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4* Marlins
3* Brewers
3* Iowa St
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20 Units Boise St
Anthony Redd
100 Dime Iowa St.
Al DeMarco
15 Dime SF Giants
Bob Balfe
Boston Red Sox -135
Just like yesterday’s game, this is all about pitching. James Shields has been pitching well for the Rays, but he is just 1-8 lifetime at Fenway and is facing Josh Beckett, who pitches well at home and extremely well against the Rays. This is a must win for both teams but, if the Red Sox lose this game, Tampa will have the momentum going into the final two games of the series. Boston hits well against right-handed pitching and has the slightly better pitcher on the mound. Take the Red Sox.
Jeff Benton
20 Dime St. Louis Cardinals
20 Dime Arizona Diamondbacks
20 Dime Boise St
Dom Chambers
60 Dime Iowa St
Billy Coleman
5* White Sox
Wayne Root
Millionaire - UConn
Lines2Win
In MLB - Dbacks -101 (5 Units) - We are 4-1 in 5 unit games this season, despite our losses we are not chasing. We just can't see the Dbacks losing tonight. The odds are low because Miley hasn't pitched great but he is 2-0 with a 4.50 Era in his last 3 starts. Stauffer on the other hand 0-2 with a 9.69 Era in his last 3. The Dbacks have also scored 12 more runs than the Padres over the last 7 days. Arizona is rested and ready to start another winning streak.
In NCAAF - Boise -20 (3 Units) - Lots of folks on Toledo. Toledo played well last week but it was against a beat up Ohio St team. Boise understands what is at stake. Coming off the Bye means the offense with be firing on all cylinders. We don't see anything that suggests that Toledo will lose by less than 3 TD's. Lets also not forget Boise routed Toledo 57-14 last year.
Back Widow
Toledo +20.5
Fairway Jay
15* Iowa St
10* Toledo
Tim Trushel
Nationals Under
O.C. Dooley
3 Units Marlins / Nationals OVER 7.5
The key to this total actually has to do with tomorrow’s scheduled starting pitcher for Washington as phenom Stephen Strasburg (1.13 ERA) will take the mound. Odds are that the Florida offense will have more success against John Lannan this evening especially since the veteran has struggled in his most recent four starts against the Marlins (6.45 ERA). The oddsmakers had no choice but to keep tonight’s total low since Florida has played below the number at a 6-1 clip during the past week. But it should be noted that the Marlins in the past five games have had to deal with a pair of pitching rich opponents (Phillies, Braves) from the National League East division. Yesterday the Washington offense got a much needed jolt of confidence as they crossed the plate TEN times in a blowout victory where shortstop Ian Desmond collected five hits. In the past five games Desmond is a positive 11-for-22 at the plate and his middle infield teammate Danny Espinosa (secondbase) is hitting right near the .500 mark in that same time span. One of the Nationals hottest hitters is relatively unknown catcher Wilson Ramos (.385 September batting average) who is gunning for a possible starting spot next season. In the past ten games Washington outfielder Rick Ankiel (.333 batting average) has enjoyed one his his best stretches of the season. I am fully aware that Florida has a red-hot starting pitcher as veteran Javier Vazquez in the past three trips to the mound has only allowed ONE run while striking out a hefty 20 batters along the way. But that just happens to open the door to a solid 62-PERCENT NATIONAL LEAGUE SYSTEM (148-90 since 1997 with a total between 7-and-8’ runs) which takes poor hitting home teams like Washington with a collective batting average of less than .256 OVER the total, when facing an opposing pitcher who is red hot. Florida manager Jack McKeon long term is 19-6 OVER/ROAD when shaking off three consecutive losses. For the entire season to date Washington is an impressive 12-4 OVER the total if they won the prior 3 appearances. In that situation the Nationals offense has averaged a hefty 6 runs per game which just happens to be right near tonight’s “deflated” over/under spot