Sean Higgs
Philadelphia Phillies vs. Washington Nationals
Play: Washington Nationals
Sean Higgs will be backing the Washington Nationals tonight. Nats are 7-1 their last 8 at home and 5-0 vs righty starters. Nats also have won 5 of their last 6 vs NL East foes. Odalis Perez is 6-2 with a 2.28 era lifetime vs the Phillies. Joe Blanton comes in sporting a 5.28 road era...
Jeff Benton
Mets @ Brewers
Basically, I’m playing against a sweep here. After New York stole the first two games of this series – a 4-2 win Monday after being down 2-0 late; and a 6-5, 10-inning win last night – the Brewers are in must-win mode here. And even though I’m not the biggest Dave Bush fan in the world, you can’t ignore these impressive numbers: He’s 4-0 with a 1.88 ERA in his last five starts, and (the Brewers prevailed in the one no-decision. Matter of fact, Milwaukee is 8-1 the last nine times Bush has stepped on the mound, with Bush giving up exactly one run in five of those outings.
Bush also has notoriously been a better pitcher at home than on the road – that’s backed up by Milwaukee’s 16-5 record in his last 21 starts in Wisconsin (10-3 this season).
Finally, as well as Mets starter Oliver Perez has pitched lately – and he’s been even more lights-out than Bush – two things stand out: He’s just 5-5 with a 4.01 ERA on the road in 2008, and he’s always had trouble with Milwaukee (5.09 ERA in eight starts, including a 9-7 home loss back in April of this season).
With the Mets having already accomplished their goal in this series and now possibly looking ahead to this weekend’s crucial weekend set against the Phillies, I’ll happily take a shot with Milwaukee, which is still on an 8-3 run and hasn’t lost three in a row since the end of July!
4♦ MILWAUKEE BREWERS
Scott Delaney
Padres @ Dodgers
Hate to go against the somewhat-hot Dodgers in this one, but we have Major League-debut taking place tonight, and we have to take advantage of young Wade LeBlanc. As I’ve always said, newcomers to the hill make it very hard on the opposing team. Recalled Monday from Triple-A Portland, LeBlanc comes in as one of the young players the Padres are banking on and looking forward to have aboard in 2009.
The young southpaw LeBlanc accompanies his fastball with an advanced change-up and has been known to mix in several other above-average off-speed pitches. He’s pitched much better in the second half of the season for Portland, going 4-2 with a 2.86 ERA. He could be in store for the run support he’d enjoy, as the Padres chased him after two innings back in June after clocking him for six earned runs. Take the road team here.
2 Dime PADRES
Matt Rivers
Orioles @ Red Sox
Call me a glutton for punishment but I am going to back Baltimore once again here in Beantown. I just do not think that Dice-K is as good as he has been pitching this season. I do admit the guy has been lights out and I certainly am not blindfolded to this but he has got to have a poor outing one of these days, he just has to.
The Boston hurler seems to always put runners on base and yet somehow gets out of jams. Nobody, not even Cy Young and not even God himself, can have this continue without losing some games. If Matsuzaka does his thing again then it will be just one more time he shoves it up my butt.
Jeremy Guthrie takes the ball for the struggling but still competent O's and the righty is an extremely solid pitcher. Obviously his record is not anything that strikes fear in many but the guy has a very good ERA and with a little run support could be good enough to help pull this thing out.
I do not at all love the Baltimore bullpen with George Sherrill still out injured but the Orioles have a lineup that can score some runs with Roberts, Millar, Huff, Payton, Jones and others and at this price against the most overdue pitcher on the planet to lose I'll push the envelope one more time and see if it can finally come up Roses.
Vegas Experts
New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays
We simply do not believe in Carl Pavano to win a third consecutive start, especially considering how good Tampa has been at home this year and how impressive they've been vs. righties (60-32). As a home favorite, the Rays boast a phenomenal 40-14 record. Edwin Jackson has been excellent of late with a 1.89 ERA his last three starts and he's allowed just one earned run the last two times he's faced New York, a span of over 13 innings.
Play on: NY Yankees
Rocketman Sports
Seattle @ Texas
1* Seattle -115
Felix Hernandez is 9-8 with a 3.27 ERA overall, has a 3.18 ERA on the road this year and is 2-1 his last 3 starts. Dustin Nippert is 1-4 with a 7.53 ERA in all games, 0-2 with a 9.65 ERA in all starts, 0-1 with a 15.75 ERA at home and 0-2 with a 9.65 ERA his last 3 starts. Seattle has won 6 of their last 8 games overall this year. We'll recommend a small play on Seattle !
