Mighty Quinn Mighty split the Rays and Dodgers Tuesday night. Today it's the Indians and Tigers. The surplus is 1,450 sirignanos.
Hondo August 26, 2009 Ice, ice, Hondo! The cold snap continued last night for Mr. Aitch, who stumbled with the 'Stros and Jays to raise the deficit to 510 pizarros. Tonight, he's hoping to crank up the heat with the Tigers, Rangers, Chisox and Nats -- 10 units apiece.
Scott Ferrall MLB FREE PICKS FOR WEDNESDAY PICKS ARE IN ALL CAPS AND RANKED IN ORDER OF CONFIDENCE ( ) Texas (Holland) YANKEES (PETTITTE) -200 (1) PHILADELPHIA (HAMELS) -165 (2) Pittsburgh (Maholm) DODGERS (WOLF) -135 (3) Colorado (Fogg) Run Totals Texas / Yankees OVER 10 Oakland / Seattle OVER 8 ½ Baltimore / Minnesota UNDER 10 San Diego / Atlanta UNDER 8 ½
DESTROY THE BOOK SPORTS 8/26/09- Wednesday **DTB SPORTS 25* AMERICAN LEAGUE GAME OF THE YEAR** 25* TORONTO BLUE JAYS +105 7*- CUBS RL 7*- BALTIMORE +145 7*- DODGERS / ROCKIES OVER 10.5
Super Sports Group (SSG) Cleveland v. KC 2:10pm PICK: OVER 9.5 -115 (7*) 3 team parlay for 1* wins 7* Mets RL +105 Oakland ML ev Phillies RL -105
Gina Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 8:15 p.m. est. Houston Astros (61-64) at St. Louis Cardinals (73-54) (R) Roy Oswalt (7-4) vs. (R) Joel Pineiro (12-9) Houston's Roy Oswalt (7-4, 3.83) is 1-0 with a 5.50 ERA in his last three starts and is 0-2 with a 5.68 ERA in his last three starts at Busch Stadium. The Astros are 8-1 in Oswalt's last 9 starts. St. Louis' Joel Pineiro (12-9, 3.15 ERA) is 3-0 with a 2.95 ERA in his last three starts and is 2-3 with a 2.97 ERA in five career starts against the Astros. The Cardinals are 10-1 in Pineiro's last 11 starts. St. Louis has won 14 of their last 17 games and 10 straight with right-hander Joel Pineiro on the hill. Meanwhile, Houston and right-hander Roy Oswalt have struggle against the Cardinals in St. Louis. The Astros lost eight of its last nine games in St. Louis and are 1-4 in Oswalt's last 5 starts versus the Cardinals, 0-4 in his last 4 in St. Louis. Go with the surging Cardinals tonight at Busch Stadium. St. Louis Cardinals -140
THE SPORTS ADVISORS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 NATIONAL LEAGUE L.A. Dodgers (74-52) at Colorado (72-54) The top two teams in the N.L. West continue their three-game series at Coors Field, with the Dodgers’ Randy Wolf (8-6, 3.34 ERA) slated to toe the rubber against Josh Fogg (0-1, 2.25), who is making his first big-league start in nearly a year. Colorado got a second walk-off win in as many nights on Tuesday, following up a miraculous 6-4, 14-inning victory over San Francisco with a 5-4, 10-inning win over the Dodgers. The Rockies have now won four in a row and eight of thier last nine overall and they’ve has used a 52-23 run to close to within two games of Los Angeles, which has led the N.L. West virtually the entire season. Jim Tracy’s club is on additional streaks of 27-10 at Coors Field, 12-1 at home against left-handed starters, 6-1 in divisional play, 4-1 on Wednesday and 26-12 as a home underdog. Los Angeles is now just 13-18 in its last 31 games, going 6-8 on the highway. On a positive note, Joe Torre’s troops are still 49-23 in their last 72 against the N.L. West and, but they have lost four straight Wednesday contests. L.A. remains in first place thanks largely to its dominance of Colorado this season, winning 10 of 13 meetings, including five of seven at Coors Field. Dating to last September, the Dodgers are on a 13-4 roll in this rivalry (7-3 in Denver). Wolf beat the Cubs 2-1 in his last outing on Friday, combining with two relievers on a one-hitter while also driving in both of his team’s