Rocketman Sports
LA Angels @ NY Yankees
Play: 3* LA Angels -125
LA Angels are 69-40 in all games this year. LA Angels are 30-11 this year when the total is 9 to 9 1/2. LA Angels are 38-19 on the road this year. LA Angels are 16-3 this year on the road when the total is 9 to 9 1/2. LA Angels are 20-7 in day games this year. LA Angels are 64-35 on grass this year. LA Angels are 35-17 when playing against a team with a winning record. LA Angels are 65-39 last 3 years and 14-4 this year when playing against a team with a winning record in the 2nd half of the season. NY Yankees are 1-6 last 3 years as a home underdog of +100 to +125. Angels are 9-1 last 10 games. LA Angels bullpen has a 3.28 ERA on the road this year. Lackey is 9-2 with a 2.93 ERA overall, 5-1 with a 2.36 ERA on the road and 3-0 his last 3 starts. LA Angels are 14-7 overall vs NY Yankees last 3 years. We'll play the LA Angels for 3 units today!
Dave Cokin
Phillies @ Cardinals
Play: Phillies -110
I can't call it a buy signal, but I was at least encouraged enough with the last effort by Brett Myers to take a chance on the Phillies righty today. Myers has been horrible on the road all year, but I'm more swayed by the good command he finally displayed last start. The Phillies are having a big week and have taken over first place in the tight NL East, and I like them to get past the Cardinals today.
Great Lakes Sports
Arizona at LA Dodgers
Play on: LA Dodgers
The LA Dodgers are heating up going 6-3 in their last nine games, and are 25-17 when the total is between 8 to 8.5 this year. The Arizona Diamonbacks are 7-11 as a road underdog of +100 to +125, and 8-15 when playing on the road when the total is between 8 to 8.5 runs this year. We look for the LA Dodgers to beat the Arizona Diamondback in this National League key divisional showdown for the home win today.
Ben Burns
Main Event
Indianapolis +
Jimmy The Moose
New York Mets at Houston Astros
Prediction: New York Mets
The Mets are 16-6 in their last 24 games overall. New York is 9-4 in their last 13 games vs. a team with a losing record. The Mets are 6-0 in their last 7 vs. a left-handed starter. The Mets are 27-11 in Maines last 38 starts vs. a team with a losing record. The Mets are 13-6 in his last 19 road starts vs. a team with a losing record. The Astros are 8-17 in their last 25 games as a dog of +110 to +150. New York is the better team and if they hope to make the playoffs this is a game they must have and will. Play on the Newe York Mets -.
Golden Contender
Game: NYY -LA Angels
Pick: Angels
The laangels have some nice team angles that apply here,and this game just missed as a late phone play.The angels are 20-7 in day games, 35-18 vs 500 or better oppsition, 16-3 on the road when the posted total is 9 to 9.5, 9-3 as a road fav -120-150, and are one of the few teams with a winning record over the past few years at yankee stadium.They pitch their ace J Lackey,and he has pitched fantastic in N.y. 16 innings allowing just 3 runs.He is 6-1 in road team starts with a solid 2.36 era.opposing batterS hitting just .213 against him.The angels are 4-0 this year when he pitches and there off a loss.The yanks are just 1-6 as home dogs +100-125 over the last 3 years,and frankly D.Rasner doesnt scare me.The yankees have an outstanding win rate when they score first this year cashing over 90% of the time,however they may not score at all here.
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Philadelphia Phillies at St. Louis Cardinals
In yesterdays match up between these two teams the Phillies beat the Cardinals 2-1. The Phillies are now in 1st place in the NL East and are 6-4 in their last 10 games, while the Cardinals are slumping and are now in 3rd place in the NL Central and are 5-5 in their last 10 games. Both teams are battling to get into the playoffs and the Cardinals really need to start to win, as they are 5 games back of the Cubs in the NL Central. Taking the mound for the Phillies is Brett Myers (4-9 5.46 ERA), who in his last outing may have had his best outing of the season, and saved his job, going 7 innings giving up 0 earned runs in a win. In yesterdays win over the Cardinals the Phillies scored 2 runs on 5 hits and left 3 men on base. Taking the mound for the Cardinals is Todd Wellemeyer (8-4 4.13), who in his last outing went 6 innings and gave up 2 earned runs in a no decision. In their loss yesterday to the Phillies the Cardinals scored 1 run on 4 hits.
Staff Pick: Before his last start Myers had not won a game in over 2 months, but last start he looked stellar. Todd Wellemeyer has been solid, but not lately as he has not won a game in his last 8 starts. This series is important to both teams and the Cardinals need to win game 2 to save some face against the 1st place Phillies. The Cards actually have a better record on the road (31-25) than they do at home (31-26). The Phillies are 5 games over .500 on the road and are not afraid to leave the City of Brotherly Love. The Phils rank 2nd in the NL in runs scored (549), while the Cards rank right behind them at 3rd (537). In the last 8 games between these two teams they have each won 4. The Cards have not been playing great lately and need to play better now they are at home. The Phillies are battling with the Mets and Marlins in the NL East and the Cards are a good team, but are the least of their worries. Still the Phils need to take care of business out of the division in order to stay in 1st place. The pitching advantage has to go to the Cards, but the Phils are playing well and the Cards are not. The Phillies have a pitcher on the mound that is pitching for his job, while the whole team is playing to get into the post season. The Phils will win this game, even though they are on the road and won the game yesterday.
