Carlo Campanella
San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks
Arizona (43-43) starts southpaw Doug Davis on the mound as they host San Diego (33-53) on Saturday. With the oddsmakers posting this game almost as a "Pick'em," there's a MUST play on Arizona, as these Padres are only 9-20 against Left-Handers and we know Davis is 8-0 starting against N.L. teams with a team Batting Average of .250 or lower!
Play on: Arizona
Tom Freese
Toronto at Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 9-0 UNDER with John Lackey this year with an average of 4.7 runs a game being scored. The Angels are 9-1 UNDER their last 10 games vs. a starter who has a WHIP of less than 1.15 and they are 20-8-3 UNDER vs. losing teams. Toronto is 11-0 UNDER with Roy Halladay as an underdog of +110 to +150 and they are 18-8-2 UNDER vs. a pitcher with a WHIP of less than 1.15. The Blue Jays are 7-2 UNDER their last 9 games vs. AL West teams and Halladay is 8-1-1 UNDER his last 10 starts vs. the Angels. PLAY ON 'UNDER'
James Patrick Sports
Indians vs. Twins
Our Saturday Major League Baseball selection is Minnesota Twins.
MR A
Kansas City Royals at Tampa Bay Rays
Tampa Bay has won their last five games, five of its last six at home and have beaten the Royals in 12 of the last 14 meetings at Tropicana Field. Kansas City has lost five of their last 7 games, but has won seven of its last 10 on the road.
Kansas City's Zack Greinke (7-4, 3.65) is 2-0 with a 4.50 ERA in his last three starts.The right-hander is 0-1 with a 4.03 ERA in six career outings, including three starts against Tampa Bay, but hasn't faced them since 2005.
Tampa Bay's Andy Sonnanstine (9-3, 4.60 ERA) is 2-0 with a 3.18 ERA in his last three starts. The right-hander allowed three earned runs on six hits over seven innings in an 8-7 loss at Kansas City in his only previous start versus the Royals on July 7, 2007, but didn't factor in the decision.
Take Tampa Bay at home with Andy Sonnanstine on the mound. The Rays are 12-2 in the right-hander's last 14 starts and 6-1 in his last 7 at home.
Tampa Bay Rays -140
Drew Gordon
Florida +120 at COLORADO
I told you in this spot yesterday, that the Rockies were not to be trifled with at Coors against lefties, especially at night, when they're now 10-1 after Friday's win. However, its a different story with a righty on the mound tonight, as the Rockies are just 9-12 against them at Coors in night games.
Granted, rookie Ryan Tucker hasn't exactly been on point of late, but he's got two things going for him in this match up: A. His ERA is considerably lower on the road (5.73 away versus 7.71 at home), and that includes his best start of the season, at Seattle, where he allowed 2 runs over 6 innings for the win. And B. He's being opposed by Jorge De La Rosa, who's been garbage at Coors this season, posting an ugly 7.33 ERA there. In other words, you can expect plenty of room for error with De La Rosa on the mound.
Also, for all the talk about the Rockies offensive explosion yesterday, let's not forget the Fish scored 17 runs on 22 hits, and still posses one of the better power offenses in the Majors. They average nearly 5 runs per game against lefties on the highway, and the way De La Rosa is pitching, expect them to reach that numbers with ease tonight.
Bottom line, look for the Fish to bounce back strong in this one, as the Rockies have been feasting on southpaws all season at Coors, but its a different story with the righty Tucker on the hill in this one. Granted, both teams should score plenty of runs, but in the end, Florida offers rock-solid value in this spot, especially when you consider how terrible De La Rosa was at home against the sorry-ass Padres offense in his last start (6 runs on 11 hits over 5 innings)! Play here is squarely on the Fish.
Take Florida behind Tucker over Colorado and De La Rosa in this MLB match up.
