Oscarxena Sports
Milwaukee/San Diego Under 6 1/2 (3 Unit Play)
In what should be a superb pitching matchup I am recommending my last baseball play on the Under between these two clubs today. San Diego has managed to score only three runs all series and will have their hands full today trying to get to Ben Sheets who is off a shutout win. Sheets on the year has a 2.83 ERA on the road in 92 1/3 innings of work with a 1.13 WHIP and the Brewers are 2-1 when Sheets starts against the Padres. The Padres have Jake Peavy on the mound who has still been battling despite a lack of run support and at home he is nearly unhittable as he has a 1.43 ERA in 69 innings of work with a 0.90 WHIP. The Brewers are likely still without Ryan Braun here so that is another bat that is out of today's lineup. Today's HP umpire is Mike Everitt who is 11-11 on the total so far this year but in four career appearances Sheets has went Under three of four times with Everitt while Peavy has went Under in both career starts with Peavy. I like the Under here in this game today although it is very low but it is low for a reason.
Tom Freese
Philadelphia at Los Angeles
Philadelphia is 15-6-2 UNDER their last 23 games vs. winning teams and they are 7-1 UNDER on Thursday. The Phillies are 10-4-1 UNDER with Brett Myers when he has 4 days of rest. Myers is in great KW form with a 5 to strikeout to walk ratio in his last 3 starts. Los Angeles is 18-8-1 UNDER their last 27 home games and they are 19-9 UNDER their last 28 home games vs. righty starters. The Dodgers are 12-4-1 UNDER vs. an opponent who allowed 5 or more runs in their last game and starter Hiroki Kuroda is in great KW form with a 6 to 1 strikeout to walk ratio in his last 3 starts. PLAY ON 'UNDER' Philadlephia at Los Angeles
Triple Threat Sports
Pittsburgh over Buffalo
Not a big fan of laying points on the road in preseason, but fact that Steelers are 5-1 SU overall for Tomlin in preseason while Bills are 0-4 SU/ATS at home for Juaron - who dropped his last four HG's as coach of the Bears as well - leads us to the Steelers side. Also, expect newly acquired Byron Leftwich to play all the 2Q and most if not all of the 2H, and he should be well agaisnt the Buffalo backups.
Erin Rynning
Playmaker: Dodgers/Phillies Under 8.5
Washington Nationals
Bob Balfe
NFL Preseason Football
Bills +1.5 over Steelers
The Bills will be playing eight games in Toronto in the next five years. The NFL wants to expand its reach north of the border. It would be an ideal situation for them if the Bills won the most of those games. Considering this is preseason and the first game in Toronto for the Bills you might see Buffalo trying very hard in the second half. Pittsburgh got a big scare when backup Charlie Batch went down with an injury. The Steelers picked up Byron Leftwich who will probably get a lot of time tonight just to get used to the new system. The last thing the Steelers need is another backup getting hurt. Buffalo has a QB race on with J.P Losman and Trent Edwards. Both are young QB's who are starting to get the grasp of the Bills system. Look for Buffalo to win and cover.
Major League Baseball
Padres -110 over Brewers
Savannah Sports
2 Units on Detroit
2 units on Buffalo +2
Beat Your Bookie
MLB
100-Tampa Bay
50-Arizona
50-Detroit
NFL
100-Carolina
100-Buffalo
Anthony Capone
Panthers / Eagles
Play : Eagle -3 -125
If you can't get - 3 than buy the number down as it will cost the same price .We don't lay extra .5 off of Prime Numbers in the NFL.Tonight I just don't see the Panthers doing much business against a beefed up Eagle D Line .I know the starters are playing the entire half + and with the secondary that the Eagles have between CB Sheppeard , Samuel , and Brown and safety's Mikell , Demps and Consadine the Panthers aren't doing much through the air either .Lets lay the -3 as I think this one will climb to 4 + later in the day .The Eagles here comfortably .
