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1 Unit on Nats/Braves UNDER 8.5
Unders have become a theme when these two NL East teams face off. The Under is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings. The Under is a dominant 53-25-3 in Braves last 81 overall. The Under is 9-1 in Lannan's last 10 starts overall and 8-2 in Jurrjens' last 10 starts vs. a team with a losing record. Bet the Under ladies and gents.
Nick "BookieKiller" Parsons
Originally the Yankees were destined to be on the pay play list Saturday. However, Sean Gallagher is now in the box for the Oakland instead of Justin Duchscherer. As a result, this line has jumped up and has now become pricier than what is used for pay play status. Still, there is value with the Yanks even at this price and that is why youre reading about them here! Joba Chamberlain gets the start for the Yanks and he has adjusted very well to his new starting status. The right-hander seems to be getting stronger in his new role and catcher Jorge Posada raved about his pitches in his most recent start. Even though Chamberlain took the loss in his most recent start he did match a career-high with nine strikeouts and he also allowed just three earned runs while lasting nearly seven innings. The As have never faced Chamberlain and that is another advantage for the Yankees hurler. The Athletics have lost three straight and theyve scored just five runs during this losing streak. The As have a .249 batting average and that is among the worst in the American League. Oakland is also just 3 for 21 with men in scoring position during their losing streak. In terms of the As pitching, Gallagher made a strong debut for the As after coming over from the Cubs. However, the Athletics right-hander was 0-4 with a 5.05 ERA away from Wrigley Field. His inability to win away from home is unlikely to see improvement with a visit to Yankee Stadium this afternoon. The Bronx is a tough place for young hurlers and the 22 year old is facing a Yanks club that has won four straight games at home. Not only do the Yankees have a starting pitching edge this afternoon but their bullpen has allowed just nine earned runs in their last 17 games and this has included nearly 54 innings of relief work! The Yankees should win this one in a home rout so this price is still offering some line value! Grab the value with the Yankees!
DUNKEL
Toronto at Tampa Bay
The Rays look to make it two straight over the Blue Jays and take advantage of Toronto's 3-10 record as a road favorite between -100 and -125. Tampa Bay is the underdog pick (+100) according to Dunkel, which has the Rays favored straight up by 1. Dunkel Pick: Tampa Bay (+100). Here are all of today's games.
SATURDAY, JULY 19
Game 951-952: San Diego at St. Louis
Dunkel Ratings: San Diego (Wolf) 14.537; St. Louis (Wellemeyer) 14.432
Dunkel Line: San Diego by 1/2; 9 1/2
Vegas Line: St. Louis (-140); 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: San Diego (+130); Over
Game 953-954: Milwaukee at San Francisco
Dunkel Ratings: Milwaukee (Sheets) 14.510; San Francisco (Sanchez) 15.368
Dunkel Line: San Francisco by 1; 8
Vegas Line: Milwaukee (-135); 7 1/2
Dunkel Pick: San Francisco (+125); Over
Game 955-956: Chicago Cubs at Houston
Dunkel Ratings: Cubs (Zambrano) 15.590; Houston (Rodriguez) 13.882
Dunkel Line: Chicago Cubs by 1 1/2; 7 1/2
Vegas Line: Chicago Cubs (-125); 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Chicago Cubs (-125); Under
Game 957-958: Philadelphia at Florida
Dunkel Ratings: Philadelphia (Kendrick) 15.733; Florida (Olsen) 14.253
Dunkel Line: Philadelphia by 1 1/2; 8 1/2
Vegas Line: Florida (-115); 9
Dunkel Pick: Philadelphia (+105); Under
Game 959-960: Washington at Atlanta
