JEFFERSONSPORTS
MLB EARLY RELEASES
FLORIDA+105
NY YANKEES-126
KC-103
VEGAS EXPERTS
Seattle Mariners at Cleveland Indians
Quietly, and with little fanfare, Cleveland's Cliff Lee is off to a phenomenal 4-0 start with a 0.28 ERA. Incredibly, three of those wins have come on the road. Lee is back at home tonight against a Seattle team that he's 5-1 against lifetime and is just 2-5 vs. southpaws this season. The M's Jarrod Washburn has seen his team lose his last three starts.
Play on: Cleveland
Alex Smart
Milwaukee Brewers @ Chicago Cubs
Jeff Suppan (1-0, 3.38 ERA) the Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher for Wednesdays tilt against the Chicago Cubs, has pitched very well this season , allowing 2 or less ERs in 4 of his 5 starts . In his L/11 starts dating back to last season, the Brew crew righty is 5-1 along with a 3.69 ERA. I expect he will continue his recent consistent ways with another top quality effort in this spot. His pitching opponent from the Cubbies, Ryan Dempster (3-0, 2.90 ERA)is also in top form, and will go against a Milwaukee offense that has struggled against right handers like him for a lowly .208 BA in the visitors role this season. With two capable hurlers on the hill tonight, and decent bull pens supporting them, I expect the total combined runs, will fail to eclipse the number. Final notes & Key Trends: Under is 21-7-1 in Brewers last 29 road games vs. a right-handed starter . Under is 5-0 in Suppans last 5 road starts vs. a team with a winning record. Under is 11-4 in Cubs last 15 vs. a team with a winning record .
Play under
Nelly
Kansas City (Bannister) – over Texas (Millwood)
The Rangers are just 4-7 in home games this season and the inconsistent Texas offense will go up against one of the AL’s top pitchers Wednesday night. Brian Bannister has some of the best numbers in baseball this season and he has allowed just one home run in over 32 innings pitched. Bannister rarely walks hitters and he has proven himself as one of the better pitchers in the AL with several impressive wins over top offenses this season and last. Bannister does not have dominant stuff but he has displayed a cerebral ability to pitch successfully.
After a hot start Kansas City went through a terrible losing skid but this is a club that can compete all season long. The Royals have won six road games already this season and the Kansas City bullpen has performed exceptionally this season aside from two bad games. After a strong offensive performance last night the Royals hitters should have confidence heading into tonight’s match-up.
DUNKEL
MLB
Colorado at San Francisco
The Giants have won four of their last seven and look for a solid effort today from starter Jonathan Sanchez, who has a 1.89 ERA in his three home starts. San Francisco is the pick (-105) according to Dunkel, which has the Giants favored by 2. Dunkel Pick: San Francisco (-105). Here are all of today's games.
Game 901-902: Pittsburgh at NY Mets
Dunkel Ratings: Pittsburgh (Gorzelanny) 13.470; NY Mets (Perez) 14.500
Dunkel Line: NY Mets by 1; 9
Vegas Line: NY Mets (-160); 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: NY Mets (-160); Over
Game 903-904: Cincinnati at St. Louis
Dunkel Ratings: Cincinnati (Harang) 14.934; St. Louis 15.659
Dunkel Line: St. Louis by 1; 9
Vegas Line: Cincinnati (-110); 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: St. Louis (+100); Over
Game 905-906: Houston at Arizona
Dunkel Ratings: Houston (Chacon) 16.164; Arizona (Johnson) 16.206
Dunkel Line: Arizona by 1/2; 8
Vegas Line: Arizona (-150); 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Arizona (-150); Under
Game 907-908: Colorado at San Francisco
Dunkel Ratings: Colorado (Jimenez) 14.013; San Francisco (Sanchez) 15.877
Dunkel Line: San Francisco by 2; 8 1/2
