Florida Marlins Career statistics vs. Ian Kennedy
BATTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Omar Infante 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 .571 1.143
John Buck 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .400 .500 .400 .900
Greg Dobbs 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Emilio Bonifacio 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500
Gaby Sanchez 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833
Brett Hayes 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Chris Coghlan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .167 .000 .167
Logan Morrison 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .333 .333 1.333 1.667
Mike Stanton 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 .500 .600 1.500 2.100
Totals 35 12 2 0 2 3 4 7 .343 .425 .571 .996
Milwaukee Brewers Career statistics vs. Chris Carpenter
BATTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Craig Counsell 18 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 .278 .350 .278 .628
Mark Kotsay 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286
Wil Nieves 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .500 .500 2.000 2.500
Rickie Weeks 7 4 0 0 2 4 1 2 .571 .667 1.429 2.095
Prince Fielder 15 5 0 0 1 2 2 6 .333 .444 .533 .978
Corey Hart 7 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 .286 .375 .714 1.089
Ryan Braun 12 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 .250 .250 .500 .750
Nyjer Morgan 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200
Casey McGehee 14 4 2 0 0 3 1 6 .286 .333 .429 .762
Totals 92 26 2 0 6 15 7 23 .283 .347 .500 .847
St. Louis Cardinals Career statistics vs. Zack Greinke
BATTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Albert Pujols 9 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 .333 .500 .444 .944
Yadier Molina 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Skip Schumaker 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .429 .857
Colby Rasmus 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .750 1.250
Totals 24 10 2 0 0 0 3 4 .417 .481 .500 .981
Colorado Rockies Career statistics vs. Ted Lilly
BATTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Jason Giambi 14 2 0 0 1 3 0 8 .143 .143 .357 .500
Todd Helton 18 5 2 0 1 3 3 5 .278 .381 .556 .937
Ty Wigginton 12 3 1 0 1 1 1 4 .250 .308 .583 .891
Ryan Spilborghs 17 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 .059 .105 .059 .164
Chris Iannetta 13 3 2 0 1 3 1 5 .231 .286 .615 .901
Troy Tulowitzki 19 3 0 0 0 0 1 7 .158 .200 .158 .358
Carlos Gonzalez 9 4 0 0 3 4 0 2 .444 .444 1.444 1.889
Seth Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Jonathan Herrera 7 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .429 .500 .714 1.214
Eric Young Jr. 12 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 .083 .214 .083 .298
Chris Nelson 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Totals 123 26 6 1 7 15 11 39 .211 .274 .447 .721
Los Angeles Dodgers Career statistics vs. Jason Hammel
BATTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Casey Blake 20 7 1 1 1 5 1 5 .350 .391 .650 1.041
Rod Barajas 10 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 .300 .364 .600 .964
Juan Uribe 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 .118 .118 .176 .294
Marcus Thames 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
Jamey Carroll 8 5 2 1 0 2 2 1 .625 .700 1.125 1.825
Aaron Miles 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Andre Ethier 19 7 1 0 1 6 3 7 .368 .455 .579 1.033
James Loney 23 8 2 0 3 7 0 1 .348 .348 .826 1.174
Matt Kemp 17 3 1 0 0 1 3 3 .176 .286 .235 .521
Tony Gwynn 13 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .231 .286 .385 .670
Totals 131 39 9 3 6 25 11 21 .298 .352 .550 .901
Dodgers are 7/5 dogs.
BATTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Omar Infante 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 .571 1.143
John Buck 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .400 .500 .400 .900
Greg Dobbs 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Emilio Bonifacio 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500
Gaby Sanchez 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833
Brett Hayes 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Chris Coghlan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .167 .000 .167
Logan Morrison 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .333 .333 1.333 1.667
Mike Stanton 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 .500 .600 1.500 2.100
Totals 35 12 2 0 2 3 4 7 .343 .425 .571 .996
Milwaukee Brewers Career statistics vs. Chris Carpenter
BATTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Craig Counsell 18 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 .278 .350 .278 .628
Mark Kotsay 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286
Wil Nieves 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .500 .500 2.000 2.500
Rickie Weeks 7 4 0 0 2 4 1 2 .571 .667 1.429 2.095
Prince Fielder 15 5 0 0 1 2 2 6 .333 .444 .533 .978
Corey Hart 7 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 .286 .375 .714 1.089
Ryan Braun 12 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 .250 .250 .500 .750
Nyjer Morgan 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200
Casey McGehee 14 4 2 0 0 3 1 6 .286 .333 .429 .762
Totals 92 26 2 0 6 15 7 23 .283 .347 .500 .847
St. Louis Cardinals Career statistics vs. Zack Greinke
BATTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Albert Pujols 9 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 .333 .500 .444 .944
Yadier Molina 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Skip Schumaker 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .429 .857
Colby Rasmus 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .750 1.250
Totals 24 10 2 0 0 0 3 4 .417 .481 .500 .981
Colorado Rockies Career statistics vs. Ted Lilly
BATTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Jason Giambi 14 2 0 0 1 3 0 8 .143 .143 .357 .500
Todd Helton 18 5 2 0 1 3 3 5 .278 .381 .556 .937
Ty Wigginton 12 3 1 0 1 1 1 4 .250 .308 .583 .891
Ryan Spilborghs 17 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 .059 .105 .059 .164
Chris Iannetta 13 3 2 0 1 3 1 5 .231 .286 .615 .901
Troy Tulowitzki 19 3 0 0 0 0 1 7 .158 .200 .158 .358
Carlos Gonzalez 9 4 0 0 3 4 0 2 .444 .444 1.444 1.889
Seth Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Jonathan Herrera 7 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .429 .500 .714 1.214
Eric Young Jr. 12 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 .083 .214 .083 .298
Chris Nelson 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Totals 123 26 6 1 7 15 11 39 .211 .274 .447 .721
Los Angeles Dodgers Career statistics vs. Jason Hammel
BATTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Casey Blake 20 7 1 1 1 5 1 5 .350 .391 .650 1.041
Rod Barajas 10 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 .300 .364 .600 .964
Juan Uribe 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 .118 .118 .176 .294
Marcus Thames 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
Jamey Carroll 8 5 2 1 0 2 2 1 .625 .700 1.125 1.825
Aaron Miles 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Andre Ethier 19 7 1 0 1 6 3 7 .368 .455 .579 1.033
James Loney 23 8 2 0 3 7 0 1 .348 .348 .826 1.174
Matt Kemp 17 3 1 0 0 1 3 3 .176 .286 .235 .521
Tony Gwynn 13 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .231 .286 .385 .670
Totals 131 39 9 3 6 25 11 21 .298 .352 .550 .901
Dodgers are 7/5 dogs.
Final Braves 11 Houston 4. The Houston under 3 was two outs from being in the barn and the Atlanta pitcher gave up a two run homer. The Braves did not use the closer I thought they would here and should have used the one I thought they would use and Hudson also had a wild pitch to allow a run and these things combined just really shit on the whole deal. A bitter way to lose an under Team Total. Get em tomorrow hopefully. Stay safe RX Land.
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-Greinke starting to turn the corner, three consecutive QS and the Brewers are absolutely sick at home. He's on 4 days rest, which has been the toughest for him over his career. His best WHIP is on that rest, which is a better indicator at times and it's hard to look at W-L record because he was in KC for so long. After getting his head right, he has turned his life/career around and I've been rooting him for a while. That won't cloud my judgment here, but his numbers are great against RH hitters and that is mainly what I'm worried about from the Cards lineup. Berkman is scary, of course, but I'd rather be scared of him than being scared of the Pujols/Holliday/Berkman trio from the better side. He's relatively new to the Cards, only saw them in the I-70 series most likely, and he got hit pretty hard. He hasn't given up a HR and he's been pretty careful with Pujols which I would obviously prefer. Greinke wins 58% of his decisions at home, and his ERA is a half run better when he's got the crowd behind him. When he gets 3+ runs he's 55-26, mainly because of the 30-3 record when getting 6+ but being over .500 when you get between 3 and 5 runs is impressive considering how bad his former team was. The 8-0 win tonight will probably fire up the visitors, but Greinke's 3-2 career record vs. StL, his 3-0 record at Miller Park and his 1-0 record (6ip 0r) with Umpire Andy Fletcher will make it very tough for St. Louis to get a win. They throw Chris Carpenter who has been far below his usual self this year, and he's struggled with two of the most important bats in the Brewers lineup. Weeks is 4/7 against him in his career with 2 HR, Fielder is 5/15 with a dinger and Ryan Braun has a HR as well despite a 3/12 performance. The way the Brewers are playing at home is great, their bullpen and defense has improved from the start of the year and this isn't the same Chris Carpenter. Somehow Carp got smoked in his only outing with Fletcher, 3.1ip 8 er, and the Brewers good bullpen should be well-rested considering the easy game today.