Dunkel Ratings: Washington (Lannan) 14.782; Atlanta (Jurrjens) 14.179
Dunkel Line: Washington by 1/2; 8
Vegas Line: Atlanta (-190); 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Washington (+180); Under
Game 961-962: NY Mets at Cincinnati
Dunkel Ratings: NY Mets (Perez) 17.913; Cincinnati (Fogg) 16.240
Dunkel Line: NY Mets by 1 1/2; 11
Vegas Line: NY Mets (-125); 10
Dunkel Pick: NY Mets (-125); Over
Game 963-964: Pittsburgh at Colorado
Dunkel Ratings: Pittsburgh (Herrera) 14.268; Colorado (De La Rosa) 13.781
Dunkel Line: Pittsburgh by 1/2; 12
Vegas Line: Colorado (-150); 10 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Pittsburgh (+140); Over
Game 965-966: LA Dodgers at Arizona
Dunkel Ratings: LA Dodgers (Billingsley) 14.239; Arizona (Haren) 15.264
Dunkel Line: Arizona by 1; 8
Vegas Line: Arizona (-125); 7 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Arizona (-125); Over
Game 967-968: Oakland at NY Yankees
Dunkel Ratings: Oakland (Duchscherer) 15.685; NY Yankees (Chamberlain) 14.833
Dunkel Line: Oakland by 1; 7
Vegas Line: NY Yankees (-150); 8
Dunkel Pick: Oakland (+140); Under
Game 969-970: Cleveland at Seattle
Dunkel Ratings: Cleveland (Sowers) 16.080; Seattle (Washburn) 15.066
Dunkel Line: Cleveland by 1; 10 1/2
Vegas Line: Seattle (-135); 9
Dunkel Pick: Cleveland (+125); Over
Game 971-972: Boston at LA Angels
Dunkel Ratings: Boston (Beckett) 16.511; LA Angels (Garland) 15.297
Dunkel Line: Boston by 1; 9
Vegas Line: Boston (-120); 8
Dunkel Pick: Boston (-120); Over
Game 973-974: Toronto at Tampa Bay
Dunkel Ratings: Toronto (Halladay) 13.928; Tampa Bay (Garza) 15.060
Dunkel Line: Tampa Bay by 1; 7
Vegas Line: Toronto (-110); 7 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Tampa Bay (+100); Under
Game 975-976: Detroit at Baltimore
Dunkel Ratings: Detroit (Robertson) 15.561; Baltimore (Cabrera) 16.606
Dunkel Line: Baltimore by 1; 11
Vegas Line: Baltimore (-125); 10
Dunkel Pick: Baltimore (-125); Over
Game 977-978: Kansas City at Chicago White Sox
Dunkel Ratings: Kansas City (Meche) 14.959; White Sox (Floyd) 16.528
Dunkel Line: Chicago White Sox by 1 1/2; 8 1/2
Vegas Line: Chicago White Sox (-145); 9
Dunkel Pick: Chicago White Sox (-145); Under
Game 979-980: Texas at Minnesota
Dunkel Ratings: Texas (Harrison) 15.819; Minnesota (Hernandez) 15.300
Dunkel Line: Texas by 1/2; 11 1/2
Vegas Line: Minnesota (-115); 10
Dunkel Pick: Texas (+105); Over
EZWINNERS EARLY MLB
1 STAR: (967) OAKLAND (+$142) over NY Yankees
(Listing Duchscherer only) (Risking $100 to win $142)
JB's COMPUTER PICKS
St. Louis Cardinals -155
Milwaukee Brewers -150
Chicago White Sox -160
Atlanta Braves -200
Dave Cokin.
CHC Cubs and HOU Astros
Take CHC Cubs
The Astros captured a thriller against the Cubs on Friday night, and they can be a pretty pesky team at home, particularly when Wandy Rodriguez takes the mound. But this is a bad matchup for Houston. The Cubs eat up lefties and Carlos Zambrano has been absolutely sensational in his two starts since a two-week stint on the DL. Zambrano and the Cubs are my choice for Saturday's free play.
Jim Feist.
PIT Pirates and COL Rockies
Take Over
Should be a high scoring affair here on Saturday as the Rockies host the Pirates. Yoslan Herrera makes only his second start for the Bucs and the club hopes it's better than his first. Herrera lasted just 4 1/3 innings, gave up 11 hits and six earned runs in his only other start this year, a 12-11 loss to St Louis. Jorge DeLa Rosa has started more games for the Rockies, but the results are pretty much the same. De La Rosa is 3-5 on the year with a 7.57 era. Moreover, he's allowed 16 earned runs and 26 hits in his last 13 2/3 innings. The ball should be flying out of Coors field on Saturday!! Take the OVER.