Vegas Line: San Francisco (-105); 8
Dunkel Pick: San Francisco (-105); Over
Game 909-910: Atlanta at Washington
Dunkel Ratings: Atlanta (Jurrjens) 15.035; Washington (Hill) 15.457
Dunkel Line: Washington by 1/2; 7 1/2
Vegas Line: Washington (-105); 9
Dunkel Pick: Washington (-105); Under
Game 911-912: San Diego at Philadelphia
Dunkel Ratings: San Diego (Young) 13.925; Philadelphia (Moyer) 16.230
Dunkel Line: Philadelphia by 2 1/2; 10 1/2
Vegas Line: Philadelphia (-115); 10
Dunkel Pick: Philadelphia (-115); Over
Game 913-914: LA Dodgers at Florida
Dunkel Ratings: LA Dodgers (Billingsley) 14.948; Florida (Olsen) 15.486
Dunkel Line: Florida by 1/2; 9 1/2
Vegas Line: LA Dodgers (-110); 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Florida (+100); Over
Game 915-916: Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs
Dunkel Ratings: Milwaukee (Suppan) 15.021; Cubs (Dempster) 16.128
Dunkel Line: Chicago Cubs by 1; 10 1/2
Vegas Line: Chicago Cubs (-125); No Run Line
Dunkel Pick: Chicago Cubs (-125); N/A
Game 917-918: Chicago White Sox at Minnesota
Dunkel Ratings: White Sox (Masset) 15.493; Minnesota (Blackburn) 14.737
Dunkel Line: Chicago White Sox by 1/2; 7 1/2
Vegas Line: Minnesota (-130); 9
Dunkel Pick: Chicago White Sox (+120); Under
Game 919-920: Seattle at Cleveland
Dunkel Ratings: Seattle (Washburn) 15.546; Cleveland (Lee) 16.144
Dunkel Line: Cleveland by 1/2; 7 1/2
Vegas Line: Cleveland (-160); 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Cleveland (-160); Under
Game 921-922: Tampa Bay at Baltimore
Dunkel Ratings: Tampa Bay (Sonnanstine) 15.025; Baltimore (Albers) 16.224
Dunkel Line: Baltimore by 1; 9 1/2
Vegas Line: No Line
Dunkel Pick: N/A
Game 923-924: Toronto at Boston
Dunkel Ratings: Toronto (McGowan) 13.619; Boston (Matsuzaka) 15.969
Dunkel Line: Boston by 2 1/2; 8 1/2
Vegas Line: Boston (-160); 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Boston (-160); Under
Game 925-926: Detroit at NY Yankees
Dunkel Ratings: Detroit (Bonderman) 16.329; NY Yankees (Pettitte) 16.381
Dunkel Line: NY Yankees by 1/2; 10
Vegas Line: NY Yankees (-125); 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: NY Yankees (-125); Over
Game 927-928: Kansas City at Texas
Dunkel Ratings: Kansas City (Bannister) 13.656; Texas (Millwood) 13.860
Dunkel Line: Texas by 1/2; 11
Vegas Line: Kansas City (-115); 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Texas (+105); Over
Game 929-930: Oakland at LA Angels
Dunkel Ratings: Oakland (Eveland) 16.264; LA Angels (Santana) 17.566
Dunkel Line: LA Angels by 1 1/2; 7 1/2
Vegas Line: LA Angels (-145); 9
Dunkel Pick: LA Angels (-145); Under
NBA
Atlanta at Boston
The Hawks have stunned the No. 1 seed with a pair of wins to even the series and look to take advantage of Boston's 3-5 ATS record at home this season when favored by 12 1/2 to 15 points. Atlanta is the underdog pick (+14) according to Dunkel, which has the Celtics favored by just 9 1/2. Dunkel Pick: Atlanta (+14). Here are all of today's games.
Game 501-502: Atlanta at Boston
Dunkel Ratings: Atlanta 116.588; Boston 125.949
Dunkel Line & Total: Boston by 9 1/2; 185
Vegas Line & Total: Boston by 14; 187
Dunkel Pick: Atlanta (+14); Under
Game 503-504: Washington at Cleveland
Dunkel Ratings: Washington 115.248; Cleveland 121.663
Dunkel Line & Total: Cleveland by 6 1/2; 187
Vegas Line & Total: Cleveland by 4 1/2; 192
Dunkel Pick: Cleveland (-4 1/2); Under
NHL
Montreal at Philadelphia
The Flyers have gotten solid goaltending from Martin Biron to go up 2-1 in the series and look to take advantage of Montreal's 17-21 record this season when revenging a loss. Philadelphia is the pick (-130) according to Dunkel, which has the Flyers favored by 1. Dunkel Pick: Philadelphia (-130). Here are all of today's games.
