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Under play cashing in on the court for bettors
Justin Hartling

The Chicago Sky will take to the court Wednesday with a solid under streak for bettors. The Sky have now gone under in their past four games.

The Sky have averaged 75.5 points per game and have scored a combined 144-points per game during those four games.

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Top team has begun to lose money for bettors
Justin Hartling

The Phoenix Mercury is the top team in the WNBA and they has been dominated the competition. Though the team has gone 20-1 straight-up in their last 21 their record against the spread has started faded fast.

The Mercury has now dropped their last five ATS.

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2Halves2Win MLB...

Today's free COMP:

1* GAME - BOS @ CIN: Reds ML - TBD

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Blue Jays expecting big bats in lineup this week
Andrew Caley

The Toronto Blue Jays lineup will get a boost this week when Adam Lind and Edwin Encarnacion returning to action.

Lind, who is expected to be activated from the disabled list Tuesday, has been out since July 11 with a foot injury. He was betting .320 with a .389 on base percentage, along with four homers and 27 RBIs.

Encarnacion is headed to AAA Buffalo to finish off his rehab stint and is expected to return Friday against the Chicago White Sox. Encarnacion, the player of the month for May, has been sidelined since July 5 with a strained quadriceps. He was batting .277 with 26 home runs and 70 RBIs.

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Preview: Red Sox (52-65) at Reds (59-59)

Game: 2
Venue: Great American Ball Park
Date: August 13, 2014 12:35 PM EDT

It didn't take long for Yoenis Cespedes to make a powerful impression on the Boston Red Sox.

After hitting game-winning homers in back-to-back games, Cespedes will try to help the Red Sox sweep this two-game set from the sputtering Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday.

Boston (53-65) is at the bottom of the AL East, and building toward 2015 with Cespedes as a cornerstone.

The left fielder has reached base in all nine games since being acquired in the Jon Lester deal with Oakland before the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline. He's batting .263 with seven RBIs and as many runs over that stretch, but has been particularly clutch in the past two games.

Cespedes hit his first homer for the Red Sox on Sunday, connecting for a three-run shot in the eighth inning of a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels. He followed that up with a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth of Tuesday's 3-2 win at Cincinnati, giving Boston back-to-back wins for the first time since a five-game streak from July 13-21.

His latest homer came one pitch after Reds reliever Jonathan Broxton forced him to duck out of the way with a fastball high and inside.

"A lot of times when pitchers throw high and tight, they think the batter backs off and gets flustered," Cespedes said through a translator. "That's not how I am. I get more focused."

The Red Sox, 8-1 all-time against Cincinnati (60-59) in interleague play, may be getting another glimpse of the future with Anthony Ranaudo starting in place of fellow rookie Brandon Workman, who is being skipped after going 0-6 with a 6.35 ERA over his last six games - five starts.

"We felt like he could use some extended rest," manager Jon Farrell told MLB's official website.

Ranaudo's impressive major league debut in a 4-3 win over the New York Yankees on Aug. 1 likely gave Farrell some confidence in his decision. The 24-year-old right-hander allowed two runs and four hits with four walks in six innings.

"I feel a lot more prepared now going out there and a lot more confident that I can just focus on the game and focus on pitch-to-pitch adjustments and executing pitches," Ranaudo said.

He went 13-4 with a 2.58 ERA in 22 starts for Triple-A Pawtucket this year, and he's facing a Cincinnati team that's hitting .213 while dropping three of four games.

Devin Mesoraco, however, is 7 for 14 with three doubles, two homers and eight RBIs in that span.

Mike Leake (9-10, 3.42 ERA) gets the ball after Homer Bailey's scheduled start was pushed back to Saturday at Colorado due to a sore elbow. Leake has won two of his last three starts, compiling a 1.31 ERA and a .176 opponents' batting average with 20 strikeouts in 20 2-3 innings.

The right-hander could've used some help from his offense Friday, when he allowed two runs and struck out seven over seven innings in a 2-1 loss to Miami.

The bullpen let Leake down in his only career meeting with the Red Sox on May 7. He allowed two runs and left with the lead after the seventh before two relievers gave up two runs in a 4-3 loss at Boston.

Leake has a 2.24 ERA over his last nine interleague starts, but he only has a 2-2 record to show for it since he's been backed by three runs or fewer in six of those outings.

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Mets' pitching staff takes two more hits
By THE SPORTS XCHANGE

NEW YORK -- No baseball team needs to be told about the fragility of pitchers. Unfortunately for the New York Mets, they received two more reminders last week.

Right-hander Jacob deGrom, who surged into the National League Rookie of the Year race by winning six of nine starts between June 21 and Aug. 7, came down with a sore shoulder after his Thursday start against the Washington Nationals. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday.

