Steve Budin
25 Dime Celtics
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3 Units Boston Celtics -3.5
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Boston Celtics
Cincinnati Reds
Tampa Bay Rays -1.5
The Duke's Sports
Orlando Under (188) for 2.5 Units
Kendrick Perkins is a big part of what Boston does defensively. After he was bounced Wednesday night,the Celtics' defense unraveled. Tonight, Perkins, as expected, got his suspension lifted and will play; moreover, Glen Davis, who is battling a concussion sustained in Game 5, will play. Therefore, we look at the higher scoring in Game 4 (OT) and 5 of this series as an aberration and not necessarily as an emerging trend. This series has gone "under" in 10 of its last 13 meetings and 5 of its last 6 meetings in Boston. Orlando has heavy "under" trends as a traveler(17-30 O/U) while Boston is 0-4 O/U after allowing 100+. We'll look for Boston to re-establish their defensive dominance here and cool off the heating up perimeter game of Orlando.
Bob Balfe
San Francisco Giants -130
Matt Cain is pitching great this year and will get another big outing against an Arizona team that is awful on the road. In addition, the Giants play well at home and have the much better pitcher on the mound in Cain today. Take San Francisco.
Rocketman
NYM +105
SDP -150
Seabass
30* Bos/Orl under (1st half)
50* Fl
50* Tor -1.5
50* Pitt/Atl under
50* Oak
50* Kc
200* Tb under "steam"
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Minnesota w/Slowey -125
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Texas Rangers at Minnesota Twins
Prediction: Minnesota Twins
In Colby Lewis’ last start, he went six innings and allowed a lone run. The bullpen was perfect and the Rangers eked out a 2-1 win as 155 home favorite over the Cubs. These stats make the Rangers a play-against team here. Texas is 0-10 as a dog when they scored fewer than three runs for their starter in his last start, as long as they were not a 170+ dog in that start. The Rangers have lost these ten games by an average of 3.5 runs.
Also, Texas is 0-7 as a dog when they won by one run in their starter’s last start and the bullpen allowed at most one run. The Rangers have been getting KILLED in this spot. They have lost by an average of 5.3 runs per game, and in their last three defeats they allowed 12, 11 and 16 runs respectively. Ouch.
Minnesota beat the Yankees 8-2 yesterday and they are the best team in the league in a series opener when they are off a big win. Minnesota is 14-0 as a home favorite in a series opener when they are off a win by at least five runs in which they scored more than six runs – winning by an average of 4.1 runs per game. In their two active dates this season, they won 10-3 laying 135 and 10-4 laying 130.
Texas is off a 5-2 loss as a favorite over the Royals in which they managed only six hits. This is not a good spot for them. The Rangers are 0-7 off a loss as a favorite in which they had fewer than five team-left-on-base. Texas was favored in four of the seven and they lost by multiple runs every time. The blame can be placed squarely on their offense, as they have scored 2, 0, 2, 0, 1, 0 and 1 in the seven games respectively.
Finally, Minnesota is 5-0 in franchise history when Kevin Slowey starts as a home favorite when he got eight or more runs of support in his last start.
This price seems cheap – and the run-line is a good investment as well.
MTi’s FORECAST: MINNESOTA 5 Texas 1
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