Game 67-68: Montreal at Philadelphia
Dunkel Ratings: Montreal 11.704; Philadelphia 12.607
Dunkel Line & Total: Philadelphia by 1; 5
Vegas Line & Total: Philadelphia (-130); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Philadelphia (-130); Under
Game 69-70: San Jose at Dallas
Dunkel Ratings: San Jose 11.700; Dallas 12.717
Dunkel Line & Total: Dallas by 1; 4 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: No Line
Dunkel Pick: N/A
Nick Parsons NHL Pick for Wednesday!
Play ON Dallas Stars $ line (-) vs San Jose
This one has the looks of simply being over. The Sharks can say what they want about not giving up and about bouncing back tonight but this is simply a brutal situation for them. Last night, San Jose lost to the Stars in overtime for the 2nd time in 3 games in this series. This puts the Sharks one step closer to elimination and having to play the second night of a back to back on the road certainly wont help matters for the Sharks. Worst of all is that San Jose was outshot in Game Three. After outshooting the Stars in both games in San Jose, the Sharks came up well short last night in Dallas and thats a bad sign of what Game Four could bring tonight! The Stars are now 7-2 in the playoffs and the Sharks sit at 4-6 after losing each of the first three games in this series. San Joses record is even more of a negative when you consider that 6 of their 10 playoff games have come at home. San Jose is simply being outskated, outworked, and outsmarted so far in this series. Dallas has the look of a very confident team right now while San Jose is already lamenting another lost opportunity as an earlier than expected playoff exit is what now looms for the Sharks. The Stars know they can wrap this up tonight and the opportunity to take advantage of their road foe, whose physical and mental strength is sapped at this point, is something that Dallas wont let pass them by. The Sharks penalty kill has struggled as theyve now allowed 10 goals in 33 chances in the playoffs. Conversely, the penalty kill of Dallas has been one of the tops in the Western Conference in these playoffs and their power play ranks 3rd among the 16 teams that made the postseason. Special teams have a tendency to lead to special results at this time of year and, right now, the Stars have it and the Sharks dont. Dallas should finish off San Jose tonight. Lay the price!
Ness
15* Getaway GOW - DBacks
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Cleveland -4.5
Templer's Sports Picks
Arizona
HotLocksports.com
Texas
floridabookybusters
Montreal
Jack Clayton
Angles
Mike Wynn
Kansas City
Huddle Up
Pittsburgh
Dark Horse
Kansas City
Computer Sports
SEATTLE/CLEVELAND UNDER
RAZOR SHARP
BOSTON w/Matsuzaka -170
PLATINUM PLAYS
Wizards & Cavaliers Under 192
#1 SPORTS
TEXAS RANGERS
JEFF BENTON
SEATTLE MARINERS
Mighty Quinn
Reds.
BIG TIME SPORTS
TORONTO / BOSTON UNDER
Totals 4 U
BLUE JAYS/RED SOX OVER
ARMVIN SPORTS
PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Platinum Sports Investing Club
New York Yankees
TV HOTLINE
N.Y. METS
ISR
Florida -110
RedZone Sports
Tigers/Yankees Over
NICK JONES
Boston Celtics -13.5
Rocco Spacamuro
100* Giants -110
PRIORITY SPORTS INFO
Boston -162
ARTHUR RALPH
Boston Red Sox
Scott Spreitzer
Braves
Joe Wiz
DBacks
Cubs
Bob Donahue
Dodgers
Lance's Lock
Wizards
Paul Leiner
5* Reds
BETTORSWORLD
ASTROS +145
CHISOX +113
THE POWER INDEX
NBA
Cleveland* 4 over Washington
Boston* 12.5 over Atlanta
Winners Edge
NBA
Boston Celtics - 14 , 2 units
MLB
Detroit Tigers + 110 , 1 unit
Oakland A's + 125 , 1 unit
MATT FARGO
San Diego Padres @ Philadelphia Phillies
PICK: San Diego Padres
REASON FOR PICK: The Padres dropped another one last night, this time a 7-4 defeat at Philadelphia to move their record to 1-7 over their last eight games. The offense has been horrendous as San Diego has hit .219 or worse in six straight games. Why back the Padres here? The streak is not against them yet as they have dropped two in a row and the pitching matchup favors them in more ways that one as explained down further. I don?t like the overdue theory but San Diego is ready.
