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St Louis Cardinals vs. Detroit Tigers
Play: St Louis Cardinals
The Cards come limping into Detroit to face the Tigers who have swept their last two home series. How banged up are the Cardinals? They are so banged up that they went in to Boston over the weekend and almost swept the Bosox who are currently 29-10 at home! This game is a case of the price being out of whack. Sure, the Tigers should be favored, and the percentages favor a Tiger win. But not at a price of -150 or more. No great edge for the Tigers on the mound with Kenny Rogers taking on Looper. Rogers did beat the Cards in the World Series (illegally?) but the Cards had no trouble the last few times they faced him in the regular season. Likewise, the Tigers have played well against Looper. Perhaps the over 9 is worth a peek here as well. The price is right on the side. Cards.
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Texas Rangers vs. Houston Astros
Play: Texas Rangers
The skinny is Texas is a better ball club, and getting Milton Bradley back will give Texas a lift. Houston did manage to take 2-3 from the Rays over the weekend, but we think the team that has lost 18 of their last 23 will show up tonight. Rangers win this one easy.
USA Sports Consulting
Philadelphia +105
Jennifer Barry
Texas at Houston Over 10
Chad Jordan
Kansas City Royals -145
The Super Scout
Florida Marlins -107
Gamblers Data
Boston Red Sox -180
MIKE NERI SPORTS
Angels/Nats Under 7.5
The Parlay King
Seattle +160
C-Stars Guaranteed Plays
San Francisco/Cleveland Under 8.5
Prime Sports Picks
Kansas City -152
PowerPlayWins
Indians -165
Fast Eddie Sports
Pittsburgh Pirates + 140
Cincinnati Reds + 140
Brian James Picks
New York Yankees -143
MadduxSports
NY Yankees -150
Brandon Lang
15 Dime - Marlins
5 Dime - Royals
5 Dime - Phillies
BEN BURNS
Pitching Mismatch GOY
San Deigo
EZWINNERS
5 STAR: (977) PHILADELPHIA (+$107) over Oakland
(Listing Moyer only) (Risking $500 to win $535)
1 STAR: (959) ST. LOUIS (+$144) over Detroit
(Listing Looper only) (Risking $100 to win $144)
1 STAR: (966) WASHINGTON (+$131) over LA Angels
(Action) (Risking $100 to win $131)
1 STAR: (979) CHICAGO (+$107) over LA Dodgers
(Listing Buehrle only) (Risking $100 to win $107)
Larry Ness
Today's Pick: BOSTON RED SOX
The D'backs were "sitting pretty" at the end of April, the proud owners of MLB's best record (20-8). Things have not been as 'pretty' since, as the D'backs will limp into Fenway Park tonight (on ESPN), having gone 19-29 since May 1, including only 6-17 on the road. That hardly bodes well here, as only the Cubs (32-8) own a better home mark in '08 than the Red Sox, who are 29-9 (plus-$1,580) in Fenway this season.The pitching matchup is a good one, with Dan Haren going for Arizona and Josh Beckett for the defending champs. Beckett has not dominated in '08 like he did last year but he is 4-0 in his five Fenway starts (team is 4-1), despite a surprisingly high home ERA of 4.81. Haren has pitched well in Chase Field this year (7-1 with a 2.41 ERA in eight starts / team is 7-2) but he's struggled on the road, going 0-3 with a 4.62 ERA in six starts (team is 2-4). Boston does well vs righties here in Fenway (23-8, averaging 5.7 RPG), while Arizona has struggled on the road vs right-handers, going 6-14 (averaging just 3.7 RPG). The price is a little high but the D'backs are struggling away from home and having to beat Beckett in Fenway is not exactly the easiest way out of a slump. Lay the price with the Red Sox.
Minnesota Twins @ San Diego Padres
PICK: San Diego Padres
The Twins were happy to see interleague play resume on June 13, as the team had just lost EIGHT of its previous 10 games to fall to 32-35. However, the Twins have won eight of nine games in three consecutive IL series (including six in a row) and will take a 9-3 interleague mark into tonight's game in San Diego. More importantly, the sudden surge has brought them to within 1 1/2-games of the White Sox for first-place in the AL Central. The Padres are a poor 3-9 in interleague play in '08 and that's good news but the bad news for the Twins is that they'll have to face Jake Peavy. Peavy won the NL Cy Young award last year but enters this game just 5-4 with a 2.88 ERA on Tuesday. Peavy was placed on the DL in mid-May with a strained elbow and only returned on June 12. He beat the Dodgers that day 9-0 (6 IP / 3 hits / 0 runs) but last Wednesday at Yankee Stadium was on the losing end of an 8-5 game, allowing six hits and three ERs over just four innings. However, Peavy is back home in Petco Park, where he's allowed 23 hits and only six ERs over six starts (43 IP), for a 1.26 ERA. The Twins counter with Kevin Slowey, who is 4-6 with a 4.37 ERA. Slowey is coming off two solid starts (14 IP / 12 hits / 3 ERs / 1.93 ERA) and is 3-1 with a 3.48 ERA in five career interleague starts. However, he received 21 runs of support in his last two outings, something he can hardly expect here vs Peavy. I'll take the Padres in this one, trusting that the Peavy over Slowey argument is the winning one.
