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ATLANTA/SAN FRAN OVER
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Milwaukee -120
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Nats/Rockies Over 9.5
Yankees/Texas Over 9.5
VEGAS EXPERTS
Atlanta Braves at San Francisco Giants
Braves right-handed starter Jair Jurrjens has had a pretty darn good year considering the Braves as a whole have not. He comes in with a 9-2 Team Start Record as an underdog of +100 to +150. Jurrjens has also fared very well against the NL West a he has a 5-1 TSR. His counterpart Matt Cain has just a 4-12 TSR when the money line is +125 to -125. Look for the Braves to sneak one out in San Francisco.
Play on: Atlanta Braves
Oakland Athletics at Toronto Blue Jays
The Blue Jays are 0-6 OU since April 10, 2008 as a home favorite after a loss in which they allowed 5+ walks and the Athletics are 0-9 OU since April 14, 2008 on the road after a loss and it is the first game of the series. Consider the J’s and A’s UNDER.
Play on: UNDER
Matt Fargo
Minnesota Twins vs. Seattle Mariners
Play: Minnesota Twins
Minnesota begins its road trip back in first place in the American League Central and it does not want to lose that top spot by playing the worst team in the American League. The Twins climbed in front by winning five of their seven games during their recent homestand. They are 7-2 over their last nine games overall and they are a solid 11-9 over their last 20 road games. They remain under .500 on the road for the season but they face the team with the worst home record in baseball.
Seattle is just 21-34 at Safeco Field this year and those 34 losses are already one more than it had the entire season last year. The Mariners dropped two of three to the Orioles over the weekend and they are a dreadful 7-17 over their last 24 games including a record of 2-8 at home. During this 24-game stretch, the offense has not been able to find any consistency as it has scored three runs or fewer in exactly half of those games. The Mariners are 1-7 in their last 8 home games vs. a team with a losing road record.
The Twins send Glen Perkins to the mound in hopes of him bouncing back off two rough outings. He allowed nine runs in 12 innings against the Yankees and White Sox but it should be nothing to be concerned about. Prior to that, he had allowed three runs or fewer in eight straight starts and 12 of his first 14 on the season. His ERA is inflated due to only four bad outings. He finished July going 4-1 with a 3.98 ERA and that shows how good his other three starts were. Seattle is 11-22 against lefty starters on the season.
The Mariners go with Miguel Batista and it is surprising that this guy is still on a Major League roster. He has a 6.43 ERA on the season which isn’t the worst in baseball but it is certainly near the bottom. He is actually coming off back-to-back decent starts, including a quality outing last time out, but I am not convinced he has turned anything around. Both of those starts came on the road and that makes sense as his home ERA is a putrid 8.26 in eight starts. Seattle is just 2-8 in his 10 nighttime starts on the season. Play Minnesota Twins 1.5 Units
Nelly
Texas + over New York
The Rangers are 16-5 behind Vicente Padilla this season and his numbers are strong at home with a 3.98 ERA. Texas has won six of his last eight starts and the Rangers catch the Yankees after New York played a big series with Los Angeles. The Yankees are just a game above .500 on the road this season and Texas is a much more solid team than most perceive, with only three fewer wins than New York. The Rangers are hitting .308 in the last ten games and Texas beat New York in a game that Joba Chamberlain started earlier this season. New York is hitting just .258 in home games and the suspect pitching for the Rangers is negated in this ballpark. Look for Texas to deliver the upset as the Yankees are in a tough situation facing travel after two big wins at home.
Brian Hansen
Game: Cleveland Indians at Tampa Bay Rays
Prediction: Tampa Bay Rays
This very nearly qualified as one of my highly coveted NO BRAINER plays but I decided to give it to the Vegas Experts members for FREE, instead. Lee is having a heck of a year but Tampa simply doesnt lose at home. The Rays are 43-16 at home. The Indians are 19-36 on the road. Enough said. Go with TAMPA!
