9-22-09

[Mr. IWS]

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Ben Burns' MLB **AFTERNOON ANNIHILATOR!**

FLORIDA MARLINS (Johnson)-145 over Philadelphia Phillies (Blanton)

Reason: I'm playing on FLORIDA in Game 1 of today's double-header. It's true that the Phillies have dominated the Marlins here this season. However, they certainly haven't dominated today's starter, Josh Johnson. Indeed, Johnson is 1-0 with an awesome 0.69 ERA with 14 strikeouts in 13 innings against the Phillies this season. The Phillies did beat the Marlins when they faced Johnson here earlier - however, that wasn't Johnson's fault, as he tossed seven shutout innings, allowing only three hits. Johnson then dominated the Phillies at Philadelphia, winning 12-3 in early August. Off a great start at St. Louis, Johnson is now 15-4 (Marlins are 21-9) with a 3.01 ERA for the season. That includes a 7-2 record with an awesome 2.45 ERA and 1.057 WHIP here at home with the Marlins going 11-4. It should also be noted that Johnson is a perfect 6-0 in his daytime starts. Blanton has had a fairly solid season. That said, his numbers don't compare to Johnson's and his success has come largely at home. In fact, he's just 3-4 in 13 road starts with a mediocre 4.52 ERA. The Phillies were just 5-8 (-4.4) in those games. His last road start saw him get rocked by the Nationals for eight runs in only 4 2/3 innings. It should also be pointed out that Blanton has a decent 3.59 ERA at night but a poor 5.15 ERA during the day. I expect Johnson to continue his success and for the Marlins to finally win a home game in this series. *6 Annihilator

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Big Al McMordie

Cardinals-Astros Under 9 (-110)

Houston is in a total rut while St. Louis' bats have gone quiet recently. Play the Under on Tuesday night when the Astros host the Cardinals in Game 2 of their series at Minute Maid Park.

Our Tuesday night MLB selection is on the Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals staying under the total at Minute Maid Park.

At this point and with a double-digit lead in the NL Central, the Cardinals are now effectively playing for the best record and home field advantage throughout the NL playoffs. But what they should be most concerned with right now is scoring runs.

All of a sudden the pop seems to have gone out of the St. Louis bats. In the Cards' last 10 games they have scored a total of just 35 runs, and they have only scored more than three runs on three occassions during that time.

They will turn to righthander Joel Pineiro tonight and Pineiro has fallen victim lately to that very same lack of run support. After winning all of Pineiro's 10 starts in the months of July and August, the Cardinals are off to a 1-3 record in Pineiro's first four starts of September, and they have only scored a total of two runs in his last two starts against Atlanta and Florida.

Heading into Tuesday's game, the under is 21-7-1 in the last 29 meetings between St. Louis and Houston. Take the Under.

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Ness
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