DUNKEL
MLB
Cleveland at Chicago White Sox
The Indians look to snap a five-game skid and avoid their first sweep in Chicago since 2003 behind left-hander Aaron Laffey, who has won his last two starts and hasn't allowed an earned run in his last three appearances. The Chisox counter with Mark Buehrle, who was 0-5 with a 5.26 ERA in his previous six starts before finally picking up a win on Sunday against the struggling Giants. Cleveland is the pick (-105) according to Dunkel, which has the Indians favored by 1 1/2. Dunkel Pick: Cleveland (-105). Here are all of today's games.
THURSDAY, MAY 22
Game 901-902: Milwaukee at Pittsburgh
Dunkel Ratings: Milwaukee (Bush) 13.854; Pittsburgh (Gorzelanny) 14.879
Dunkel Line: Pittsburgh by 1; 9 1/2
Vegas Line: Milwaukee (-110); 9
Dunkel Pick: Pittsburgh (+100); Over
Game 903-904: Arizona at Florida
Dunkel Ratings: Arizona (Haren) 15.803; Florida (Miller) 14.411
Dunkel Line: Arizona by 1 1/2; 7 1/2
Vegas Line: Arizona (-115); 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Arizona (-115); Under
Game 905-906: NY Mets at Atlanta
Dunkel Ratings: NY Mets (Santana) 16.088; Atlanta (Hudson) 15.259
Dunkel Line: NY Mets by 1; 9
Vegas Line: NY Mets (-110); 8
Dunkel Pick: NY Mets (-110); Over
Game 907-908: Philadelphia at Houston
Dunkel Ratings: Philadelphia (Kendrick) 15.441; Houston (Oswalt) 16.076
Dunkel Line: Houston by 1/2; 8 1/2
Vegas Line: Houston (-130); 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Houston (-130); Under
Game 909-910: Cincinnati at San Diego
Dunkel Ratings: Cincinnati (Harang) 14.052; San Diego (Wolf) 14.625
Dunkel Line: San Diego by 1/2; 8 1/2
Vegas Line: San Diego (-105); 7 1/2
Dunkel Pick: San Diego (-105); Over
Game 911-912: Seattle at Detroit
Dunkel Ratings: Seattle (Batista) 13.686; Detroit (Bonderman) 14.914
Dunkel Line: Detroit by 1 1/2; 11
Vegas Line: Detroit (-160); 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Detroit (-160); Over
Game 913-914: Texas at Minnesota
Dunkel Ratings: Texas (Padilla) 14.638; Minnesota (Hernandez) 15.498
Dunkel Line: Minnesota by 1; 10
Vegas Line: Minnesota (-110); 9
Dunkel Pick: Minnesota (-110); Over
Game 915-916: Kansas City at Boston
Dunkel Ratings: Kansas City (Bannister) 14.576; Boston (Matsuzaka) 17.398
Dunkel Line: Boston by 3; 9 1/2
Vegas Line: Boston (-215); 9
Dunkel Pick: Boston (-215); Over
Game 917-918: Baltimore at NY Yankees
Dunkel Ratings: Baltimore (Burres) 14.621; NY Yankees (Kennedy) 15.228
Dunkel Line: NY Yankees by 1; 11 1/2
Vegas Line: NY Yankees (-145); 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: NY Yankees (-145); Over
Game 919-920: LA Angels at Toronto
Dunkel Ratings: LA Angels (Saunders) 14.761; Toronto (Burnett) 15.475
Dunkel Line: Toronto by 1; 7
Vegas Line: Toronto (-125); 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Toronto (-125); Under
Game 921-922: Cleveland at Chicago White Sox
Dunkel Ratings: Cleveland (Laffey) 16.591; White Sox (Buehrle) 15.074
Dunkel Line: Cleveland by 1 1/2; 8
Vegas Line: Cleveland (-105); 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Cleveland (-105); Under
NBA
Detroit at Boston
The Celtics continued to enjoy the home court with a Game One win and ran their record to 3-0 ATS against good defensive teams (allowing less than 91.0 points per game). Boston is the pick in Game Two (-3 1/2) according to Dunkel, which has the Celtics favored by 5 1/2. Dunkel Pick: Boston (-3 1/2). Here are all of today's games.