TB-BAL
-Price off a great start in Anaheim, although the Halos can't hit to save their lives right now. It looks like Nick Markakis has had the most success against him (.353) despite being a lefty-lefty matchup, and he was struggling until tonight's 6-RBI performance. I know the Rays have been struggling with the flu in the clubhouse, especially while they were on the road trip to the left coast, but the only remaining problem seems like Matt Joyce who sat tonight's game out. If he's back in there, that adds another lefty for Guthrie to deal with and a guy with power when that was Guthrie's undoing in their matchup this season at Camden Yards. The Rays pen should be okay after only Russell and Sonnanstine saw work tonight (their bad pen), but they have been struggling with their good guys lately besides Farnsworth at the back. Price has thrown 3 QS in a row, plus he's never allowed a HR to anyone active on that roster in 94 AB's, while Guthrie has given up 9 to the Rays in 234 AB's. That translates to the Rays seeing him a lot, and four guys with 20+ AB's against him have hit over .300, the fifth would be Reid Brignac (shocker) but he's only had 19. Guthrie off two straight losses despite a good performance @SEA where he got the loss going 8 innings and giving up 0 ER (3r). He lost against this Rays team two straight starts the second week of May, giving up 2 HR in each contest. He's used his control well only issuing 3 walks, but not being able to get out of innings is his problem. Lefties have hit him better over his career, naturally, but Maddon can use that to his advantage everywhere besides 3B and CF. Guthrie likes the road a bit better, but he's 17-54 when he gets 5 runs or less and I don't see that charity coming from Price. He's on his best rest for ERA and WHIP, but it's his worst for win% and he's 6-9 career vs. TB. He likes the day, but this is at night, and he's got a 5.63 career ERA with umpire Tim Welke, his only start being a 5ip 3er outing. Righties have hit Price a lot better, even though it's only .235, and that puts Scott/Pie/Markakis on an island even with Nick's aforementioned success. Price has been much worse on the road in his career, but he still wins 61% of his decisions and is an amazing 35-7 when he gets 3+ runs. He likes 5 days rest the best, but he's a 76% winner on normal rest and he's 4-1 (2.52) career vs. Baltimore. At Camden Yards, he's 2-0 with a 2.33 ERA, he pitches best with John Jaso who's the better hitting catcher and the lefty that Maddon wants to use against Guthrie, and he's 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA with Welke only allowing a run in each start.
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Milwaukee ML (-116) vs. St. Louis
Tampa Bay ML (-123) @ Baltimore
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-Greinke starting to turn the corner, three consecutive QS and the Brewers are absolutely sick at home. He's on 4 days rest, which has been the toughest for him over his career. His best WHIP is on that rest, which is a better indicator at times and it's hard to look at W-L record because he was in KC for so long. After getting his head right, he has turned his life/career around and I've been rooting him for a while. That won't cloud my judgment here, but his numbers are great against RH hitters and that is mainly what I'm worried about from the Cards lineup. Berkman is scary, of course, but I'd rather be scared of him than being scared of the Pujols/Holliday/Berkman trio from the better side. He's relatively new to the Cards, only saw them in the I-70 series most likely, and he got hit pretty hard. He hasn't given up a HR and he's been pretty careful with Pujols which I would obviously prefer. Greinke wins 58% of his decisions at home, and his ERA is a half run better when he's got the crowd behind him. When he gets 3+ runs he's 55-26, mainly because of the 30-3 record when getting 6+ but being over .500 when you get between 3 and 5 runs is impressive considering how bad his former team was. The 8-0 win tonight will probably fire up the visitors, but Greinke's 3-2 career record vs. StL, his 3-0 record at Miller Park and his 1-0 record (6ip 0r) with Umpire Andy Fletcher will make it very tough for St. Louis to get a win. They throw Chris Carpenter who has been far below his usual self this year, and he's struggled with two of the most important bats in the Brewers lineup. Weeks is 4/7 against him in his career with 2 HR, Fielder is 5/15 with a dinger and Ryan Braun has a HR as well despite a 3/12 performance. The way the Brewers are playing at home is great, their bullpen and defense has improved from the start of the year and this isn't the same Chris Carpenter. Somehow Carp got smoked in his only outing with Fletcher, 3.1ip 8 er, and the Brewers good bullpen should be well-rested considering the easy game today.
