7-9-13

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Dominic Brando from RefPicks Free Play

MLB Line Value Game of the Day: San Francisco Giants

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Wunderdog Sports Free Pick

Game: Seattle at New York (7:00 PM Eastern)
Pick: New York -6 (-110)

The Seattle Storm has long been a playoffs fixture in the WNBA, but will be hard pressed to get there this season. They lost their top two players to season ending injuries, and this team is a fraction of what it once was. Both of these teams enter with 5-7 records. But the Storm, who has the biggest home court advantage in the WNBA, has not fared well on the road at just 3-5, and making the trip cross country to win is not going to be easy. Seattle has dropped four of their last five overall, and are not playing well right now, and their best answers will be on the sidelines the rest of the campaign. New York was able to win in Seattle, so I expect them to play with urgency, and confidence at home in this one. Play on New York.

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Wunderdog Sports Free Pick

Game: Boston at Seattle (10:10 PM Eastern)
Pick: Seattle -130 (moneyline)

The Boston Red Sox have played at a high level for quite some time, but evidence is being served that it won't last all season long. They are taking some bumps right now as they have lost three straight games. It won't get any easier against Hisashi Iwakuma as he has put together a 7-4 season backed by a strong 2.60 ERA. Allen Webster may not be ready for big league hitters as he is 1-2 with a 7.88 ERA. Boston owns just a 20-46 mark in their last 66 posted as a dog, and has proceeded to lose five straight on the road vs. right-handed pitching. The Mariners have served the dagger at home behind Iwakuma to a total from 7 to 8.5 where they are 10-1 in their last 11. The Red Sox have had trouble here of late as they are just 3-7 in their last 10 here. Take the home team.

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BOB BALFE

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES -140
(Hamels/Jordan)

We are going to ride the Phillies again tonight. Yesterday I stressed how important it was for this club to win this series. A win today will inch them closer in the division and would be big for Cole Hamels who has struggled big time this year. Things are starting to come together for Philadelphia and the momentum at home should carry them into the all star break feeling confident to make a second half run. Take the Phillies.

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Handicapping Kings

JEFF (SY GUY)

HIGH SOCIETY (3 UNIT)

LA/ARIZONA - OVER 8.5 -120 (940pm)

SIDES (1 UNIT)

NY -139 KC (7pm)

TORONTO +100 CLEVELAND (7pm)

MINNESOTA +159 TB (7pm)

SD -130 COLORADO (10pm)

TOTALS (1 UNIT)

COLORADO/SD - OVER 7 -105 (10pm)

KC/NY - OVER 7.5 -105 (7pm)

CINC/MILWAUKEE - OVER 9 -105 (8pm)

BOSTON/SEATTLE - OVER 7.5 +100 (10pm)

TOTALS (2 UNITS)

TORONTO/CLEVELAND - OVER 9 +100 (7pm)

WASHINGTON/PHILLY - OVER 8.5 -105 (7pm)

CHICAGO/DETROIT - OVER 8 +105 (7pm)

NYM /SF - OVER 7.5 + 105 (10pm)

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Jimmy Boyd

5* (MLB) Cleveland Indians ML -110

4* (MLB) Chicago Cubs ML +100

3* (MLB) Colorado Rockies ML +122
3* (MLB) San Francisco Giants ML -125

JULY TOTAL 10-8 +3 Units
2-2
2-2
6-4

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Bob Akmens
Sun 3-3 (all chalk)
Mon 1-4 (all chalk)

Tuesday

10* Baltimore 120
10* New York Yankees 140
10* Pittsburgh 115
10* Atlanta 165
10* St Louis 260 (Play of the Day)

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Joe Gavazzi Tuesday, July 9th

MLB

Colorado (Chacin) at San Diego (Stults) (-125) 10:10 ET

3% Colorado (Chacin) (+115)

Even the battered and bruised Rockies were able to defeat the free falling Padres 4-2 last night. Expect more of the same this evening as Colorado has now won 9/11 in this series. The Rockies have also won each of the last 5 starts by Chacin over which time he has a 2.10 ERA. In 5 road starts for the season, Chacin has a 2.05 ERA and 1.14 WHIP. With last night’s lost, the Padre run has dipped to 2-14 in which they have totaled only 47 runs and 0-10 in which they have been outscored 59-25. Though Stults has pitched well from this mound, he approaches this game in poor current form having allowed 10 runs in 8 IP in his last 2 outings. Neither he nor the Padres deserve this level of favoritism in this matchup.



LA Dodgers (Nolasco) at Arizona (Kennedy) (-110) 9:40 ET

3% LA Dodgers (Nolasco) EVEN

The last time Kennedy took the mound against the Dodgers he plunked both Puig and Greinke resulting in a 10 game suspension. Though Kennedy has pitched well in his last 4 starts vs. LAD with a 2.81 ERA, he is nowhere near the pitcher of 2 years ago who went 21-4 with a 2.88 ERA. In fact for the season, Kennedy is 3-4 with a 5.16 ERA. Far more interested in backing the Dodgers whose recent 13-3 surge has brought them within 3 games in the loss column of Arizona for the Division lead. Nolasco returns home where he spent his youth routing for the Dodgers. In 9 road starts, Nolasco has a 3.20 ERA. Nolasco is off a solid start in which he allowed just 2 runs in 7 IP of a 6-3 victory vs. Atlanta. The reborn pitcher gives his best for his new team tonight.