THURSDAY, MAY 22
Game 705-706: Detroit at Boston
Dunkel Ratings: Detroit 121.964; Boston 127.591
Dunkel Line & Total: Boston by 5 1/2; 170
Vegas Line & Total: Boston by 3 1/2; 172
Dunkel Pick: Boston (-3 1/2); Under
EZWINNERS
MLB
5 STAR: (905) NY METS (-$116) over Atlanta
(Listing Santana only)
(Risking $580 to win $500)
3 STAR: (903) ARIZONA (-$114) over Florida
(Listing Haren only)
(Risking $342 to win $300)
3 STAR: (907) PHILADELPHIA (+$120) over Houston
(Action)
(Risking $300 to win $360)
2 STAR: (913) TEXAS (+$100) over Minnesota
(Listing Padilla only)
(Risking $200 to win $200)
NBA
5 STAR: (705) DETROIT (+4) over Boston
(Risking $550 to win $500)
Matt Fargo
Cleveland Indians @ Chicago White Sox
PICK: Chicago White Sox
REASON FOR PICK: This is a great number for a lot of reasons. The White Sox are the hottest team in baseball right now as they have won seven straight games to take a two and a half game lead in the American League Central. The run started with five straight road victories and after taking the first two games in this series against Cleveland, Chicago has won six of its last seven at home. Everything is clicking as both the offense and the pitching are combining to dominate as the seven wins have been by an average of 4.6 rpg.
While the White Sox are surging, the Indians are swooning. Cleveland has lost five in a row, all of which have come on the road. It had a record of 8-2 in its previous 10 games prior to this so this skid has really taken the wind out of its sails. Even when it was winning, the offense was struggling and the Indians have now scored three runs or fewer in seven of 10 games and have not eclipsed four runs in any of those games. They are averaging only 2.5 rpg while hitting just .199 over this span.
A lot of people will be jumping on Aaron Laffey as he has allowed no earned runs in each of his last three starts and currently has a 21-inning steak going of not allowing an earned run. This is the exact reason why I am going against him here. We get a great price going against a pitcher who is far from the upper echelon of the league. He falls into the play against situation of going on the other side of two or more straight quality starts. This is his first road start of the season as well.
Mark Buehrle will be looking for some redemption and is currently in good form to make that happen. He was lit up on opening night against the Indians, getting tagged for seven runs on seven hits in just 1.2 innings. He has never had great success against Cleveland in his career but he faced the Indians at the right time as the bats are ice cold. Buehrle is also coming off a great outing as he allowed just one run in 6.2 innings against the Giants and in doing so, notched his first win since April 6th. Play Chicago White Sox 1.5 Units
Big Al Mcmordie
Arizona Diamondbacks at Florida Marlins
Prediction: Arizona Diamondbacks
Reason: At 7:10pm our member selection is on the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Florida Marlins. Two of the National League's three division leaders square off in this all-important series. You wouldn't be surprised at all to hear that one of the teams playing is the Arizona Diamondbacks who seem to have things well in hand in the NL West, especially when you consider that neither Colorado nor San Diego has shown up yet this season to challenge them. You probably would be quite shocked, however, to learn that the other team is the Florida Marlins. Going into Wednesday's games the Marlins were 25-19 and held a 1 1/2 game lead in the National League East. Everyone is expecting them to come down to reality, but so far almost 1/3 of the way through the season it hasn't happened. The trades they've pulled off recently with teams like the Detroit Tigers (who are languishing in last place in their division) could not have worked out better. Tonight's starter, lefthander Andrew Miller was a product of one of those trades. Florida probably wasn't counting on Miller to be one of their starters this season, but injuries to Sergio Mitre and Anibal Sanchez have opened the door for the 23 year-old southpaw. Miller looked like he definitely wasn't ready for this in April, as he went 1-2 with a 9.12 ERA over his first six starts. But he has settled down and is 2-1 with a 2.00 ERA and 17 strikeouts in 18 innings in his last three starts. That would be impressive, until you consider that those starts were against three VERY light hitting teams in Kansas City, Washington, and San Diego. The D-Backs ace righthander Dan Haren has these kinds of numbers, but it's over the course of an entire season against good teams as well as bad, so we'll go with him at home over the inexperienced Miller, who may find himself back to April form against a very potent Diamondbacks lineup. Take Arizona.