Dustin Hawkins
LAA Angels vs. Detroit Tigers
Play: LAA Angels +102
Best Team in baseball @ Detroit + on the money line. All the trends point to the Angels. Detroit pitching has not been good this year, but Miner has pitched better then all of them, although it hasnt been against this LA team. They find a way to win and have the bullpen to finish the game. Detroit was suppose to be the team in the playoffs, but they cant put it together and that wont change Wednesday night!!!
Prediction : LA 5 Detroit 3
Pick : LA Angels + 102
Scott Spreitzer
Arizona over St Louis
Kyle Lohse has been horrible in daytime outings this season...and he's seen plenty of opportunities. Lohse has made 14 daytime starts and has been smacked for a 5.08 ERA and .283 BAA! His road ERA is 4.97 in 2008, proving that he's only strong when he's pitching in St. Louis in evening action. Today, he faces a D'back lineup that's scoring five runs per game in home day games against righties. Meanwhile, the Cards are at their season's worst in this one. They enter today's tilt just 2-9 in road day games against righthanders, scoring 2.9 runs per game. Davis has put up strong numbers in his last four outings and has the better support...by far, in this one.
PLAY ARIZONA
WINNERS EDGE
Atlanta Braves +110 , 1 unit
NY Mets Even , 1 unit
Twins/Blue Jays Under 8 , 1 unit
JEFFERSON SPORTS
MLB EARLY RELEASE
PHILADELPHIA-155
CHICAGO CUBS-1.5 -125
DETROIT-108
Wild Bill
Florida -120 (5 units)
Mets +105 (5 units)
Giants +190 (5 units)
Phils -160 (5 units)
Astros +210 (5 units)
Padres +200 (5 units)
White Sox -140 (5 units)
Yankees +115 (5 units)
A's-Royals Over 8 1/2 (5 units)
MIGHTY QUINN
Mets
Armvin Sports
Marlins -126
Brewers -117
Kerbysbaseball
BREWERS -107
ARTHUR RALPH
Oakland A's
Templer's Sports Picks
Chi White Sox
JerseySteveWins
Milwaukee
lasvegassportsadvisors
St. Louis
Jason Deihl
Philadelphia
floridabookybusters
Oakland/Kansas City Under 8.5
Dime Players Club
Rockies -1.5
Jack Clayton
Yankees
Cappers Access
Brewers
A's
Joe Wiz
Phillies
A's
Bob Donahue
Angels
MIKE WYNN
LA Angels
RAZOR SHARP
MINNESOTA/TORONTO UNDER
BIG TIME SPORTS
ANGELS / TIGERS OVER 9.5
#1 SPORTS
TWINS + 135
COMPUTER SPORTS
SEATTLE -115
NEVADA SHARPSHOOTER
METS +105
SCOUT
Minnesota/Toronto under 8
HUDDLE UP
Milwaukee -115
Tv Hotline
DODGERS -220
DARK HORSE
Seattle -115
VEGAS STEAMLINE
SAN DIEGO/LA DODGERS OVER
TOTALS 4 U
PADRES/DODGERS UNDER 8
Jason Deihl
Philadelphia
Hawkeye Sports
Minnesota/Toronto under 8.5
PLATINUM PLAYS
PHILLIES - 155
SUPER SCOUT
Boston Red Sox -1.5
TRACE ADAMS
Royals
JB's Computer Picks
Boston Red Sox -240 * * *
Colorado Rockies -210
St. Louis Cardinals +100
Toronto Blue Jays -150
Best bet ***
John Ryan
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Cincinnati Reds
Play: Cincinnati Reds
Ai Simulator 3* graded play on the Reds ? Supporting this graded play is a system that has gone 38-8 for 83% since 1997. Play on home favorites with a money line of -110 or higher that is a poor NL hitting team batting =4.50. Yes, this is large wood to be laying, but there are tons of reason why the Reds will win this game big. Pirates batting just 234 and scoring 2.7 RPG over the past 7 days. Bullpen has been even worse sporting a 9.47 ERA and a 2.104 WHIP over the past 7 games. Reds not batting much higher, but scoring 5.0 RPG over the past 7 days and the bullpen is solid and do their best in home games this season sporting a 3.42 ERA and a 1.325 WHIP in 234 IP. Ok, now you add starter Volquez with a 3.04 ERA and a 16-5 mark on the season and the Reds have a huge advantage in all aspects of the game. Yes, he is coming off a start where he allowed 6 ER, but won the game. The last time he allowed 5 or more runs in a start he followed it up with allowing just 1 ER. Take the Reds.
EZWINNERS
2 STAR: (951) ATLANTA (+$117) over Florida
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2 STAR: (968) CLEVELAND (+$118) over Chicago
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1 STAR: (976) DETROIT (-$108) over LA Angels
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1 STAR: (963) HOUSTON (+$195) over Chicago
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