WINNERS EDGE
Detroit Tigers - 150 , 4 units (GAME OF WEEK )
S.D Padres RL + 140 , 2 units
LA Dodgers - 120 , 1 unit
Matt Faargo Double Dog
STL Cardinals
SF Giants
Erin Renning/ER Sports
MLB Playmaker: Pittsburgh +140
MLB San Diego Under 7
Larry Ness
15* Reds/Jays OVER
Jeff Scott Sports
3 UNIT PLAY Phillies +105 over OAKLAND
The Phillies are 7-1 in Moyers last 8 starts with the total set at 9.0-10.5 and 6-1 in Moyers last 7 road starts, while the Athletics are 2-10 in their last 12 home games with the total set at 9.0-10.5 and 1-7 in Blantons last 8 starts following a team loss in their previous game. The Phils have just come off a tough 3 game home sweep of the Angels and sometimes the best thing for a team when that happens is to get out on the road to escape the pressure. The Phils bats were quiet in that series, but tonight they are facing a pitcher who may just help them to wake up a bit. Joe Blanton has been bad for the A's this year, posting a 3-10 record with a 4.81 ERA overall, including a 1-7 mark with a 3.98 ERA at home and a 1-9 mark with a 5.33 ERA at night. Joe has really been hit hard in last 4 starts going 0-4 with a 7.94 ERA, allowing 30 hits and 8 walks in just 23.2 innings of work. The Phils bats have been quiet of late 3.1 rpg in their last 7) but they still put up 5.3 rpg on the road and 5.3 rpg at night, plus the Phils do score for Moyer as they average 6.3 rpg in his overall starts, 5.7 rpg in his road starts and 7.8 rpg in his night starts. Jamie Moyer pitches well on the road, going 4-1 with a 2.76 ERA, including a 3-0 mark with a 1.37 ERA in his road night starts. The Phils are 10-5 in his starts overall and 6-1 in his road starts. Oakland does come in scoring 5.7 rpg in their last 7 games, but for the year this team struggles vs left-handed starters scoring just 3.7 rpg and hitting only .246.The A's also score just 3.4 rpg in Joe's overall starts, 3.3 rpg in his home starts and 3.1 rpg in his night starts. The Phils are reeling a bit but what a better spot to get back on track than against a struggling pitcher, who's team is just 4-12 in his overall starts this year, 2-9 in his home starts and 1-11 in his night starts. Phils open up the series with a nice win.
1 UNIT PLAY CHICAGO -129 over Baltimore
The Orioles are 3-12 in Guthries last 15 starts following a Quality Start in his last appearance and 13-38 in their last 51 interleague games as a dog of +110 to +150, while the Cubs are 13-3 in their last 16 home games vs. a team with a winning record and 11-2 in their last 13 during game 1 of a series. I know the Cubs are just off an emotional series with tehir crosstown rivals and that they have Sean Marshall making his first strart of they year, but this is the Cubs at home and I feel a real bargain here at -129. The Cubs have been home favs of -125 -150 13 times this year and they are 11-2 in those games, outscoring their opponents by 3.1 rpg. The Cubs are the best home team in the league with a 32-8 record, scoring 6.5 rpg and giving up just 3.8 rpg. The Cubs hit .311 at home, including .306 vs righties and they score 5 rpg vs righty starters on the year. The Orioles bats have waken up a bit lately, but they are scoring just 4.4 rpg and hit just .247 overall, including hitting just .244 and scoring just 4.1 rpg on the road. The O's also have problems scoring with Guthrie on the mound, as they average just 3.4 rpg in his overall starts, including just 3.5 rpg in his home starts. Guthrie hasa pretty good ERA, but due to lack of run support his overall record is just 3-7. Guthrie is just 2-4 on the road with a 3.78 ERA, including a 1-2 mak with a 4.15 ERA in his last 4 on the road. The Cubs just hit too well at home to think that Baltimore's weak offense can outscore them here, even with Marshall on the mound and even if Marshall gets into trouble the tough Chicago bullpen should take over and keep the Orioles down for the rest of the game.
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Cleveland w/Laffey -165
Indian Cowboy
Silver Stars -8.5 (POD) WNBA
Brandon Lovell
10* Orioles