start of the 2006 season), look for a high scoring ballgame in Detroit this evening. Take the Over.
WISE OWL GAME OF THE WEEK
TORONTO BLUEJAYS
Chris James Sports
3* Blue Jays
3* Angels
The Silver Fox
2* Seattle Mariners
Vic Monte
50* SF Giants