1:35 pm(est)
St. Louis(-115) at Washington(+105)
I'm going back to the well again today with the Cardinals after they suffered a blow out loss last night at the hands of the Nationals. One key factor that hurt my play yesterday was the fact that i had no idea Albert Pujols was being given a day off which limits this St. Louis lineup. Today the Cards will start their best offensive lineup and will send Kyle Lohse to the mound who is sporting a 3-0 record this year with a 1.97 era and has done quite well against the Nationals. In his last 2 starts against them he's gone 2-0 and pitched 12 innings allowing only 1 earned run on 8 hits and 4 strikeouts. The Nats will be sending left hander John Lannan who has pitched well against the Cardinals in the past, in 2008 he went 0-2 against them but pitched 12 innings giving up 4 earned runs and 4 strikeouts, but the biggest stat that comes out is the fact that Lannan has 7 walks in those 2 games which is never a good thing against an explosive offense like this. The Cards have not hit lefties well this year, as they currently are batting .227 versus lefties and .207 versus lefties on the road but I'm just not convinced that the Cards allow another game to get away considering they have owned this Washington team in the past and will probably want to end this series on a positive note heading back to St. Louis to face the world champion Philadelphia Phillies tomorrow in front of their home crowd.
Betting on: St. Louis Moneyline(-115)(5.75 units)
Final Score:
St. Louis
Washington PPD(rain)
MLB
4:10 pm(est)
San Diego(+185) at L.A. Dodgers(-210)
I got a strange feeling the Padres avoid the sweep today, but just in case they don't I will take the (+1.5) runline to be safe. Just like last nights game the public is all over the Dodgers (-1.5) runline because of the high price on the moneyline(L.A. -210). In the past I have noticed that teams that have a high priced moneyline usually only win by 1 run, its almost as if the books purposely do this to avoid paying plus money on the favorite. As far as the match up is concerned the Dodgers will send their ace Chad Billingsley who is 4-0 with a 2.14 era so far this year. Billingsley has had good success against the Padres in the past but I just don't know if it will matter today. In my honest opinion it is very difficult to sweep a team in the big leagues, especially a division rival. Chad Gaudin will take the mound for the Fryers and he has never faced the Dodgers in his career so it should give him the advantage for the first couple time through the Dodgers batting order. On the other hand Billingsley just pitched against the Padres and beat them in San Diego a few weeks ago so the Fryers know what to expect and this should give them a slight advantage over the Dodgers today.
Betting on: San Diego Runline(+1.5)(-125)(3.75 units)
Final Score:
San Diego 3 (lost)(-3.75)
L.A. Dodgers 7
MLB
8:05 pm(est)
Chicago(-122) at Texas(+114)
Their is a chance of rain the forecast down in Arlington Texas, but it should not matter as far as offense is concerned. I'm banking on the combination of the hot Rangers bats and the awful pitching of their starter Matt Harrison to push this over the total for tonight's ESPN Sunday night game of the week. The White Sox will send lefty John Danks to the mound and that's great news to the Rangers because Texas has hit .333 versus lefties in their last 10 games. In fact the Rangers are hitting .323 against south paws this year, so they should not have any problems getting a few runs in that friendly hitters ballpark.
Betting on: Chicago/Texas over 10.5 (-105)(5.25 units)
Final Score:
Chicago 1
Texas 5 (lost)(-5.25 units)
Betting on: St. Louis Moneyline(-115)(5.75 units)
Final Score:
St. Louis
Washington PPD(rain)
MLB
4:10 pm(est)
San Diego(+185) at L.A. Dodgers(-210)
I got a strange feeling the Padres avoid the sweep today, but just in case they don't I will take the (+1.5) runline to be safe. Just like last nights game the public is all over the Dodgers (-1.5) runline because of the high price on the moneyline(L.A. -210). In the past I have noticed that teams that have a high priced moneyline usually only win by 1 run, its almost as if the books purposely do this to avoid paying plus money on the favorite. As far as the match up is concerned the Dodgers will send their ace Chad Billingsley who is 4-0 with a 2.14 era so far this year. Billingsley has had good success against the Padres in the past but I just don't know if it will matter today. In my honest opinion it is very difficult to sweep a team in the big leagues, especially a division rival. Chad Gaudin will take the mound for the Fryers and he has never faced the Dodgers in his career so it should give him the advantage for the first couple time through the Dodgers batting order. On the other hand Billingsley just pitched against the Padres and beat them in San Diego a few weeks ago so the Fryers know what to expect and this should give them a slight advantage over the Dodgers today.
Betting on: San Diego Runline(+1.5)(-125)(3.75 units)
Final Score:
San Diego 3 (lost)(-3.75)
L.A. Dodgers 7
MLB
8:05 pm(est)
Chicago(-122) at Texas(+114)
Their is a chance of rain the forecast down in Arlington Texas, but it should not matter as far as offense is concerned. I'm banking on the combination of the hot Rangers bats and the awful pitching of their starter Matt Harrison to push this over the total for tonight's ESPN Sunday night game of the week. The White Sox will send lefty John Danks to the mound and that's great news to the Rangers because Texas has hit .333 versus lefties in their last 10 games. In fact the Rangers are hitting .323 against south paws this year, so they should not have any problems getting a few runs in that friendly hitters ballpark.
Betting on: Chicago/Texas over 10.5 (-105)(5.25 units)
Final Score:
Chicago 1
Texas 5 (lost)(-5.25 units)