TB-BAL
-Price off a great start in Anaheim, although the Halos can't hit to save their lives right now. It looks like Nick Markakis has had the most success against him (.353) despite being a lefty-lefty matchup, and he was struggling until tonight's 6-RBI performance. I know the Rays have been struggling with the flu in the clubhouse, especially while they were on the road trip to the left coast, but the only remaining problem seems like Matt Joyce who sat tonight's game out. If he's back in there, that adds another lefty for Guthrie to deal with and a guy with power when that was Guthrie's undoing in their matchup this season at Camden Yards. The Rays pen should be okay after only Russell and Sonnanstine saw work tonight (their bad pen), but they have been struggling with their good guys lately besides Farnsworth at the back. Price has thrown 3 QS in a row, plus he's never allowed a HR to anyone active on that roster in 94 AB's, while Guthrie has given up 9 to the Rays in 234 AB's. That translates to the Rays seeing him a lot, and four guys with 20+ AB's against him have hit over .300, the fifth would be Reid Brignac (shocker) but he's only had 19. Guthrie off two straight losses despite a good performance @SEA where he got the loss going 8 innings and giving up 0 ER (3r). He lost against this Rays team two straight starts the second week of May, giving up 2 HR in each contest. He's used his control well only issuing 3 walks, but not being able to get out of innings is his problem. Lefties have hit him better over his career, naturally, but Maddon can use that to his advantage everywhere besides 3B and CF. Guthrie likes the road a bit better, but he's 17-54 when he gets 5 runs or less and I don't see that charity coming from Price. He's on his best rest for ERA and WHIP, but it's his worst for win% and he's 6-9 career vs. TB. He likes the day, but this is at night, and he's got a 5.63 career ERA with umpire Tim Welke, his only start being a 5ip 3er outing. Righties have hit Price a lot better, even though it's only .235, and that puts Scott/Pie/Markakis on an island even with Nick's aforementioned success. Price has been much worse on the road in his career, but he still wins 61% of his decisions and is an amazing 35-7 when he gets 3+ runs. He likes 5 days rest the best, but he's a 76% winner on normal rest and he's 4-1 (2.52) career vs. Baltimore. At Camden Yards, he's 2-0 with a 2.33 ERA, he pitches best with John Jaso who's the better hitting catcher and the lefty that Maddon wants to use against Guthrie, and he's 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA with Welke only allowing a run in each start.
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Milwaukee ML (-116) vs. St. Louis
Tampa Bay ML (-123) @ Baltimore
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COL o8.5
RUNNNING LATE FOR THE GOLF COURSE..
YANKS/CLEVE..AFTER TEX GOT PLUNKED LAST NIGHT ..MABE SOME FIRE WORKS TODAY..
Like the yanks coming out on fire..they are pissed at the near beaning,Also think the Yanks will pop TALBERT for at least 4 runs so like yesterday I'll marry yanks first 5 with the over and Yanks rl game..BEWARE LOOKS LIKE RAIN
THE PLAYS :$100 EA
YANKS RL -1.5 -105
YANKS -.5 FIRST 5 -135
YANKS/CLEVE OVER 5.5 FIRST 5 PK
LOOK AT YANKS TT ALSO
METS/PITT..
LIKE DICKEY MUCH BETTER THAN MCDONALD ESO IF THE HUMIDITY HOLDS.
Will stay and Reyes over tabata and ride that horse until it drops...
the plays:
$100:
REYES O TABATA LINE PENDING...
