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Game 1
SF Giants vs Chicago Cubs
Chicago Cubs -1.5 -120
Game 2
Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox -1.5 +105
J. R. Miller
Major League Baseball
METS -144 over Rockies (Martinez-Jimenez)
NATIONALS +1.5 -150 over Astros (Balester-Rodriguez) (OR +112)
PADRES -112 over Braves (Maddux-Morton)
BLUEJAYS -105 over Yankees (Litsch-Rasner)
REDSOX -201 over Orioles (Wakefield-Liz)
NATIONALS +1.5 -149 over Astros (Balester-Rodriguez) (OR +114)
We wish we had more stats on Balester but we've got plenty of current stats on Rodriguez. All things considered - including these teams' recent batting stats - we can't believe the Nationals can have worse than a 50-50 chance to win this game. If you agree that the Nationals figure to have an even money expectation of winning, why not take these odds?
REDSOX -201 over Orioles (Wakefield-Liz)
If you know how to use parlays as a tool, you might want to consider simply sticking the Redsox onto some other play today. Having to lay -201 is definitely a bunch, but we see very little chance of the Orioles (and Liz) beating the Redsox (and Wakefield) here in Boston. Note that the Redsox are currently 34-11 at home, the Orioles are 20-30 on the road. Liz has been struggling, Wakefield has been throwing bullets.
MIke Rose
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Teddy Covers
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4* San Jose Sabercats -5
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2 units on CUBS (RL) -130
Steve Budin
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Sean Michaels
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Colorado Rockies
The Mets are hot right now going 7-0 their last 7 overall. However, I believe they will fall today to the Rockies as Pedro has struggled as of late. Pedro is 3-2 with a 6.86 ERA on the year, but the Mets are 3-5 as a team in his starts this year. Over his last 3 games pitched he is 1-1 with 16 innings pitched with a 7.31 ERA. He has faced the Rockies and Jimenez once already this year where he went 4.1 IP and gave up 6 earned runs. I am looking for more of the same to happen today. In that game Jimenez went 8 IP and only gave up 2 hits and 1 ER. Jimenez doesn't have great numbers for the season but has really pitched well recently going 2-1 in his last three games with a 2.6 ERA. Look for the Mets winning streak to end here on a count of Pedro getting smacked around! Play the Rockies as my free play selection!
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3 UNIT PLAY
CHICAGO RL (-130) over San Francisco
Rich Harden makes his Cubs debut today after coming over in a trade from the A's. Rich was 5-1 with a solid 2.34 ERA for the A's. He allowed teams to hit just 2.06 vs him and posted a 1.14 WHIP. When he pitched in his own park he was 3-0 with a 1.79 ERA, while allowing teams to hit just .190 off him, to go along with a 1.05 WHIP. Rich should have a good outing for the Cubs as he will taken on a sorry Giants offense and one that only could muster 3 hits and no runs vs a struggling Jason Marquis yesterday.The Giants come in averaging just 3.3 rpg in their last 11 games and they have scored just 4 total runs in the first 4 games of their current trip. SF hits righty starters at a .253 clip and scores just 4 rpg vs them, plus they hit just .254 and score 4.1 rpg on the road. The Giants have been outscored by 2.9 rpg in their last 7 overall and by 3.7 rpg in their last 9 losses on the road. The Cubs hit .307 and score 6.3 rpg at home, plus they hit .279 vs righty starters and score 4.9 rpg vs them. Chicago also hits .287 and scores 5.3 rpg in day games. The Cubs outscore opponents by 2.3 rpg at home, including 3.9 rpg in their 36 home wins. Kevin Correia will have the task of stopping this offense today and the way he has pitched this year it will not be easy for him. Kevin is just 1-5 on the year with a 4.96 ERA, including an 0-3 mark with a 4.63 ERA on the road and an 0-3 mark with a 7.27 ERA in day games. The Giants have been outscored by 2 rpg in his road starts and 3 rpg in his day starts. The Chicago offense was held in check yesteday, but I don't see it happening for a 2nd game in a row as I see them giving Rich Harden many more runs than he will need to win this one.