The Hitman Guaranteed Selections
5000 LARGE DIAMOND DAYTIME DOMINATOR
Houston w/Moeller -166
5000 LARGE RUN LINE DOMINATOR
Boston w/Matzuzaka -1.5
Elite Sports Circle Guaranteed Selections
5000* BASEBALL DOMINATOR WINNER
NY Mets w/Perez -150
Black Magic Sports
1 Unit on Chicago Cubs -140
The Chicago Cubs have won 7 road games in a row, outscoring their opponents 59-19 in the process. This is a Cubs’ team that I’ll back every time at this price when they are as hot as they have been of late. Tom Glavine makes his first start back from the disabled list, and it’s not going to be pretty for the veteran lefty. The Cubs are 35-14 vs. poor power teams - averaging 0.9 or less HR's/game this season. Glavine is 3-11 vs. NL teams scoring 4.8 or more runs/game on the season over the last 2 seasons. Chicago is 37-13 as a favorite of -125 to -175 this season. Cash in with the Cubbies as the favorite in an 8th straight road win.
Pointwise NFLX Phones
2* Philadelphia (-3 1/2)
Saturday
3* Houston (+3 or 3 1/2)
2* Jacksonville (-3 1/2 or 4)
2* Denver (-2 1/2 or 3)
Sunday
3* Cincinnati (-3 1/2)
BIG AL
Getaway Day Total of the Month
At 2:05pm our selection is on the San Francisco Giants and Houston Astros 'under' the total. 36-year-old righthander Brian Moehler doesn't seem to mind that his team is out of contention with a sub-.500 record, and over 10 games back in its division. At 8-4 with a 3.83 ERA, Moehler seems to be on the verge of putting together his best season ever, in a Major League career that began way back in 1996 with the Detroit Tigers, the first of five Major League uniforms that he has worn. Moehler has always been a good control pitcher and this year has been no exception, as Moehler has only issued a total of 26 walks in almost 106 innings. Moehler has really found his groove lately, going 3-0 with a 1.31 ERA in his last three starts and is arguably the biggest surprise on this Houston squad for 2008. Even more of an enigma than Moehler, 27-year-old righthander Kevin Correia finds himself in a rotation that features Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum for the Giants, and now Correia also seems to be hitting his stride as a starter on this losing team that is also, for all intent and purpose, out of the postseason. But unlike Moehler, Correia's success is perhaps not all that surprising due to the fact that in his last two seasons he has had ERAs under three-and-a-half runs, albeit primarily as a reliever for this squad. With the recent collapse of starter Jonathan O. Sanchez, the Giants have shown increasing confidence in Correia by giving him more and more innings in his starts, and he has rewarded them in his last two, going 6+ innings in both while only giving up a total of nine hits and three earned runs. Getaway Day Total of the Month on the 'under'.
Ben Burns
4* Detroit Tigers
4* Diamondbacks/Rockies Under 10
4* San Diego Padres
Teddy Covers
3* Brewers/Padres Under 6.5
King Creole
PHI (+121) vs LOS
Just what the Phillies need to salvage a win in this 4-game set.... a starting pitcher who's a PERFECT 7-0 vs tonight's opponent since the 2003 season. The Pound loves playing on UNDERDOGS starters who are in better current form than their favored counterpart... and we have that going for us tonight. At least Philly has had success when closing out a large set, going 9-3 in Game Four of a series and 16-6 on Thursdays.
On the surface, it does not look good for Brett Myers tonight if you look at his YTD record in road starts (6.61 ERA and a 3-9 team record). But we're all about CURRENT form. And in the 'what have you done for me LATELY' department, we note that Myers is actually 2-0 in his last 2 road starts with an ERA of 1.38 (only 2 earned runs in 13 innings pitched). So what's more pertinent for tonight's gambler? Recent form or year-to-date numbers? Myers come in with 'last 3 starts' edges in ERA (1.31 to 4.26)... opponent team batting average (.230 vs .291)... wins (3-0 vs 1-2)... and WHIP (0.73 to 1.21). Hiroki Kuroda comes in with an ERA of 5.94 in his last 3 home starts dating back to the middle July. To top things off, we save the best for last. Myers is a PERFECT 7-0 vs the Dodgers in 7 teams starts since the 2003 season... with an ERA of only 2.37.