Gabbana @ Friday (GoM + GoY)

Season: 5-7 (-2.30 units)

Underdog game of the Year:
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MIL: LHP Chris Capuano (3-0, 3.68 ERA)
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HOU: RHP Roy Oswalt (3-1, 3.34 ERA)

How come a team that lost 6 games in a row can be a -160 favorite?
This is the best dog i've seen till now from the start of the season, and it has a lot of value. The Houston Astros have dominated the Milwaukee Brewers at Minute Maid Park in recent years. The Astros (9-12) are 20-5 against the Brewers (13-8) in Houston over the past three-plus seasons, never losing back-to-back games in that span. Milwaukee has never won any of the 17 series it has played at Minute Maid Park since the venue opened in the 2000 season. Houston finished the nine-game road trip 3-6, failing to score more than four runs in any of the final six games. With Oswalt on the field Astros lost to Miwaukee 4-3 on Sunday, it was his first loss in five starts versus the Brewers. Oswalt is 11-7 with a 3.48 ERA in 21 career starts against them. Milwaukee had won four straight and six of seven before losing 9-3 to the Chicago Cubs on wednesday. Capuano made his longest start of the season last Saturday against the Astros, allowing four runs and four hits in six innings of a 6-4 win. The left-hander walked six, but also struck out six. Capuano is 3-3 with a 4.19 ERA in seven career starts against the Astros. Chris Capuano is 3-0 3,68 ERA this season in 22 innings pitched, Roy Oswalt is 3-1 3,34 ERA this season in 35 innings pitched. The Houston Astros are only 1-5 against the lefties, and the true odd should have been Brew Crew +110 no way more then that. Brewers are 6-2 in their last 8 games as an underdog. Brewers are 7-1 in Capuano's last 8 starts as an underdog of +151 to +200. Lots of reasons...i'm going with Capuano in this one. Stick around i have two to add!

Score: Brewers 4 Astros 3
Play: Milwaukee Brewers +152 (3.3/5)

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additional play for friday

Game of the month:
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TEX: RHP Robinson Tejada (2-1, 3.55 ERA)
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TOR: RHP Josh Towers (1-2, 3.44 ERA)

The Blue Jays return home looking for a fourth straight win Friday when they face the Texas Rangers in the first of a four-game set. They have a lot of momentum coming into this game. 3 straight wins against the likes of the Red Sox and the Yankees. And that was all done on the road. So now they are coming home against a non-divisional rival in the Rangers. And the Rangers have lost three straight games. Two of which were on the road. Offensively, these Rangers have been somewhat solid and that is one reason i'm reluctant to bet more on the Blue Jays, but i feel that according to the circumstances of this game, the home field advantage for the Blue Jays is much stronger than it normally is. Towers is 0-3 with a 7.90 ERA in five career starts against Texas, although he has not faced the Rangers since 2005.
Texas (8-13), meanwhile, will try to avoid a fourth straight defeat. The Rangers lost 9-4 at Cleveland on Thursday, have dropped the first two games of their six-game road trip, and are just 2-9 away from home on the season.
Robinson Tejeda (2-1, 3.55) will take the mound for Texas in this contest. The right-hander allowed three runs and nine hits in 6 1-3 innings Sunday - his third quality start in four outings this season - but did not earn a decision in Texas' 4-3 win over Oakland. We wont know how a pitcher will handle a team that has never face, that's right Tejada never faced Toronto in his career. Blue Jays are 3-12 in Towers' last 15 starts, i dont like this trend but hope probably this will change today, but i do like these: Rangers are 1-7 in their last 8 games as an underdog of +110 to +150. Rangers are 1-8 in their last 9 road games vs. a right-handed starter. Going with home team here at a good price!

Score: BlueJays 6 Rangers 3
Play: Toronto Bluejays -127 (2.7/2)

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LAD: LHP Mark Hendrickson (1-0, 1.62 ERA)
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SDP: RHP Cley Hensley (1-3, 9.45 ERA)

Dont get fooled by 1-0 Hendrickson's record because in fact with him pitching the Dodgers are 1-3 losing home against Padres 2-7 where he pitched 5 innings, against Roockies 3-6 3 innings pitched and 1-7 at Brewers 3 innings pitched, i will rather take the bad pitcher in this matchup. Both clubs look to get back on track when they open a three-game series at Petco Park on Friday. Last Saturday, the Dodgers (13-9) had the best record in the majors at 13-5, while the Padres were just two games back. Since then, Los Angeles has dropped four straight games while San Diego has lost three of four, allowing surging San Francisco to move to the top of the division. On Thursday, the Dodgers squandered an early three-run lead in a 5-4 loss to the Giants, while the Padres (12-10) scored three in the first inning but ultimately fell 7-4 to Arizona. The right-hander Hensley is 0-2 with a 2.00 ERA in three lifetime starts against the Dodgers. Hendrickson is 1-2 with a 2.20 ERA in five games - three starts - against the Padres in his career. Bet on the Padres as a home dog against the Dodgers, they are 14-5 in this position over the past 5 years and over the prior 9 years. The Padres have ruined the Dodgers for a long time. Dodgers are 0-4 in their last 4 overall. Padres are 6-0 in their last 6 home games vs. a left-handed starter. Dodgers are 1-6 in the last 7 meetings in San Diego. I'll take the Padres in this one!

Score: Padres 7 Dodgers 5
Play: San Diego Padres -110 (1.10/1)

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good luck..........

2000 post wishing good luck to people lol ...thanks 50cent, probably i will add some others later..

cha-ching....best underdog of the year = winner Brewers keep Houston's loosing streak and put it to 7 with a 4-1 victory, it was the best value i've ever seen this season. I'll be back saturday w/ picks with writeups.

yesterday 1-3 +1.2 units
Season 6-10 -1.10 units