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GamingToday's Consensus Picks October 13, 2013 6:28 AM by GT Staff

NFL Football

203 Oakland Raiders +9: Oakland playing good ball and they are fresh off of a much needed win over the Chargers last week as a five point dog, they are a big dog on this game but their defense will keep them in the game. 5-0 home favorites in the NFL have not fared very well in game six of the season going 1-5 ATS since 2007 and to make things better for the Raiders the Kansas City Chiefs have gone 0-11 ATS as a division favorite losing 10 of those games straight up.

210 Cleveland Browns +3: The red hot Browns a dog at home and dogs in this role have gone a nice 9-2 ATS plus teams in the NFL coming off a Thursday win have gone 27-9 SU in their next game.

214 Houston Texans -7½: Head Coach Kubiak has done his best work in spots like this as his clubs have gone 7-1 ATS at home off of back-to-back straight up losses.

215 Pittsburgh Steelers +2: The Steelers need to right the ship especially after the Pirates got knocked out of the Pennant race, They have dominated the Jets in this series and look to get the needed win today, BIG BEN GETS IT DONE!

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SB Professor NFL Picks - 10/13

Original - Texans -7

3.0 - Bengals -6

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R.A.W. FOOTBALL - SUNDAY

4* BEST BET = TAMPA BAY
3* = CLEVELAND
3* = BUFFALO
2* = WASHINGTON
2* = "UNDER" on CHIEFS/RAIDERS

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Norm Hitzges Late Selections

VERY STRONG PLAYS

None


STRONG PLAYS:

Seattle -13 1/2 Tennessee


REGULAR STRENGTH PLAYS:

Pittsburgh +1 NY Jets
Baltimore +3 Green Bay
Carolina +2 Minnesota
Buffalo +7 Cincy
Washington--Dallas OVER 53 1/2
Washington +5 1/2 Dallas

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J. Clifton Plays NFL

Seattle
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Houston
Baltimore

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Bob Balfe

Sunday NFL Comp Pick

Saints +2.5 over Patriots

I don’t doubt the ability of Tom Brady or the head coach of the Patriots, but this team has no offensive talent. The skilled players are just not good enough to make noise in this league. The Saints don’t have that problem. Who is going to stop their skilled players? Believe it or not I think the real damage will be done on the ground today. Wilfork going down was huge, but now Kelly is out also on defense. This line is looking pretty weak and if you give Drew Brees time forget it. This is a huge mismatch. Take the Saints.

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Alex B. Smith Sports

NFL
1* on Steelers (+2) vs Jets
1* on Panthers (+2.5) vs Vikings
1* on Panthers (ML +115) vs Vikings
1* on Saints (+2.5) vs Patriots

NHL
Ducks (ML -150) vs Senators
Hurricanes (ML -120) vs Coyotes

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Tigers at Red Sox: What bettors need to know

Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox (-121, 7)

The two highest-scoring teams in the majors combined for one run in the opener of the American League Championship Series and the Detroit Tigers look to make it consecutive victories when they visit the Boston Red Sox in Sunday’s Game 2. Detroit’s Jhonny Peralta drove in the lone run on a night in which Boston’s only hit was Daniel Nava’s one-out single in the ninth. The Red Sox struck out 17 times to match a postseason record for a nine-inning game.

Boston, which led the majors with 853 runs in the regular season, was blanked at home in the postseason for the first time since a Game 5 loss to the Chicago Cubs in the 1918 World Series. The task doesn’t get easier in Game 2 when the Red Sox face 21-game winner Max Scherzer. “A guy that’s a potential Cy Young winner,” Nava said after Saturday’s game. “Of course, it doesn’t get any easier.” Peralta went 3-for-4 and was serenaded by the Boston fans due to his 50-game suspension for violating baseball’s performance-enhancing drugs policy. “I don’t try to pay attention about what the fans are doing or whatever,” Peralta said. “I try to do my job.”

TV: 8:15 p.m. ET, Fox

WEATHER: Temperatures in the low 50s with clear skies and winds blowing east at 3 mph.

PITCHING MATCHUP: Tigers RH Max Scherzer (21-3, 2.90 ERA) vs. Red Sox RH Clay Buchholz (12-1, 1.74)

Scherzer suffered one of his three defeats at Fenway Park while splitting two starts against Boston. He won two games in the AL Division Series against Oakland – the second coming in relief – and held right-handed hitters to a .165 average in the regular season. Scherzer struck out 10 or more batters nine times, including 11 against the Athletics in his ALDS start.

Buchholz went 6-1 with a 1.99 ERA in nine home starts this season. He didn’t face Detroit during an injury interrupted campaign and has a 2-1 record and 3.58 ERA in eight career starts against the Tigers. Buchholz received a no-decision in his ALDS start against Tampa Bay, allowing three runs and seven hits in six innings.

TRENDS:

* Over is 6-1-1 in Scherzers last eight starts vs. Red Sox.
* Red Sox are 5-1 in Buchholzs last six starts vs. Tigers.
* Over is 12-5 in the last 17 meetings.
* Tigers are 16-36 in the last 52 meetings in Boston.

UMP TRENDS - Rob Drake:

* Over is 6-0-2 in Drakes last 8 games behind home plate.
* Road team is 14-3 in Drakes last 17 games behind home plate.
* Red Sox are 1-4 in their last five games with Drake behind home plate.

WALK-OFFS:

1. Red Sox DH David Ortiz is 7-for-15 with three homers and six RBIs against Scherzer and CF Jacoby Ellsbury is 5-for-9 with five RBIs.

2. Peralta has seven RBIs in 17 career at-bats against Buchholz, while RF Torii Hunter is 3-for-21.

3. Detroit was 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position in the opener; Boston was 0-for-6.

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Erin Rynning

GOY Wash

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StevieY

Pittsburgh/NY Jets (Under 41.5)
Green Bay/Baltimore (Over 48)
Oakland +8 at Kansas City

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joe gavazzi

4 san fran

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Ats Insiders Club

Cincinnati -4.5
Dallas -5.5
49ers -10

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bryan leonard

new eng
pitt

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marc lawrence

tb
pitt
sd

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John Rainy (Rainman)

Eagles
Seattle
Jets
Carolina
ravens
Det/Clevelan Under44