FRANK ROSENTHAL
952 REDS OVER 9 SB
954 CUBS OVER 9.5 SB+
957 PIRATES OVER 8.5 SB+
960 GIANTS-110 SB
UNDER 7 SB
964 RAYS-120 SB
UNDER 7.5 SB
965 YANKS-155 SB
UNDER 10 SB+
968 KC EVEN SB
WINNING POINTS
OAKLAND +185 over TORONTO
We're going out on a limb with a big fat underdog tonight, but the situation does appear favorable.So far in 2008 Toronto is a dismal 4-17 in road games vs. lefthanders (-$1660) so it's hard to pass up close to 2 to 1 odds, even with staff ace Roy Halladay on the mound. Greg Smith has had a decent season in road games vs. righthanders at night (3.81) so despite Oakland's weaknesses,they are very much alive in this one.
ATS Consultants
LA Angels over Baltimore - Best Bet
Houston/Chicago Cubs Under - Preferred Play
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Orioles/Angels Over 9
Dennis Sarfate had a 6.75 era in his first start on the road at New York lasting 4 inns, tough back to back games for the young kid facing the Yankees on the road followed by the Angels on the road, Saunders has pitched 7 straight quality starts, as he is 2-0 over his last 3 starts, and he has defeated Baltimore both times this year 6-5, I favor the run-line here, but remember it will be tough for any pitcher to beat a team 3 times in a row and Baltimore has gotten close twice now, I wouldn't be surprised to see this game go over though as Baltimore is likely to be an active dog.
Long story short here, Baltimore has gotten close twice now in defeating Saunders as they have lost 5-6 and 5-6, given that and the fact Sarfate is a young kid on the road at L.A. who is a solid contact hitting team, the over seems probable here, the over is 11-1 when the Orioles are dogs by this margin meaning they show up well at least on offense when they are such big dogs and the over is 4-0 in Saunders last 4 starts against the Orioles.
Bob Akmen
10* CUBS -200
10* KANSAS CITY / BOSTON OVER 9.0
EZWINNERS
1 STAR: (952) CINCINNATI (+$111) over Milwaukee
(Listing Arroyo and Parra) (Risking $100 to win $111)
1 STAR: (966) TEXAS (+$144) over NY Yankees
(Listing Padilla only) (Risking $100 to win $144)
1 STAR: (955) WASHINGTON (+$190) over Colorado
(Action) (Risking $100 to win $190)
1 STAR: (957) PITTSBURGH (+$245) over Arizona
(Aciton) (Risking $100 to win $245)
Locksmith Sports
1 Unit on San Francisco Giants -112
The Braves have struggled on the road all season and I look for things to get even worse after dealing away one of their best hitters before the trade deadline. The Braves are just 2-7 in their last 9 overall, 9-23 in their last 32 road games vs. a team with a losing record, and 18-37 in their last 55 road games. The Giants are 7-2 in their last 9 games as a home favorite, 4-0 in their last 4 games as a favorite, and an impressive 7-3 in their last 10 vs. the National League East. It's very difficult to make the coast to coast trip and perform well in game one. We'll take the Giants at home here.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston (53-57) at Chicago Cubs (67-45)
Two teams playing some outstanding baseball of late square off at Wrigley Field in Chicago when the Astros send Brian Moehler (6-4, 4.23 ERA) to the mound to oppose the Cubs’ Ryan Dempster (12-4, 2.90).
Houston has won six of its last seven and just swept the Mets in a three-game weekend set in Houston, capped off by Sunday’s 4-0 victory. The Astros have fared well against the Cubs lately, winning four of the last five, and they lead the season series 5-4. However, Chicago has won eight of the last 10 meetings in the Windy City.
Chicago has won seven of its last eight games and beat the Pirates 8-5 on Sunday to improve to 41-15 at Wrigley Field this season. The Cubs are 53-24 in their last 77 games as a favorite and 21-7 in their last 28 at home against right-handed starters.
