Lenny Del Genio
Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians
Prediction: Cleveland Indians
Play on Cleveland at 7:05 ET. Scott Lewis is what we call a ?diamond in the rough.? No one knows about him YET, but they soon will. His MLB debut saw him throw eight innings of three-hit ball?and that was on the road! Twins starter Kevin Slowey has been great this season, but not so much on the road, where he?s a pedestrian 5-5 on the year. He was crushed 9-0 by Toronto in his last road start. Cleveland is a very strong 29-18 as a road underdog over the last three years. Take Cleveland.
John Ryan
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Play: Los Angeles Dodgers
Ai Simulator 3* graded play on the Dodgers – No reason to think they won’t keep winning, especially against one of the worst teams in the second half this season. Dodgers bullpen is impeccable right now sporting a 0.82 ERA and 0.909 WHIP over the past 7 games. Supporting this graded play is a system that has gone 45-39 making 40.3 units since 2002. Play on all dogs with a money line of +150 or more with a poor bullpen whose ERA is 4.50 or worse on the season and is now facing an opponent with a NL starting pitcher whose ERA is 3.70 to 4.20 on the season. Pirates are in a horrid role noting they are just 6-26 (-16.6 Units) against the money line versus NL teams allowing 4.3 or less runs/game in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons. Take the Dodgers
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20* Monday Night Football Selection
Eagles +7
Moneylockoftheday
Premium Pick
Mets/Nationals Over 9
Free Pick
White Sox +115
PlusLineSports
NYMets vs Washington
NY Mets -1.5
EZWINNERS
1 STAR: (969) CHICAGO (-$130) over Houston
(Listing Lilly only) (Risking $130 to win $100)
Wildcat
Eagles +7
Jeff Benton
NEW YORK METS -1½
Well, for one thing, the “old” Washington Nationals are back. Since an 8-1 homestand that started with seven consecutive victories, the Nats have gone 2-7, including an ongoing five-game losing skid that included two losses to the Mets in New York last week by scores of 13-10 and 10-8. Washington has now dropped five straight games to New York (including a three-game home sweep in mid-August), and in the last four, the Mets have scored 44 runs, with all four being multi-run victories. In fact, New York is 10-4 against the Nats this season, with eight of those wins coming by two runs or more. As for this pitching matchup of Pedro Martinez vs. John Lannan, I’d still give the edge to Pedro even though his season numbers are slightly worse than Lannan’s and even though Pedro has struggled mightily on the road. The big reason: I trust the Mets offense, which averages six runs per game in Martinez’s 10 road starts this season, to pick their starting pitcher up more than I do Washington’s, which is 3-9 in Lannan’s 12 home starts, scoring just 3.4 runs per game. Throw in the fact that Lannan has a 5.65 ERA at home and 6.53 ERA in four career starts against the Mets (all Nationals losses), and I’m comfortable laying the 1½ runs with the more talented (and more motivated) road team.
3♦ NEW YORK METS -1½
Jake Timlin
Monday Selection Texas Rangers.
Playing at home and doing so against Dontrelle Willis take the Rangers in a blowout tonight. After all tonight’s selection is all about the continuing failure of Willis. I mean after watching Willis post a 10 plus ERA before being called down to the minor league three months ago I just don’t like the Tigers chances tonight. Not when Willis will be making just his fifth big league start of the season and doing so after struggling in the minors. Meanwhile for the Rangers they will be playing with a bit of revenge on their minds as Detroit has gotten the best of Texas this year. So looking for Willis to struggle look for the Rangers to take advantage of the situation and earn a home win over Detroit.
All Texas!
Gregg Price
Philadelphia Eagles vs. Dallas Cowboys
Play: Philadelphia Eagles
First of all, I am not like a lot of other cappers out there, who are going to try and make a "sale" just because there is a game. I have a slight opinion on the Eagles tonight. I love their secondary, and I think Jimmie Johnson will throw a lot of different looks at Romo. McNabb looks as good as he has in years, and with Kolb behind him he knows his margin of error is limited. On the flip side Romo had such a poor game last December against these Eagles in Dallas you know he will be looking to redeem himself. Eagles will try and control the clock with westbrook. Light Play Philly.
Scott Ferrall
Chicago W.Sox +115 at Yankees
Minnesota -110 at Cleveland
Arizona -180 over San Fran
Colorado -160 over San Diego
Dodgers -170 at Pittsburgh--Kuroda wins at PNC
Stephen Nover
San Francisco Giants @ Arizona Diamondbacks
PICK: San Francisco Giants
Late in the season we find overpriced lines on teams like the Diamondbacks that need to win and are at home.
If the opponent isn't a dead club, there's good value in fading the favorite. The Giants are anything but a dead team.
Going with youth, the Giants have been loose and playing relaxed. The result has been eight wins in their last nine games and nine victories in their past 11 games.
San Francisco actually is scoring runs, averaging 6.2 runs in its last nine games.
Arizona, by contrast, is frustrated and pressing. The Diamondbacks have dropped 15 of their last 19 games. Their bullpen has become a disaster area.
Aces Brandon Webb and Dan Haren haven't done the job down the stretch. The Diamondbacks need Doug Davis to come through here. That's asking a lot.
Davis shouldn't be priced this high of a favorite. He's a bottom of the rotation type starter. He has a 4.98 career ERA versus San Francisco in 13 outings.
The Giants are 32-27 in division games this season. They are starting Brad Hennessey. He looked good during his first start in two years allowing one run and four hits in six innings versus the Diamondbacks last week. The Giants won that game, 4-3.
Now Henessey is a huge 'dog again to Arizona. He's not facing Haren, but Davis. Nothing else has changed. The Diamondbacks are still playing bad and the Giants continue to play hot.
So why not continue to take a high price on San Francisco?
Frank Rosenthal
PADRES+145 SB
TRIBE+105 SB
BOSOX+110 SB
RANGERS-140 SB
BOYS-6 -115 SB+
UNDER 47 SB+
Ben Burns
Seattle Mariners at Kansas City Royals
Prediction: Over
Neither of these pitchers has done a very good job of keeping runners off base. Davies has a 1.627 WHIP at home. Silva has a 1.633 WHIP (6.86 ERA!) on the road. Silva's been at his worst lately too, going 0-2 with a 12.21 ERA and 2.50 WHIP his last three outings. The last two of those games both went over the total, finishing with scores of 9-3 and 12-6. Consider the OVER
SportsKingz
MINNESOTA -120
N.Y. METS -160
KANSAS CITY -135
DODGERS -170
YANKEES -125