Carlo Campanella
Cleveland Indians at Chicago White Sox
Prediction: Chicago White Sox
Reason: Both teams send out southpaws to start on the mound, however, Cleveland is just 6-5 against left-handers this season while Chicago is a solid 9-4. That's good news for Chicago's Buehrle as he's a very profitable 18-3 at home during May! On top of those advantages, these White Sox have won 6 straight games and face a slumping Indians squad that's lost 4 in a row.
7* Play On Chicago
Vegas Experts
Los Angeles Angels at Toronto Blue Jays
How Toronto can be favored here is beyond us. They are 0-7 when hosting a team from the AL West this season, including back-to-back losses to the Angels to start this series. They also must deal with the Halos' Joe Saunders, who is not only 7-1 on the year, but has a better ERA on the road than at home. Furthermore, the Blue Jays are averaging a pathetic 2.8 runs/game vs. lefties this season.
Play on: LA Angels
Robert Ross
Philadelphia Phillies at Houston Astros
Prediction: Houston Astros
Reason: Cheap price on a home squad playing very well right now. HOUSTON is 19-9 against the money line vs. excellent fielding teams - averaging <=0.5 errors/game this season. Starter Oswalt is 14-2 against the money line when playing against a marginal winning team (Win Pct. 51% to 54%) over the last 3 seasons. (Team's Record) Take Houston!
John Fina
Selection: Seattle/Detroit Over 9.5
Today we expect a high-scoring game as the Seattle Mariners do battle with the Detroit Tigers. One reason why we expect a high-scoring game is because both these teams will be sending to the mound struggling starting pitchers. This says it all... The Seattle Mariners Starting Pitcher (Miguel Batista) has a 10.38 ERA in his last 3 starts, while Detroit Tigers Starting Pitcher (Jeremy Bonderman) has a 6.75 ERA in his last 3 starts. To say the least, both these pitchers will struggle and give up many runs. In addition, these teams have a history of scoring many runs when they meet. In fact, the Over is 8-1 in the last 9 meetings between these teams (when playing in Detroit). We expect to see another high-scoring game today! Take the Seattle Mariners/Detroit Tigers Over 9.5!
Jack Clayton
Angels
Jimmy Moore
WSox
floridabookybusters
Detroit/Boston Under 172
RedZone Sports
Brewers
PlusLineSports Daily Baseball Pick
Boston Red Sox -1.5
Will Sykes
5* Gem Detroit/boston Over 172
Arthur Ralph
Cin Reds
Mighty Quinn
Pistons
Totals4u
Cle/Chisox Over
Razor Sharp Sports
Mets/Atl Under
Cappers Access
Celtics
White Sox
Scott Spreitzer
Reds/SD Under
#1 Sports
Reds
Glen Mcgrew
KC/Red Sox Under
Huddle Up Sports
Astros
USA Sports Consulting
Philadelphia +120
Bob Donahue
White Sox
Paul Leiner
5* Twins -115
PowerPlayWins
D-Backs -118
COMPUTER SPORTS
BRAVES+110
PLATINUM PLAYS
WHITE SOX
MIKE WYNN
Baltimore +145
BIG TIME SPORTS
PHILLY /HOUSTON UNDER 9.5
NEVADA SHARPSHOOTER
MARINERS +155
THE VEGAS STEAMLINE
Cleveland
RAZOR SHARP
NY METS/ATLANTA UNDER 8
DR VEGAS
Toronto -125
THE POWER INDEX
Boston
Sharp Sports Advisors
WHITE SOX
ARMVIN SPORTS
BLUE JAYS
Play By Play Inc.