METS-111
$50"
METS/PITT O 4 FIRST 5:toast:
YANKS/CLEVE..AFTER TEX GOT PLUNKED LAST NIGHT ..MABE SOME FIRE WORKS TODAY..
Like the yanks coming out on fire..they are pissed at the near beaning,Also think the Yanks will pop TALBERT for at least 4 runs so like yesterday I'll marry yanks first 5 with the over and Yanks rl game..BEWARE LOOKS LIKE RAIN
THE PLAYS :$100 EA
YANKS RL -1.5 -105
YANKS -.5 FIRST 5 -135
YANKS/CLEVE OVER 5.5 FIRST 5 PK
LOOK AT YANKS TT ALSO
METS/PITT..
LIKE DICKEY MUCH BETTER THAN MCDONALD ESO IF THE HUMIDITY HOLDS.
Will stay and Reyes over tabata and ride that horse until it drops...
the plays:
$100:
REYES O TABATA LINE PENDING...
METS-111
$50"
METS/PITT O 4 FIRST 5:toast:
Atlanta Houston Game 2 Saturday: Atlanta has a 36-28 overall record winning 4 in a row and 6-4 Last 10. Houston posts a 24-40 overall record losing 2 in a row and 4-6 Last 10. Minor gets the nod for the Braves being recalled from Triple A. Minor is 0-2 5.06 ERA this season and 0-4 6.95 ERA in seven starts for his career. Lyons get the nod for Houston and is 0-1 .491 ERA. Atlanta 1st Baseman Freeman is hitting .400 with six doubles 2 homers and 11 RBI's in his last 12 games. Other Braves batters are also starting to find their groove as evident by back to back 4 run innings last night. Houston is still struggling to elimate fielding errors which severely hurt them last night when the ball game was still close. Atlanta's dominance of Houston winning 9 out of 10 of the last contests may well continue tonight if the Braves can bring even a portion of their explosive hitting they demonstarted last night. Minor has a total of 56 innings pitched in the Majors while Lyons only has 11 innings pitched in the Majors. Minor's advantage in Big League experience combined with recent Braves hot hitting and the great defense the Braves infield has produced should enable Atlanta to provide a ML winner even with the absence of big sticks Jason Heyward and Martin Prada who are on the DL. The Atlanta RL around +150 looks tempting after last night but Minute Maid Park has some very tricky gaps that Houston might possible utilize if they fall behind and make a rally. The Atlanta closers had a letdown last night with a two run homer in the ninth because Atlanta wanted to give work to some guys who normally don't get the nod as the game was pretty much decided at that point. An outfield with tricky gaps plus a bull pen who normally doesn't get rocked getting rocked yesterday, we will stay with an Atlanta ML not getting too fancy or greedy. BOL everybody. Enjoy the MLB Action today.
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Cincinnati-San Francisco UNDER 7.5 (-120)
-Sunday Night Baseball had a crazy run of overs, but it's been pretty low-scoring this year and I think it will be tomorrow. Jonathan Sanchez is difficult to predict, but I think he'll be good tomorrow with Mike Estabrook behind the dish. Estabrook is a long-time minor league umpire who fills in for the permanent guys throughout the season when they go on vacation or miss games due to injury. He has great under stats despite a bit of an over run to start the season, and I think he'll help Sanchez while Volquez will use the big K zone and the lack of a decent lineup from the Giants to keep them off the scoreboard. Seriously, the Giants are terrible and losing Freddy Sanchez is a big deal because he was clutch. They have absolutely nothing at catcher, Huff can't possibly recreate what he did last season, Sanchez dislocated that shoulder, Tejada is old, Pandoval is on the DL and then you get an outfield that can't get in a rhythm because they don't play enough. Torres is the only consistent threat in that lineup and that's hard to even explain. The ball won't fly out of the park, especially with a gametime temperature at 59 with humidity at 80% in a perfect spot to keep the ball in the graveyard for hitting. This line will be 7 flat or less tomorrow, so I grabbed this as soon as I saw it without a ton of stats behind it. Just think the number is way too high...