Philadelphia has won seven of its last nine games but its play at home has remained inconsistent. The Phillies are 7-6 at home and are averaging just 4.8 rpg, compared to 5.5 rpg a season ago and even tough it is early, that is a rather large disparity. Philadelphia is hitting .259 on the season, compared to .274 last year so it is fairly obvious that the offense has lacked its normal production. The Phillies are 2-5 in their last seven games as a home favorite of -110 to -150.
As mentioned the pitching edge favors the Padres based on both starters. Chris Young is once again having a solid season as he has tossed three quality outings in his five starts with another just falling short by one-third of an inning. His overall numbers may not look great and that is due to one bad start against the Dodgers. Take that out and his ERA drops from 3.77 to 2.10 and his WHIP drops from 1.40 to 1.13. Young has a 1.46 ERA in two career starts against the Phillies.
Jamie Moyer takes the hill for the Phillies and he is in the middle of a spectacular run. Three of his last four starts have been quality outings including his last two and that is where it ends as he falls into the go against spot of a lower class pitcher coming off back-to-back quality starts. While this is a league-wide scenario, the Phillies are a team that helps the cause as they are 3-8 in Moyer?s last 11 starts following a quality outing last time out. He posted a 7.94 ERA in two starts against the Padres last season.
Play San Diego Padres 1.5 Units
Karl Garnett
Los Angeles -125 at FLORIDA
Baseball tonight, and surprise, surprise, Florida is your leader in the NL East after nearly a month of play. Going to go against the Marlins though tonight, as Andrew Miller may have great stuff, but he has yet to harness his talent, and does sport an ERA still over 7 despite coming off a 5-inning, 1-run win over Atlanta.
Derek Lowe is coming off a win, and his ERA for the year is just 2.45. His Dodgers come in fresh off a weekend sweep of Colorado, and they have won 4 of 5 overall.
The last 2 years in South Florida, the Dodgers are 5-2, and while they are just 3-8 on the road this year, this looks like a good spot for LA to continue their winning streak.
Take the Dodgers as the small road favorite.
3* LOS ANGELES
2-Minute Warning
Boston Celtics
Frank Patron
Washington/Cleveland Over
Donald Tran
Diamondbacks -155
Jennifer Barry
LA Dodgers -110
Chad Jordan
Cleveland Indians -165
Silvas Sports
Cleveland Indians -166
JB's Computer Plays
New York Mets - 165
St. Louis Cardinals - 105
Chicago Cubs - 140
Mr. A's
NBA
Cleveland Cavaliers -4½
Atlanta Hawks +14
MLB
Toronto Blue Jays (11-16) at Boston Red Sox (16-12)
Both, Boston and Toronto have been struggling, plummeting offenses. The Blue Jays have dropped seven of their last eight games and six of its last seven on the road. Meanwhile, the Red Sox have lost five of their last six, but have won eight of its last ten at home.
Toronto’s right-hander Dustin McGowan (1-2, 4.18) is 2-1 against the Red Sox with a 3.71 ERA. in four appearances (two starts).
Boston’s right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka (4-0, 3.14 ERA) is 3-1 lifetime against the Blue Jays with a 5.18 ERA in four starts.
The Blue Jays have taken seven of the last 8 meetings, but the Red Sox have won four of the last six versus Toronto in Boston and Daisuke Matsuzaka last six starts at home. Toronto has lost four of Dustin McGowan last 5 starts. Take Boston at Fenway Park.
Boston Red Sox - 175