runs. The veteran lefty is 3-0 with a 1.99 ERA in his last three starts, striking out 18 and walking just three in 22 2/3 innings. With Wolf pitching, Los Angeles is on positive surges of 4-0 overall, 5-1 against the N.L. West, 20-7 as a favorite, 4-1 as a road chalk and 11-3 against winning teams. Wolf is 6-4 with a 3.01 ERA in 14 road starts, including 2-0 with a 2.30 ERA in his last two. He’s made 11 career starts against the Rockies, going 4-2 with a 4.36 ERA. That includes a pair of solid six-inning home outings versus Colorado this year, allowing a combined five runs and eight hits with 13 strikeouts in those 12 innings, as Los Angeles won by scores of 4-3 and 4-2. Fogg has pitched exclusively out of the bullpen this season, tossing 40 innings in all including 20 1/3 at home, where he has posted a 2.21 ERA. He’s coming off a three-inning stint on Friday against San Francisco, giving up two runs (one earned) on four hits. The veteran right-hander is 3-5 with a 4.34 ERA in 16 career games (10 starts) against the Dodgers, though his last start against them was in the final week of the 2007 season. Going back to last season, the Rockies with Fogg starting are on runs of 4-1 overall, 9-3 at Coors Field, 6-0 against the N.L. West, 12-2 versus winning teams, 5-1 as an underdog and 7-1 as a home pup. The over is 5-2 in Wolf’s last seven road starts, 5-1 in his last six on Wednesday and 4-1 in his last five against the N.L. West, and with Fogg starting, the “over” is on stretches of 4-1 at home, 11-2-1 as a home underdog and 6-2 on Wednesday. L.A. carries “under” trends of 5-1-1 overall, 9-3 on the road, 4-0 on Wednesday and 6-2 against righty starters. The under is also 5-2-1 in the Rockies’ last eight overall and 4-0 in their last four on Wednesday, but otherwise Colorado is on “over” runs of 6-2-2 at home, 9-1-1 against winning teams and 6-1-1 at home against southpaw starters. Finally, the over is 4-2 in the last six Dodgers-Rockies battles at Coors Field. ATS ADVANTAGE: NONE AMERICAN LEAGUE Texas (69-54) at N.Y. Yankees (78-47) After suffering a rare loss on Tuesday, the Yankees hand the ball to Andy Pettitte (10-6, 4.25 ERA), who will pitch opposite Rangers rookie Derek Holland (7-7, 4.72) as this three-game series between playoff contenders resumes at Yankee Stadium. Texas barely held on for a 10-9 upset victory in Tuesday’s series opener. The Rangers, who remain in the hunt for the A.L. wild card, are on runs of 15-6 against teams with a winning record, 11-3 against the A.L. East and 7-3 on Wednesday, but they’ve lost 37 of thier last 53 on the road against left-handed starters. Also, the Rangers are still just 10-25 in their last 35 meetings with the Yankees (3-4 this season). New York owns baseball’s best record thanks to an incredible 40-15 overall run that has given the Bronx Bombers a six-game lead over Boston in the A.L. East. The Yanks are on additional positive spurts of 49-20 at The Stadium, 53-26 as a favorite, 6-3 against the A.L. West, 60-24 on Wednesday and 35-17 against lefty starters. Holland is 3-0 with a 1.29 ERA in his last three starts, beating the Angels 7-0 at home followed by a pair of blowout home wins over Boston (7-2) and Minnesota (11-1). The Rangers are 6-2 in Holland’s last eight trips to the bump overall, including 5-0 against teams with a winning record, but prior to his shutout win at the Angels, Texas had lost four straight games with Holland pitching on the road. Holland is 2-3 with a 3.65 ERA in 14 appearances (six starts) on visiting mounds this year, and in his lone career start against New York back on May 27, the southpaw got rocked, allowing six