Jack Jones
Texas Rangers -133 over Houston Astros
Millwood has been dominant lately with him not allowing an ER in his last 14.7 innings. Wandy Rodriguez has a 3.74 ERA on the road this year with a 1.57 WHIP. Both teams have struggled with the bats recently, but the Rangers have scored 5.5 runs per game at home and 5.4 runs per game against left-handed starters so I see them as the ones who bounce back here.
Wunderdog
Milwaukee at Cleveland
Pick: Cleveland +1.5
The Indians are an undervalued team that has shown the propensity to win. They are winning at an 80% clip in their last 15 games. The Indians are the undervalued club here because their record may be a bit deceptive. The Tribe has already played eight games with the Yankees and Tampa Bay, five with Boston and Toronto, and six with the Tigers. They have had 42 of their 66 games against teams with .500 or better records and six others with a team one game under .500. That represents an unbelievable 73% of all their games against good teams, and for the most part, shorthanded. Today, we have them against a team that has struggled in the role of a road favorite as well as interleague road games and against left-handed starters. This puts me firmly on the Indians on the runline here
VEGAS EXPERTS
Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs
The Cubs have taken five of the last six at Wrigley Field in this series. Chicago Cubs right-handed starter Carlos Zambrano has allowed just two earned runs in his last three starts over 21 innings. The White Sox are just 20-25 on the year against right-handed starters. The White Sox are averaging just 4.1 runs per game this season. Sox starter John Danks has a 2-5 TSR in interleague play and has an 0-2 TSR against the NL Central. Go with the Cubs.
Play on: Chicago Cubs