Goodfellasports
CFL
2 BOXES- SASKATCHEWAN/MONTREL OVER 50.5
MLB
2 BOXES- COLORADO/PITTSBURGH OVER 11 EVEN
1 BOX- SD +1.5 -155 over ST LOUIS
1 BOX- SEATLE -130 over CLEVLAND
WNBA
2 BOXES- PHOENIX/ATL OVER 186
1 BOX- LA/HOU OVER 150
TONY MATHEWS
New York Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
Selection: New York Mets -135
The New York Mets will use starting pitcher Oliver Perez. Oliver Perez has been pitching very well as of late. In fact, Oliver Perez has a 0.90 ERA in his last 3 starts. We see Oliver Perez pitching another great game today.
The Cincinnati Reds will use starting pitcher Josh Fogg. Josh Fogg has been having huge pitching problems this entire season. In fact, Josh Fogg has a 7.94 ERA on the season. We see Josh Fogg having another bad game today.
The New York Mets are 7-3 in their last 10 meetings against the Cincinnati Reds, and should be able to get another win tonight!
Take the New York Mets!
JOHN FINA
Selection: Los Angeles/Arizona Under 7.5
Today we expect a low-scoring game as the Los Angeles Dodgers do battle with the Arizona Diamondbacks. One reason why we expect a low-scoring game is because both these teams will be sending to the mound solid starting pitchers. This says it all... The Los Angeles Dodgers Starting Pitcher (Chad Billingsley) has a 2.66 ERA in his last 3 starts, while Arizona Diamondbacks Starting Pitcher (Dan Haren) has a 1.23 ERA in his last 3 starts. As you can see, both these teams will be sending to the mound solid starting pitchers. We expect to see a low-scoring game tonight! Take the Los Angeles Dodgers/Arizona Diamondbacks Under 7.5
MATT RIVERS
For Saturday take the Mets in Cincinnati
Just too much going the way of the New Yorkers here to ignore them in this spot.
Oliver Perez has been total and complete money in each of his last three outings. The southpaw did walk six in that last outing and is always a risk to implode, as he is still a little feast or famine, but Perez has allowed only two earned runs in his last 20 innings and is a semi must play today.
No doubt the Reds can rake the ball and at Great American are very solid but the left handed power of Dunn, Griffey, Bruce and others could definitely get a bit neutralized here by Perez. In game one of the series Johan Santana did not follow through with this plan but still more times than not a lefthanded pitcher is much better to have against this Cincinnati team.
Josh Fogg has made a couple of recent starts for the Reds and has been okay. The former Rockies and Pirates hurler has been around the block a bit and is not dreadful but he also does not have a huge upside and should get smacked around by the red hot Mets.
Jerry Manual has done a tremendous job after the firing of Willie Randolph and this New York Mets team is as confident as can be right now and we all know how they had a ton of talent with Reyes, Wright, Beltran, Delgado and others to begin with. The loss yesterday means nothing to me and has not stopped any of the momentum.
We have the better everything and are in a quality spot so I'll take my chances with the Mets here.
TONY WESTON
Now, we're going to keep that winning trend going tonight as we're heading to Ohio as we're going with the over on the Mets-Reds game.
The total for this one is set at about 10 and the teams will blow past that, despite totaling only seven runs last night.
The teams have played five times this season and the over has come in three times. In the five games these teams have played they've totaled, on average, more than 12 runs a contest (12.4). And only once in the last three games have they not scored double digits and that came last night when the teams totaled seven runs.
For the season the over is 27-19-5 for the Mets in road games and the over is 6-3 in the Reds? last nine games overall.
It'll be another high-scoring affair and the over will come in easily. Take the over tonight.
3♦ METS-REDS OVER
Carlo Campanella
Boston Red Sox at Los Angeles Angels
Prediction: Los Angeles Angels
The Angels find themselves as home Dogs as they host Boston on Saturday. We'll back this attack Dog knowing that Boston is a horrible 1-10 on the road against A.L. teams holding foes to 4.2 runs or less this season.!
7* Play on LA Angels
PAUL LEINER
25* Fla/Phi Over 9
PlusLineSports Daily Baseball Pick
DOUBLEHEADER TODAY
Game 1
Oakland vs NYY
NYY -1.5 +151
Game 2
Washington vs. Atlanta
Atlanta Braves -1.5 +115