Phillies 6 Cards 4
JB's COMPUTER PICKS
Boston Red Sox -260 * * *
Milwaukee Brewers -155
Toronto Blue Jays +105
BEST BET ***
Jim Feist
MIL Brewers and ATL Braves
Take Under
A good NL pitcher's park with a pair of hot starters on the hill. Milwaukee's Ben Sheets picked a fine year to play for his contract, at 10-4 with a 3.14 ERA. He's faced this banged up Atlanta offense once this season and has a 1.00 ERA. Braves righty Jorge Campillo is on a roll, with a 1.15 ERA his last three starts. Don't look for many runs in this one, play the Brewers/Braves under the total!
LAS VEGAS SPORTS ADVISORS
St. Louis/Todd Wellemeyer -110
Play of the Day 5 units
Milwaukee/Ben Sheets -155 4 units
Chi Cubs -260 3 units
LA Angels/John Lackey -130
FREE PICK 3 units
LAS VEGAS TECH REPORT (LVTR): ( COMP PLAY)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS vs WASHINGTON REDSKINS
Play: WASHINGTON REDSKINS -5
Redskins are loaded from top to bottom. Obviously this is a NFL-X game and we'll have to wait and see how all that talent translates on the field. We don't take NFL-X games too seriously and they are no different than making a prop wager or an exotic and should be treated as such. We'll be keeping records and applying intense research when the regular season starts. until then, lets have some fun because after all, it is football and how can any football fan not want to get in. It's no secret that coach Dungy could care less about pre-season and with Manning out and Harrison questionable, it stresses the point home that there's no need to put guys at risk for these meaningless games. Dungy has some potential talent in his third rotation especially at QB. So we are expecting to see the Colts do their usual habit of using the pre-season for evaluation while Washington looks to impress in the pre-season which is their usual M.O. Chalk it up to owner Daniel Snyder who spends freely on talent and wants to show it off like a kid with a new toy. We stress again not to take it too seriously and considering it's Sunday, don't use this game as a chase for you green bettors out there. Use it for fun. This is a comp and lets enjoy the fact that the NFL is back for 2008.
SAPKOWSKI
Best Bet
Cubs
Premium
NYM
LAA
Free
CHWS vs. KCR over 4.5 in 1st 5 IN
JEFF BENTON
One thing and one thing only kept me from issuing this game as a premium (i.e. paid) play, and it's Oliver Perez's uncanny knack for pitching down to the level of competition. All season long, the guy has been a major enigma, dominating some of the best teams in baseball while crapping all over himself when facing weaker foes.
Just look over his last 12 starts dating to May 28. During this stretch, the Mets 8-4, with wins against the Marlins (twice), Phillies (twice), Yankees, the mashing Rangers and Angels. The four losses They came against the Padres, Giants, Reds and Mariners. Go figure.
However, I'm willing to back Perez today for two reasons: First, the guy has been in a groove for more than a month, giving up just six total earned runs in his last six starts spanning 39 2/3 innings (1.36 ERA), with New York going 5-1 during this span. Secondly, he's got solid career numbers against Houston, going 2-1 with a 2.76 ERA in four starts, giving up just 19 hits and nine walks in 29 1/3 innings (0.95 WHIP).
One more reason to like New York (aside from the fact it is a better all-around team than the Astros) has to do with Houston starter Randy Wolf, who has allowed 16 runs in his last three starts (two with the Padres, one with the Astros) and who has been a major disappointment the past two seasons. Oh, and there's this, too: Wolf has made four career starts at Minute Maid Park (this will be his first as an Astro), and although he?s 2-2, he's got a bloated 4.76 ERA, giving up five home runs in 22 2/3 innings!
Without question, if the Perez of the last two-plus months shows up -- and the bullpen actually does its job -- the Mets win this one going away. If the unfocused Perez shows up, though, well, I'm hardly going to be surprised.
4♦ N.Y. METS
MATT RIVERS
For Sunday take the Tigers at the Trop.
Tampa Bay has been insane at home and James Shields has been a big part of that as the righty has been lights out at home but to get some solid coin back here with a red hot Armando Galarraga and the hard hitting Tigers is enough to back this road dog.
Detroit has underachieved to the umpteenth degree this season and more than likely are not going to make the postseason but this price is good enough to give it a go. Galarraga continues to hurl quality start after quality start but still seems to get disrespected. He was perfect in Kansas City two starts ago before finally allowing a basehit in the seventh inning and was once again very good in Cleveland in that last start. I can totally see both solid hurlers hold their own today and keep this thing a low scoring contest.
The Rays are legit and especially so on their home field. But this price is still a decent amount as I really do give Jim Leyland's squad a definite chance to win this game. With Sheff, Mags, Granderson, Cabrera and a few other quality bats, and even with them not living up to their potential, I will take my chances here on these visitors as this decent sized pup.
KARL GARRETT
The G-Man is all set to dip into the preseason waters with a nice, and easy winner on the UNDER tonight between Indianapolis and Washington.
Tonight we will get the usual prescription of back-ups and journeymen taking the field for the better part of this 60-minute showdown, and that means plenty of rusty looking possessions, and an overall lack of crispness that can only come over a period of time.
The last 2 Hall of Fame games have played UNDER the total, while Washington held LOW in 3 of their final 4 exhibition games last season. Indianapolis has played UNDER the posted total in their last 5 on the preseason road, and with Peyton Manning, and Marvin Harrison all set to watch this one from the sidelines, the G-Man doubts you are going to see very many touchdowns in this game.
Look for field goals to be the order of the day, and for tonight's preseson lid-lifter to hold UNDER the posted price.
3♦ UNDER