Chicago White Sox (Quintana) at Detroit (Verlander) (-250, -1 ½ runs -120) 7:05 ET

4% Detroit (Verlander) (-250, -1 ½ runs -120)

Not about to stop fading the White Sox now who, since ascending to .500, have gone 10-28 and 2-10. CWS has lost their last 7 on this field. And the decent work of Quintana who has a 3-2 record with 3.69 ERA will be overshadowed by his mound opponent. Verlander has owned CWS of late going 12-1 with a 2.23 ERA. Verlander is off a return to form start in which an adjustment to his shoulder angle resulted in allowing no runs in 7 IP of an 11-1 Toronto victory. Detroit’s big bats remain hot as they enter on a 6-1 streak in which they have outscored the opposition 50-24. Run line players take note: 40/49 (82%) of Detroit’s victories this season have come by 2 or more runs. Please consider part of your wager on the run line.



Minnesota (Gibson) at Tampa Bay (Archer) (-165, -1 ½ runs +125) 7:10 ET

4% Tampa Bay (Archer) (-165, -1 ½ runs +125)

Eager to stay on board the meal ticket that has been Tampa Bay’s run. The positive run is now 37-20 including 9-1 in which they brought the recent Minnesota record to 1-8 as the team has recorded a 6.69 ERA in those 9 games. The Twins have also gone just 3-9 away recently. Gibson is clearly not the answer with the 7.90 ERA and the 1.71 WHIP. Gibson is off a start in which he has allowed 8 runs in 5 1/3 IP to NYY. Far prefer the slants of Archer who has allowed 3 or less runs as the Rays have captured his last 3 starts. In a trio of starts from this mound, Archer has a 3.38 ERA and 1.25 WHIP. Run line players take note: For Minnesota 54/71 (76%) of their road losses L2Y have been by 2 or more runs. For Tampa Bay, 42/50 (84%) including 15/16 (94%) of their recent wins have been by 2 or more runs. Please consider making part of your wager on the generous underdog run line proposition.



Boston (Webster) at Seattle (Iwakuma) (-125) 10:10 ET

3% Seattle (Iwakuma) (-125)

Since leaving home, the Red Sox have lost their way. They have now lost 3 consecutive games and dropped to 3-9 on the road of late. It is doubtful that either Webster or a declining bullpen with a 127 index will stop the slide. Webster is 1-2 with a 7.22 ERA allowing 12 walks in 24 IP. With last night’s 11-4 victory vs. Boston, Seattle is now on a 5-2 ascent. Though there has been a chink in the armor of Iwakuma of late, the numbers from this mound are mind boggling. Going back to last year, Seattle has won 13/16 Iwakuma home starts. In 9 starts from this mound this season, Iwakuma has a 1.84 ERA, 0.63 WHIP, 57/3 KBB and .169 OBA.



LA Angels (Blanton) (-120) at Chicago Cubs (Wood) 8:05 ET

3% Chicago Cubs (Wood) +110

There is no doubt that the Angels are at last playing to their potential with recent runs of 10-2 in which they have scored 65 runs with 7 consecutive road wins. But today’s starter, Blanton, is not to be trusted. For the season, Blanton has a record of 2-10 with 5.14 ERA and 1.49 WHIP. The Cubs are playing their best ball of the season on a long term up tick of 21-17 and more recently 8-4 including a 3 game win streak. Far prefer the slants of Cubs All Star starter, Wood. Yes, the Cubs have scored just 10 runs behind Wood in losing his last 6 starts. But for the season, Wood has a 2.69 ERA, 0.98 WHIP and 80/33 KBB, numbers far superior to his mound opponent tonight.



WNBA

Atlanta Dream at Minnesota Lynx (-5-) 9:00 ET ESPN2

3% Atlanta Dream +5-

This game may well be a preview of the WNBA finals between the 10-1 Dream and the 8-3 Lynx who are an undefeated 6-0 on their home court this season. Even at full strength, this is a tough matchup for Minnesota. But without one of their best players Seimone Augustus (ankle), there is a clear advantage to the visiting Dream. Atlanta has the best all around defense in the league with numbers of 70/40/30 and forcing a league high 18 turnovers per game. They also have arguably the best interior duo in the league with Angel McCoughtry and Sancho Lyttle. A handful, way too much to give to the best team in the league whose only loss came with Lyttle out of the lineup.

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Betting line moves

storm/liberty over 141
dream/lynx under 158.5

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HONDO

The Rangers showed great concern for Hondo’s financial well being last night in Baltimore, bringing down the Birds to lower his deficit to 610 oylers and raise his winning streak to five.
Tonight, Mr. Aitch will take a shot from downtown Motown with the Quintana – 20 units on the Chisox to zap Zoolander.

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CHRIS JORDAN

400 Tigers run line -125

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K1 sports

Kansas City Royals +125
Arizona Diamondbacks -115
Colorado Rockies +120

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BEN BURNS

10* Personal Favorite!
San Diego Padres ML

*RARE* 3-Game Ultimate Totals Report!

UNDER 8 - ChiSox vs Detroit

UNDER 7.5 - Boston vs Seattle

UNDER 7.5 - NYM vs San Francisco

CFL Week 3 Personal Favorite!
Hamilton -4

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Sports Handicapper King

Mariners
Phillies

Freeloader on Yankees

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Bryan Rosica

50 Dime Winner
# 3 in a row!

Yankees