LARRY NESS
HOU (-120) vs WAS
What's going on here? The Nats own MLB's worst team batting average (.239) and are the majors' lowest scoring team (3.68 RPG) but last night beat the Astros 10-0 (12 hits). Can they now win back-to-back games in the same series for the first time since they swept a three-game series in Seattle (June 13-15) from the Mariners? The Nats will face Wandy Rodriguez and few will forget that while Rodriguez had a 2.94 home ERA in '07 (team was 11-4), his road ERA was 6.37 (team was 5-11). However, let me point out that Rodriguez has done much better on the road this year. He missed a little more than a month this year (on the DL from late-April to late-May), so his number of starts are down in '08, but after allowing four ERs over five innings in his first away start this season, he's allowed eight ERs over 21.2 innings of his last four road starts, for a respectable 3.32 ERA. Remember, he'll be facing a Washington team here, which not only owns MLB's lowest team batting average and is its lowest scoring team but is also a pathetic 3-11 vs left-handed starters in home hight games, averaging 3.2 RPG. Opposing Rodriguez will be 22-year-old Collin Balestar, making just his third big league start. He was pretty good in his first start, allowing one hit and one ER over five innings at Florida. However, in his second start (July 6 at Cincy), he allowed four hits, three walks and five ERs in 5.2 innings. The Astros have lost eight of 10 games in July (had gone 7-3 to finish June) but I believe they are worth a small play here with a lefty on the mound against Washington. Take Houston.
LT Profits
Atlanta Braves @ San Diego Padres Under 8.0
The San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves both continued their offensive struggles last night, with the Padres coming away with the 4-0 win, and we feel runs will be hard to come by again tonight.
The Under is now 31-19-1, 62.0 percent in all San Diego home games this year, with the Padres averaging just 3.65 runs per game in those contests. They have a modest team batting average of .248 and a team ERA of 3.27 at home, which is obviously very conducive to the Under.
Greg Maddux faces has former teammates tonight, and like most of the San Diego staff, he has loved pitching at Petco, He is a deceptive 1-2 in this stadium, as he has an excellent 2.36 ERA and an outstanding 0.98 WHIP in 61 home innings. In fact, Maddux has allowed two earned runs or less in eight of his last 10 starts, regardless of the venue.
His task should be made easier here by the fact that the Braves are having an even tougher time offensively than the Padres are right now. Atlanta is batting a pathetic .205 as a team over the last 10 games, including a hideous .179 vs. right handed pitching, Furthermore, they have a grand total of one base hit over the first five innings of their last four games, so do not expect them to muster much off of Maddux.
The only weak point for the Under is that Charlie Morton is starting for the Braves, but the San Diego offense is capable of making even a mediocre pitcher look good.
Pick: Braves, Padres Under 8
Florida Marlins @ Los Angeles Dodgers Under 7.5
Both Hiroki Kuroda of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Ricky Nolasco of the Florida Marlins are in terrific form, so do not expect much scoring in the Los Angeles smog tonight.
Kuroda had a Perfect Game for seven innings against the Braves in his last start, ultimately settling for a Complete Game one-hit shutout. He also tossed a Quality Start in his only start vs. these Marlins this season, allowing only five hits in seven innings of a 5-3 Dodger victory.
Nolasco is a surprising 10-4 with a 3.74 ERA for the season, and he has now reeled off six consecutive Quality Starts, allowing two runs or less in five of those starts. In fact, Nolasco has allowed three runs or less in nine of his last 10 outings. He should have little problem with a Los Angeles lineup that is batting .229 over the last 10 games.
The Marlins won 3-1 here last night, and the first game of this series would have gone Under if not for extra innings. Look for another low scoring game here.
Pick: Marlins, Dodgers Under 7.5