Big Fade For Big Ben Burns

Can'tPickaWinner2 · Aug 21, 2007

BEN BURNS

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HOUSTON ASTROS

Game: Washington Nationals vs. Houston Astros Game Time: 8/21/2007 8:05:00 PM Prediction: Houston Astros Reason: I'm laying the price with HOUSTON. Hanrahan has been decent in limited starts for the Nationals. However, he hasn't made it past the fifth inning yet and he took his first loss in his last start. Its worth noting that Hanrahan struggled with his control for the second straight start. After allowing four walks (2 K's) in 5 1/3 innings at San Francisco, he allowed another four walks in five innings vs. Philadelphia. In fact, over the five innings, he threw a whopping 50 pitches which were called balls. That's not going to get it done in Wandy's house. Not when the Nationals have the worst offense in the majors. I say "Wandy's house" because Rodriguez is 6-2 with an awesome 1.65 ERA in 12 home starts, holding opposing hitters to a mere .200 batting average. Despite a hard-luck loss in his last start here, the Astros remain an outstanding 9-2 in the last 11 of those starts. They're also a perfect 4-0 in Rodriguez's four career starts against the Nationals, winning those games by a combined score of 26-14. The Astros are still 5-2 the last seven times that they were a host in this series. They haven't abandoned thoughts of the playoffs quite yet but absolutely cannot afford to keep losing home games to the likes of Washington. Behind another big game from Rodriguez, look for them to bounce back in a big way this evening, dropping the Nationals to 0-4 their last four games against southpaws.

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Houston Astros

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CLEVELAND INDIANS

Game: Cleveland Indians vs. Detroit Tigers Game Time: 8/21/2007 7:05:00 PM Prediction: Cleveland Indians Reason: I'm laying the price with CLEVELAND. Pitching matchup certainly favors the Indians here. These same pitchers faced each other last week and Carmona and the Indians won 5-2. That was first big league start for Jair Jurrjens of the Netherlands and he allowed four runs for a 5.14 ERA. Now he has the misfortune of facing the very same team for his second start. Carmona was dominant in that game as he allowed only four hits and one run while striking out 10 through eight complete innings. He is now 14-7 with a highly respectable 3.16 ERA for the season. He has also allowed three earned runs or less in eight of his last nine starts. During that stretch he has allowed a mere 14 earned runs in 63 1/3 innings. That's a 1.99 ERA since the beginning of July! Including last week's victory, the Indians are a perfect 3-0 when Carmona has started the Tigers this season. That includes a 5-3 win here back in May. Carmona also defeated the Tigers 7-2 here last season. Look for the Indians' ace to outpitch the rookie once again as the Indians grab Game 1 and improve to 5-2 their last seven games here and 10-6 the last 16 in the series overall.

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Can'tPickaWinner2 · Aug 21, 2007

He had this game today as well- 4-1 in the 2nd

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UNDER Yankees/Angels

Game: New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Angels Game Time: 8/21/2007 10:05:00 PM Prediction: under Reason: I'm playing on the Yankees and Angels to finish UNDER the total. While the last few games here (including last night's) have been of the high-scoring variety, the UNDER remains a healthy 13-7 the last 20 times that the Yankees played here. I'm expecting things in this series to revert back to "the way they used to be" and for us to see a "pitcher's duel" this evening. Mussina has been much better on the road than at home this season. He has also always fared well here. In fact, he is 4-1 with a 2.54 ERA in his last five road starts vs. the Angels and is 10-3 with a 3.16 ERA in 17 games here for his career, including two playoff starts. Not surprisingly, Mussina has seen the UNDER go 6-2 his last eight road starts vs. the Angels and a profitable 7-1 his last eight starts against them overall. He'll face a red hot Kelvim Escobar who has a 1.54 ERA his last eight starts (1.35 his last three) and a stellar 2.68 ERA for the season. The UNDER has gone 7-1 in Escobar's last eight starts and 15-5 his last 20. Look for another strong effort from both Escobar and Mussina as this low-scoring affair falls below the number.