runs (five earned) on 10 hits in five innings of a 9-2 home loss. Pettitte struggled at Fenway Park on Friday, allowing seven runs (five earned) on seven hits in five innings, but he hung around long enough for the victory as the Yankees pounded out a 20-11 win. New York has prevailed in each of Pettitte’s last four starts, and prior to Friday, the veteran lefty had allowed just five runs (four earned) in his previous four outings covering 26 innings (1.39 ERA). Behind Pettitte, the Yankees are on lengthy runs of 76-37 at home, 78-37 as a chalk and 28-9 on Wednesday. However, he’s just 4-4 with a 4.83 ERA in the Bronx this year and 9-9 with a 5.56 ERA in 21 career starts against Texas, including a 4-2 home loss on June 3 in which he gave up all four runs on seven hits and six walks in five innings. The Rangers are riding “under” streaks of 64-27-5 overall, 35-17-2 on the road, 22-7-1 as a road pup, 21-7-2 against the A.L. East, 5-1-1 with Holland starting and 4-0-1 with Holland pitching on the road. Similarly, New York is on “under” runs 5-2 at home, 6-1 on Wednesday and 6-0 against southpaw starters, and with Pettitte starting, the “under” trends include 40-17-2 overall, 25-10-1 at home, 8-2 against the A.L. West, 8-1 when he pitches on Wednesday and 4-1-1 when he faces Texas. ATS ADVANTAGE: N.Y. YANKEES and UNDER
Free Silver Key Pick for Wednesday ML Baseball COLORADO FOGG -R +1.5 Runs, -140 Over Dodgers (8:40 et)
Unlocked Sports 1) Detroit Tigers vs L.A. Angels Pick: L.A. (5 units) The Angels have now dropped 4 of their last 5 overall, including 2 in a row at home against the Tigers. They haven’t been swept at home all year and I can’t see this changing this afternoon against Detroit. The Tigers have only swept one series on the road this season and this was against Cleveland in early May. Joe Saunders (9-7, 5.33) is set to face Edwin Jackson (10-5, 2.86). Although Detroit has the better pitcher, there are several trends that favor the Angels. Detroit is 0-4 in Jackson’s last 4 road starts versus a team with a winning record. Angels are 6-0 in Saunders’ last 6 starts with 18 or more days of rest, 6-1 in Saunders’ last 7 following an outing of less than 4 innings in his last appearance and 8-2 in his last 10 home starts as a -110 to -150 favorite. Lay 5 units on the Halos. 2) Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals Pick: Cleveland (3 units)
Ray "Fastrain" Toppin Today's Plays Tampa Bay -125 LAA -116 2 Team Parlay LAA/TB Cincinnati/Brewers Over 9.5 -110
Benjamin lee Eckstein Ben lee won on Tuesday with the Cardnials -$170/Astros. For Wednesday "Mr Chalk" likes the Braves -$220/Padres. "Mr Chalk" is 2-0 +$200 for the week and 73-50 -$660 for the MLB season.
Doc’s Sports 3-Unit Play Take # 971 Tampa Bay Rays -125 over Toronto Blue Jays (7:05p.m.) The Rays have now won 8 of their last 10. They have scored 57 runs in those games. The Jays are 10-19 in their last 29. Scott Kazmir has won 4 of his last 5 starts. There are lots of reasons to continue to ride the Tampa train. 3-Unit Play Take # 975 Chicago White Sox +130 over Boston Red Sox (7:10p.m.) Tim Wakefield shows up tonight after spending six weeks on the DL. We don’t know what we will get, but I doubt we will get the same Wakefield who was on fire. Looks like a good spot for the White Sox to get some hits with runners in scoring position. 3-Unit Play Take #980 Seattle Mariners -120 over Oakland A’s (10:10p.m.) The Mariners have won 11 of the last 14 meeting’s with the A’s, and attempt to sweep this series. Lefty Luke French is looking to build on a quality outing for Seattle. The last place A’s should offer little resistance.