DETROIT/BOSTON Under 172.5
TRACE ADAMS
Baltimore-Yankees OVER
Vegas Insider Capping
Toronto Blue Jays -121
Gamblers Data
Indians
LT's Lock
Marlins +110
Insider Sports Report
Texas/Minnesota UNDER
Gold Medal Club
METS -115
Winners Edge
NBA
Detroit Pistons + 4 , 2 units
MLB
Atlanta Braves + 105 , 2 units
Houston Astros RL + 165 , 1 unit
Sports Gambling Hotline
We gave you the UNDER in Game One of this Pistons-Celtics series on Monday night, and although the total has come down a little, we still feel Game Two will hold UNDER the posted total.
With Monday's UNDER, these teams have played five consecutive UNDERS, and have been LOW in 8 of their last 9 meetings overall.
The Pistons have played UNDER the total in 13 of their last 16 road games, while the Celtics have gone UNDER in 17 of their last 24 when playing against the Central Division.
Baskets are always hard to come by in the postseason, and with the way these two teams play defense, we think they will be hard to come by once again tonight
We feel sure there will be an OVER in the mix before this seven game set is said and done, just not tonight.
Play on the UNDER.
3* UNDER
Karl Garrett
Tonight I have to side with the Mets to avoid the collar in Atlanta.
New York is 0-3 through the first three games of this four game get-together, and they are 0-5 for the season in games played at Turner Field this year.
The Mets have the right guy on the mound to stop those skids, as Johan Santana did hold the Braves to just 1 earned run in 7 innings in an April start against Atlanta, but took the loss.
Santana is 4-1 on the road this season with a 2.81 ERA, and the G-Man likes him to hold the Braves bats in check in this one.
Tim Hudson will counter, and is off his first home loss of the year, as the A's got to him for 5 runs in 5 innings.
Hudson did lose an earlier start to the Mets, lasting just 3 innings, while giving up 4 runs.
That loss puts Hudson at 2-3 since last season in 5 starts against the Mets.
New York is desperate tonight, and Santana will provide the answer!
4* NY METS
Bobby Maxwell
Attention Johan Santana, this is why the Mets brought you to New York and threw a whole lot of money at you - to stop ugly streaks like this. Tonight we're playing the Mets and Santana (5-2, 3.25 ERA) because this is why he's there, to be the guaranteed good performance in the five-man rotation and end ugly streaks like this.
Atlanta has won the first three games of this series, including Wednesday's 11-4 rout. The southpaw is 2-0 in his last three games and he's 4-1 on the road with a 2.81 ERA. He did enough on Saturday to get the Mets a win against the Yankees, giving up four runs on seven hits in 7.2 innings of a 7-4 victory.
But his most impressive road outing came in Arizona on May 4 when he held the D'Backs to one runs on six hits in six innings of a 5-2 win against the best team in the league. New York has won six straight starts of his and when he saw the Braves earlier this year he gave up just one run on seven hits in seven innings but the Mets fell 3-1.
Tim Hudson (6-3, 3.06) is on the hill for Atlanta and he has struggled against the Mets in his career, including the Braves losing three of his last four outings against them. This season he's already seen New York twice and given up a combined seven runs on 13 hits in nine innings.
Give the pitching edge to Santana and the Mets will look to take out their frustrations on the Braves today after losing the first three. Lay the chalk and play New York.
2* N.Y. METS
WILD BILL
Over 9 Brewers-Pirates (1 unit)
Mets -110 (1 unit)
Over 9 1/2 Tigers-Mariners (2 units)
Tigers -170 (1 unit)
Over 9 Rangers-Twins (1 unit)
Orioles +145 (1 unit)
Under 8 1/2 Angels-Jays (1 unit)
Over 8 1/2 Indians-White Sox (1 unit)
Indians +100 (1 unit)
NBA
Under 174 Pistons-Celtics (2 units)
Strike Point
Chicago -110 over Cleveland
The White Sox have found a groove, winners of seven straight, including two in a row over division rivals Cleveland in this home series. Chicago has kept the Tribe at a minimum offensively in the first several games at US Cellular Field, and I think that continues in this battle of lefties. The White Sox keep it going, and they push the winning streak to eight