Tuesday’s Betting Tips
By Covers.com
Who’s hot
MLB: The over is 22-4-2 in the last 28 meetings between the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies.
MLB: Rangers are 17-5 in their last 22 games on grass.
WNBA: Silver Stars are 16-5 ATS in their last 21 games overall.
Who’s not
MLB: Phillies are 8-20 in their last 28 overall.
MLB: Over is 3-9 in the Chicago White Sox's last 12.
WNBA: Mercury are 8-21 ATS in their last 29 vs. Western Conference.
Key stat
7 – The Texas Rangers have won seven consecutive series, which is the third-longest such streak in franchise history. The Rangers won eight straight series back in 1977 and again in 2010.
Injury that shouldn’t be overlooked
Candice Dupree, Phoenix Mercury – Dupree is questionable for Tuesday’s game against San Antonio with a left knee contusion. She’s averaging 15.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per contest this year.
Game of the day
Cincinnati Reds at Los Angeles Dodgers (130, 6.5)
Notable quotable
"I have no indication at all that anything is too late for anything. We stay optimistic that we're going to keep him in our uniform. And that's the bottom line. Whether we can do it or not, I don't know, but we stay optimistic that we will." – Philadelphia Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. about trying to keep starting pitcher Cole Hamels as the trade deadline approaches.
Notes and tips
A deal that would have had the Houston Astros trading Carlos Lee to the Los Angeles Dodgers appears to be off. Lee was presented with the deal before Sunday’s game against the Cubs but when he didn’t immediately waive his no-trade clause, the Astros decided to pull the deal off the table.
Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard has requested a trade and specifically wants to wear a Brooklyn Nets jersey next season. Magic GM Rob Hennigan hasn’t agreed to comply with Howard’s request as of yet. “There’s only one team on my list and if I don’t get traded there, I’ll play the season out and explore my free agency after that,” Howard told Yahoo! Sports.
Michael Phelps is backing out of one of his individual events for the Olympics, dropping him to seven instead of eight in London later this month. His coach, Bob Bowman, said Monday on Twitter that Phelps won’t try to duplicate his individual feat of eight golds in Beijing in 2008. Phelps will not swim the 200-meter freestyle after beating rival Ryan Lochte in that event at the U.S. Olympic trials last week in Omaha, Neb. With 16 Olympic medals, Phelps is two away from tying the record set in the 1950s and 1960s by former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina. Fourteen of Phelps’ medals are gold.