Ferringo 3.5-Unit Play. Take #956 Florida (-1.5, -125) over N.Y. Mets (7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26) Note: Bump to a 5-UNIT PLAY. That's how it should have been posted and I don't change the picks, at all, in any way, after I post them. Sorry about that. The Mets are done. Done, done, done. And the Marlins aren't going to take it easy on them. Josh Johnson has dominated the Mets in his career, going 6-0 with a 2.06 ERA. Mike Pelfrey? Not so much. He is 1-7 in his last eight starts against the Fish and he has gotten rocked on the road all season long. The Mets have Jeff Franceour hitting cleanup for them right now. What does that tell you? Even when the Mets had their loaded, healthy lineup they couldn't hit Josh Johnson. Now they are fielding a Triple-A team so I don't expect them to do anything at all. I see this game being about 10-1 for the Marlins and I don't think it will be close at all. We have a really, really tight ump on the hill tonight. I think that's going to make it harder on Pelfrey, who has some control problems, and that should ensure more runs out of the potent Marlins offense. 1-Unit Play. Take #954 Atlanta (-1.5, -105) over San Diego (7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26) 1-Unit Play. Take #960 Chicago Cubs (-1.5, -110) over Washington (8 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26) 1-Unit Play. Take #974 N.Y. Yankees (-1.5, +110) over Texas (7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26) 1-Unit Play. Take #951 Philadelphia (-1.5, +100) over Pittsburgh (7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26) 1-Unit Play. Take #963 L.A. Dodgers (-135) over Colorado (8:40 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26) 1-Unit Play. Take #958 Milwaukee (-1.5, -110) over Cincinnati (8 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26) 1-Unit Play. Take #978 Minnesota (-1.5, +130) over Baltimore (7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26) Today’s Totals 1-Unit Play. Take ‘Over’ 9.0 Tampa Bay at Toronto (7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26) 1-Unit Play. Take ‘Over’ 8.5 Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26) 1-Unit Play. Take ‘Under’ 8.5 Oakland at Seattle (10 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26) 1-Unit Play. Take ‘Under’ 10.5 L.A. Dodgers at Colorado (8 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26) 0.5-Unit Play. Take ‘Over’ 10.0 Baltimore at Minnesota (7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26) 0.5-Unit Play. Take ‘Over’ 9.0 Cleveland at Kansas City (2 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26) 0.5-Unit Play. Take ‘Under’ 10.0 Texas at N.Y. Yankees (7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26)
Tony Salinas Baseball Wednesday, August 26, 2009 26* Twins {N.Blackburn} (-165) over Orioles {J.Guthrie} 8:10 PM -- Metrodome 24* Cardinals {J.Pineiro} (-140) over Astros {R.Oswalt} 8:15 PM -- Busch Stadium Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game-time temperature: Around 85. 25* Rockies {J.Fogg} (+130) over Dodgers {R.Wolf} 8:40 PM -- Coors Field Partly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing in from center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game-time temperature: Around 70.
Vegas Informer MLB BASEBALL PLAYS 2 Unit Play. #970 Take LA Angels -120 over Detroit (Wednesday 8/26 3:35 PM) The Detroit Tigers have an opportunity to sweep the Los Angeles Angels on the road for the first time in 16 years. Do I think this will happen? NO! The Angels need this home win because the Texas Rangers are creeping up the AL West standings. 3 Unit Play. #977 Take Under 10 (-110) Baltimore at Minnesota (Wednesday 8/26 8:10 PM) The last 5 meetings between these two teams 4 of them have gone “Under” the total. Baltimore is 1-4 O/U in their last 5 road games. 3 Unit Play. #980 Take Seattle -110 over Oakland (Wednesday 8/26 10:10 PM) Bring out the brooms in Seattle tonight as the Mariners should be able to sweep the A’s at home. Oakland is struggling to score runs in Seattle and if the Mariners get a good outing from Luke French we should see this sweep. Seattle is 8-1 against Oakland at home. Oakland is 2-5 in their last 7 meetings against a left-handed starter.
Allen Eastman 4-Unit Play. Take #962 St. Louis (-140) over Houston (7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26) The Cardinals are one of the hottest teams in baseball and I think that this line is an indicator. It's rare to see Roy Oswalt as this much of an underdog so there has to be a reason for it. He has lost four of five starts against the Cardinals overall and four straight starts in St. Louis. In fact, the Astros are just 3-13 as a road dog and they are just 1-8 in their last nine against the Cards. Better team wins again. 2-Unit Play. Take ‘Under’ 8.5 Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26) Two aces for these two teams take the mound tonight. I don't like how the Phillies have looked at the plate over the last week. They are looking disinterested and they are playing down to the level of their competition. Paul Maholm has a 3.71 ERA in his career against his Keystone State rivals and I can see a solid outing from both he and Hamels. 1-Unit Play. Take #980 Seattle (-120) over Oakland (10 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26) Seattle has been dominating the A's and I expect that to continue. The Mariners are 11-3 in this series and they are 8-1 at home against the A's.
STEPHEN NOVER Reds at Brewers Pick: Over 9.5 This is a huge bargain to the over to get these two teams and this bad pitching matchup with a total less than double-digits. Both bullpens have serious fatigue issues after last night's extra inning affair. This is a hitter's park and we have two bad starting pitchers. The Reds have already seen Braden Looper four times this season. He has a 5.40 ERA versus Cincinnati this year. However, the Brewers should smack around Kip Wells. He has a 5.91 ERA and hasn't made a start in more than a month. He's only getting a start here because the Reds are desperate with Aaron Harang out for the season. Wellis is my lowest rated starting pitcher in the majors.