2♦ FLORIDA
Matty O'Shea
Since Ted Lilly has screwed me in just about every game I have faded him this season, and I really like the Cardinals. I'm going with OVER 8.5
As some of you may recall, Lilly was on the winning side of a 9-3 victory at St. Louis back on May 3rd the last time he squared off against Kyle Lohse and the Cardinals. The OVER is 4-1 in Lilly's last five starts overall and 11-4-1 in the last 15 games St. Louis has been favored. The Cardinals have also been hitting lefties particularly well lately at .319 in their last 10 games. While my gut tells me St. Louis and OVER would make a nice two-team parlay, I will only stick with the OVER here and let some others talk you into that one
Keith Martin Computer Plays
Top Play
None
Medium Play
Los Angeles Dodgers (M: -127.0) 3
Regular Plays
St Louis Cardinals (M: -109.0)
New York Yankees (M: -128.0)
Milwaukee Brewers (M: -145.0)
Minnesota Twins (M: -127.0)
Boston Red Sox Under 9.5
Kansas City Royals Under 8.5
Florida Marlins Under 11.5
Yesterday 8-7 +1.2
Last 7 Days 47-24 +35.4
VEGAS EXPERTS
Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins
Minnesota over Cleveland looks like the easiest play on the board, at least to us, and that's simply based on how these two division rivals have been playing recently. Cleveland has dropped six straight while the Twins have won 14 of 16 and are showing no signs of slowing down following their dominant run in interleague play. Saturday starter Kevin Slowey has won each of his last three decisions with a miniscule 0.43 ERA over that same time frame.
Play on: Minnesota
Nelly
Baltimore (Burres) - over Texas (Hurley)
Brian Burres allowed just one run in his last start and he owns a 4-2 record at home. As a lefthander he should have success against the Rangers as Texas is hitting just .211 in the past ten games against southpaws. Baltimore meanwhile is hitting .296 in the last ten games against right-handers and the Orioles continue to produce great results at home with a 25-14 record. Baltimore is 18-7 in the last 25 games as a favoirte and Texas is 1-3 behind starter Eric Hurley. Hurley struggled in his lone road start and pitching in this ballpark against a solid offense could be a rude awakening.
Jimmy Moore
Philadelphia
Templer's Sports Picks
NY Mets/none +1.5
KBWINS
Milwaukee
The Sports Scholar
San Francisco
Paul Leiner
10* White Sox -135
Cappers Access
Cubs
White Sox
BIG TIME SPORTS
SAN DIEGO / ARIZONA UNDER 8.5
DR VEGAS
Angels -125
SCOUT
San Diego -110
PLATINUM PLAYS
DODGERS - 125
HUDDLE UP
NY Yankees -130
RAZOR SHARP
DETROIT -130
#1 SPORTS
BALTIMORE -125
COMPUTER SPORTS
SEATTLE M's +120
MIKE WYNN
Detroit -135
ARTHUR RALPH
White Sox
VEGAS STEAMLINE
MINNESOTA
DARK HORSE
Boston +120
TOTALS 4 U
WASHINGTON/CINCINNATI UNDER
MIGHTY QUINN
Orioles
Indians
Pups and Chalk
CARDINALS -109
Matty O'shea
Cubs/Stl Over
Glen Mcgrew
Yankees
Joe Wiz
Yankees
DBacks
SOUTHSIDE SPORTS
WHITESOX
HOT LOCK SPORTS
Red Sox/Yankees Under 9.5
Kyle Baugues
Brewers -145
TONY MATHEWS
Arizona -105
JOHN FINA
White Sox -130
SCOTT SPREITZER
White Sox
Insider Sports Report
Pittsburgh/Milwaukee UNDER 9
Frank Patron
Red Sox +120
MVP CAPPER
Cubs +105
Mrd Sports
Wash/Cincy Over
Mr. Parlay
Tampa Bay -132
Players of America
New York Mets vs. Philadelphia Phillies
The Play: New York Mets +110.0
Star Value: 1* (10 Units)
San Diego Padres vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
The Play: Under 9.0
Star Value: 1* (10 Units)
Cleveland Indians vs. Minnesota Twins
The Play: Cleveland Indians +125.0
Star Value: 1* (10 Units)
EZWINNERS EARLY MLB
3 STAR: (902) ST. LOUIS (-$109) over Chicago
(Listing Lohse only) (Risking $327 to win $300)
KELSO
High Rollers Club
10 unit Tampa
10 unit Angels
10 unit Parlay Tampa & Angels
Best Bets Baseball Club
10 unit Cubs
4 unit Tigers
FRANK ROSENTHAL
902 CARDS-110
906 BREWERS-145
907 ASTROS+145
OVER 9
912 ROCKIES-135
913 PADRES-115
915 DODGERS-125
922 CWS-135
926 TWINS-125
928 ANGELS-120
OVER 6.5
Nostradamus
MLB-Yankees -130
MLB-St Louis -105
MLB-Texas NL
MLB-White Sox -130