Today's Plays:
Minnesotta @ Cleveland
Weather: Out to Right Center 12 - 17 MPH
The Indians come home to face the Twinkies in a 1st game set. The last 7 days they hit at a 289 clip and enter today with the wind blowing out to Right Center. Blackburn has made some good starts vs the Indians but for the year has an ERA in the high 5's. He's pitched 6 strong twice and 8 with another. Carmona on the other hand hasn't pitched past the 7 in years it seems like and has always given up more than 4 ER in his last 7.
Both Bullpens allow a high RS/G and this will add to the total. If this game has both pitchers going 7 it will stay under, however I have the play as an over due to past history of Carmona and Blackburns high Hit's to inning pitch ratio. Last 7 GS he has an era of 6.88. Carmona is at 9.26
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Blackburn has had some success vs Indians as he holds them to a .243 batting average and is 3-0 with a 1.30 ERA against them.
PLAY: OVER 10 -115
PLAY: MINNESOTA +140
Texas @ Baltimore
Weather: Out to Left Center 5-10 MPH
Last series: 18 Runs plus per game average
Vincent Padilla vs Orioles hitters"
.387 and got blasted for 7 Runs and 3.1 INNINGS
TEXAS is an over team all year IMO.
BALTIMORE's pitching is dead last in the League. However the kid they throw up their today didn't look to bad the last outing vs the Sox allowing only 2 runs in 7 IP. The one team he got shelled against was the Rangers.
PLAY: OVER 10.5 -125
PLAY: Baltimore -137
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Tampa Bay @ Oakland[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Weather: Out to Right Center 11 -16 MPH GUSTY[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]OK...We send Kazmir (lefty) vs Cahill on Friday Night. Not happy about the wind here but I'll take Kazmir in a bounce back performance tonight. Kazmir has pitched well vs Oakland with a 3-1 record and a 1.91 ERA while holding the Oakland hitters to .203 batting average against. Oakland is hittin a whopping .217 vs LHP on the year and holds a 2-7 Record against them. They are also hitting .197 over the last 7. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Cahill on the other hand is a bright spot for Oakland so far this year supporting an ERA of 2.60 and an 0-1 Record slowing down the Blue Jays, Angels, and Seattle. He hasn't faced TBAY and has 17 IP with 12 Hits against. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The only thing making me nervous is the wind blowing out, however two good pitchers lead me to a play.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]PLAY: TAMPA BAY -130[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]PLAY: UNDER 8 -115[/FONT]
more to follow
Minnesotta @ Cleveland
Weather: Out to Right Center 12 - 17 MPH
The Indians come home to face the Twinkies in a 1st game set. The last 7 days they hit at a 289 clip and enter today with the wind blowing out to Right Center. Blackburn has made some good starts vs the Indians but for the year has an ERA in the high 5's. He's pitched 6 strong twice and 8 with another. Carmona on the other hand hasn't pitched past the 7 in years it seems like and has always given up more than 4 ER in his last 7.
Both Bullpens allow a high RS/G and this will add to the total. If this game has both pitchers going 7 it will stay under, however I have the play as an over due to past history of Carmona and Blackburns high Hit's to inning pitch ratio. Last 7 GS he has an era of 6.88. Carmona is at 9.26
Blackburn has had some success vs Indians as he holds them to a .243 batting average and is 3-0 with a 1.30 ERA against them.
PLAY: OVER 10 -115
PLAY: MINNESOTA +140
Texas @ Baltimore
Weather: Out to Left Center 5-10 MPH
Last series: 18 Runs plus per game average
Vincent Padilla vs Orioles hitters"
.387 and got blasted for 7 Runs and 3.1 INNINGS
TEXAS is an over team all year IMO.
BALTIMORE's pitching is dead last in the League. However the kid they throw up their today didn't look to bad the last outing vs the Sox allowing only 2 runs in 7 IP. The one team he got shelled against was the Rangers.
PLAY: OVER 10.5 -125
PLAY: Baltimore -137
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Tampa Bay @ Oakland[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Weather: Out to Right Center 11 -16 MPH GUSTY[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]OK...We send Kazmir (lefty) vs Cahill on Friday Night. Not happy about the wind here but I'll take Kazmir in a bounce back performance tonight. Kazmir has pitched well vs Oakland with a 3-1 record and a 1.91 ERA while holding the Oakland hitters to .203 batting average against. Oakland is hittin a whopping .217 vs LHP on the year and holds a 2-7 Record against them. They are also hitting .197 over the last 7. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Cahill on the other hand is a bright spot for Oakland so far this year supporting an ERA of 2.60 and an 0-1 Record slowing down the Blue Jays, Angels, and Seattle. He hasn't faced TBAY and has 17 IP with 12 Hits against. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The only thing making me nervous is the wind blowing out, however two good pitchers lead me to a play.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]PLAY: TAMPA BAY -130[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]PLAY: UNDER 8 -115[/FONT]
more to follow