The Astros have won five of Moehler’s last seven starts, including Tuesday when he went 8 2/3 innings against the Reds, allowing two runs on seven hits in a 6-2 victory. He beat the Cubs back on July 18 when he held them to one run on four hits over seven innings of a 2-1 win. Moehler is 1-1 with a 3.60 ERA in eight career appearances against Chicago.
Dempster has been nearly unbeatable at Wrigley, going 10-1 with a 2.72 ERA in 13 starts this season. In his last three outings overall, he’s given up just two runs in 21 innings, including eight innings of shutout work against Houston on July 20 in a 9-0 victory. In his career, Dempster is 4-8 with a 4.58 ERA in 39 appearances against the Astros.
The are 16-7 in Dempster’s last 23 starts overall and 8-2 in his last 10 versus N.L. Central rivals.
The under is 13-3-1 in Moehler’s last 17 starts and 5-0-1 in his last six on the road. The under is also on streaks of 7-1 with Dempster pitching at Wrigley and 8-3 when he takes the hill as a favorite. As a team, the Astros have stayed under the total in 25 of their last 37 games as a road ‘dog. Finally, in this rivalry, the under is 36-15-1 in the last 52 clashes overall and 11-4-1 in the last 16 meetings in Chicago.
ATS ADVANTAGE:CHICAGO CUBS and UNDER
AMERICAN LEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees (61-50) at Texas (58-54)
The Yankees go for their third straight win when they send young phenom Joba Chamberlain (4-3, 2.24) to the hill to take on the Rangers’ Vicente Padilla (12-5, 4.52) at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
New York used a six-run eighth inning to beat the Angels 14-9 on Sunday and split a four-game set against the team with baseball’s best record, however the Yankees went just 3-4 on its homestand. The Yankees have dominated the Rangers the last two-plus seasons, going 21-6 overall, and they are 29-10 in their last 39 in Texas.
Texas beat the Blue Jays 8-4 on Sunday. The Rangers hit .303 at home, and they are 14-6 in their last 20 in front of the home fans against right-handed starters.
Chamberlain has been magnificent lately, going 2-0 with a 0.95 ERA in his last three starts, giving up just two earned runs in his last 19 innings. The Yankees are 8-2 in his last 10 starts and he hasn’t allowed more than three runs in any of those 10 outings. Back on July 1, Chamberlain gave up two runs on five hits in four innings of a 3-2 loss to the Rangers.
The Rangers have won Padilla’s last three starts and the offense usually gives him plenty of support, averaging 6.8 runs a game when he toes the rubber. He hasn’t seen the Yankees in two years, but in two career starts he has allowed six earned runs in 10 1/3 innings and split the two games.
New York is 14-3 in its last 17 games against teams with a winning record, 16-5 in its last 21 when facing a squad from the A.L. West and 7-1 in Chamberlain’s last eight outings as a favorite. Meanwhile, Texas is 23-8 in Padilla’s last 31 starts overall and 9-3 in his last 12 at home.
The under is 4-1-1 in Chamberlain’s last six starts and 5-2-1 in the last eight head-to-head matchups between these squads. However, the over is 8-1 in the Yankees’ last nine overall and 7-1 in their last eight against right-handed starters. The over is 8-3 in Padilla’s last 11 starts, 9-2-1 in the Rangers last 12 overall and 22-10-1 in their last 33 series openers.
ATS ADVANTAGE:N.Y. YANKEES
ANTHONY CAPONE
OAKLAND A's vs TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Play: TORONTO BLUEJAYS -1.5
Lets lay the 1.5 runs today with the Jays over a terrible A's team lately losing their last 9 of 10 with no hope in sight .Gallagher has dropped his last 2 decisions losing (4-3) to the Royals recently and dropping the previous start to the Rangers (14-6) . Roy Halladay goes for the Jays today and should have no problem shutting down this punch less offense .Lets lay the runs with the Jays today .
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NY YANKEES vs TEXAS RANGERS
Play:YANKEES / RANGERS OVER 9.5