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New York ML (-145) vs. Cleveland
-Largest amount of chalk swallowed all year is in this play, and it's behind no less than Freddy Garcia. Scary, but not actually that scary when you consider how terrible the Indians are. Cleveland is awful, they got off to a great start and I've been against them once the slide started and I think it's been a big part of my turnaround. This is a rare wrap-around series where Sunday afternoon is game 3 of 4 and I think that maintains the interest of the home team to keep their good lineup in their and use their good pen if needed although I don't think it will be. Simply put, Josh Tomlin had a great start to the year and he's coming back to earth. Meanwhile, Freddy Garcia is off a terrible outing and he's going to bounce back against such a soft lineup compared to the best one in the game right now that lit him up in his last start. Garcia has been very consistent at home and on the road, plus on 4, 5 and 6+ days rest so I think we'll know what we're getting from him. He's not going to gives us 8 shutout innings, but when he gets 3 runs of support he wins and that's what he'll get from a sliding Josh Tomlin. The Yanks bullpen is scary at best, which is keeping me from playing a RL or a -1 here, but I think the bats will come to play and it'll be a tough zone for Tomlin with C.B. Bucknor behind the plate. Bucknor's seen Freddy win both of his starts with him in compiling a 2.77 ERA, and I think he'll do it again as there's a complete difference in class on the field tomorrow.
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Cincinnati-San Francisco UNDER 7.5 (-120)
-Sunday Night Baseball had a crazy run of overs, but it's been pretty low-scoring this year and I think it will be tomorrow. Jonathan Sanchez is difficult to predict, but I think he'll be good tomorrow with Mike Estabrook behind the dish. Estabrook is a long-time minor league umpire who fills in for the permanent guys throughout the season when they go on vacation or miss games due to injury. He has great under stats despite a bit of an over run to start the season, and I think he'll help Sanchez while Volquez will use the big K zone and the lack of a decent lineup from the Giants to keep them off the scoreboard. Seriously, the Giants are terrible and losing Freddy Sanchez is a big deal because he was clutch. They have absolutely nothing at catcher, Huff can't possibly recreate what he did last season, Sanchez dislocated that shoulder, Tejada is old, Pandoval is on the DL and then you get an outfield that can't get in a rhythm because they don't play enough. Torres is the only consistent threat in that lineup and that's hard to even explain. The ball won't fly out of the park, especially with a gametime temperature at 59 with humidity at 80% in a perfect spot to keep the ball in the graveyard for hitting. This line will be 7 flat or less tomorrow, so I grabbed this as soon as I saw it without a ton of stats behind it. Just think the number is way too high...
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New York ML (-145) vs. Cleveland
-Largest amount of chalk swallowed all year is in this play, and it's behind no less than Freddy Garcia. Scary, but not actually that scary when you consider how terrible the Indians are. Cleveland is awful, they got off to a great start and I've been against them once the slide started and I think it's been a big part of my turnaround. This is a rare wrap-around series where Sunday afternoon is game 3 of 4 and I think that maintains the interest of the home team to keep their good lineup in their and use their good pen if needed although I don't think it will be. Simply put, Josh Tomlin had a great start to the year and he's coming back to earth. Meanwhile, Freddy Garcia is off a terrible outing and he's going to bounce back against such a soft lineup compared to the best one in the game right now that lit him up in his last start. Garcia has been very consistent at home and on the road, plus on 4, 5 and 6+ days rest so I think we'll know what we're getting from him. He's not going to gives us 8 shutout innings, but when he gets 3 runs of support he wins and that's what he'll get from a sliding Josh Tomlin. The Yanks bullpen is scary at best, which is keeping me from playing a RL or a -1 here, but I think the bats will come to play and it'll be a tough zone for Tomlin with C.B. Bucknor behind the plate. Bucknor's seen Freddy win both of his starts with him in compiling a 2.77 ERA, and I think he'll do it again as there's a complete difference in class on the field tomorrow.
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boston...i normally dont like to bet overs when a team explodes the previous day, like the sox did...however..if the sox were really tired from their late game in n.y. , then we would of seen it yesterday. lester has not been himself this year and todays pitchers over their last 3 starts have a combined e.r.a. of 12. also in those starts, they have walked 17 batters in 20 innings. over is at 9 minus a little bit of juice and i think that will rise..im taking over 9-.15.. gl!!!