Fellow right-hander Jeremy Hefner's recovery from Tommy John surgery hit an unexpected road block Aug. 6, when he was pulled from a rehab start due to a sore forearm. Hefner was diagnosed with another tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow as well as a stress fracture. He is expected to undergo another Tommy John surgery.

"The doctors say there's no amount of innings, there's no amount of throws when all of a sudden something's going to happen," Mets manager Terry Collins said Tuesday afternoon. "No matter how hard you try to protect a guy from injury, if they're going to go down, they're going to go down. That's why you've got to have pitching in reserve."

The one thing the Mets have in abundance is young starting pitching. And while many believe the Mets should improve their anemic offense by trading homegrown hurlers such as Rafael Montero -- who took deGrom's place on the roster and in the rotation and absorbed the loss Tuesday by giving up five runs over five innings as New York fell 7-1 to Washington -- Collins cautioned Tuesday that trading pitching may cause more problems than it solves.

"There's a lot of talk about dumping our young pitching," Collins said. "Well, you better have some pitching down the road. Because when it starts breaking down and it's all gone, we're going to regret it."

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Today's MLB Picks

Chicago White Sox at San Francisco

The White Sox look to follow up last night's 3-2 win in the series opener and come into today's game with a 5-1 record in Jose Quintana's last 6 starts as a road underdog of +110 to +150. Chicago is the pick (+130) according to Dunkel, which has the White Sox favored by 1 1/2. Dunkel Pick: Chicago White Sox (+130). Here are all of today's MLB picks.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13 Time Posted: 7:30 a.m. EST

Game 951-952: Colorado at San Diego (6:40 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Colorado (Matzek) 15.522; San Diego (Kennedy) 14.102 Dunkel Line: Colorado by 1 1/2; 8 Vegas Line: San Diego (-175); 6 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Colorado (+155); Over

Game 953-954: LA Dodgers at Atlanta (7:10 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: LA Dodgers (Ryu) 17.403; Atlanta (Santana) 15.219 Dunkel Line: LA Dodgers by 2; 6 Vegas Line: Atlanta (-115); 7 Dunkel Pick: LA Dodgers (-105); Under

Game 955-956: St. Louis at Miami (7:10 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: St. Louis (Masterson) 14.672; Miami (Eovaldi) 16.132 Dunkel Line: Miami by 1 1/2; 8 Vegas Line: Miami (-120); 7 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Miami (-120); Over

Game 957-958: Washington at NY Mets (7:10 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Washington (Zimmermann) 18.322; NY Mets (Colon) 15.769 Dunkel Line: Washington by 2 1/2; 8 Vegas Line: Washington (-125); 7 Dunkel Pick: Washington (-125); Over

Game 959-960: Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs (8:05 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Milwaukee (Lohse) 15.302; Cubs (Wada) 16.199 Dunkel Line: Chicago Cubs by 1; 9 Vegas Line: Milwaukee (-130); No Run Total Dunkel Pick: Chicago Cubs (+110); N/A

Game 961-962: Minnesota at Houston (2:10 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Minnesota (Gibson) 16.569; Houston (Oberholtzer) 15.109 Dunkel Line: Minnesota by 1 1/2; 9 Vegas Line: Houston (-120); 8 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Minnesota (+100); Over

Game 963-964: NY Yankees at Baltimore (7:05 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: NY Yankees (Pineda) 14.309; Baltimore (Tillman) 16.228 Dunkel Line: Baltimore by 2; 9 Vegas Line: Baltimore (-135); 8 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Baltimore (-135); Over

Game 965-966: Tampa Bay at Texas (8:05 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Tampa Bay (Archer) 17.859; Texas (Mikolas) 14.332 Dunkel Line: Tampa Bay by 3 1/2; 8 Vegas Line: Tampa Bay (-145); 9 Dunkel Pick: Tampa Bay (-145); Under

Game 967-968: Oakland at Kansas City (8:10 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Oakland (Kazmir) 17.587; Kansas City (Vargas) 16.243 Dunkel Line: Oakland by 1 1/2; 6 Vegas Line: Oakland (-125); 7 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Oakland (-125); Under

Game 969-970: Toronto at Seattle (10:10 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Toronto (Dickey) 15.775; Seattle (Iwakuma) 17.329 Dunkel Line: Seattle by 1 1/2; 6 Vegas Line: Seattle (-160); 7 Dunkel Pick: Seattle (-160); Under

Game 971-972: Boston at Cincinnati (12:35 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Boston (Ranaudo) 15.422; Cincinnati (Leake) 14.592 Dunkel Line: Boston by 1; 8 Vegas Line: Cincinnati (-150) 7 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Boston (+130); Over

Game 973-974: Chicago White Sox at San Francisco (3:45 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: White Sox (Quintana) 15.879; San Francisco (Peavy) 14.422 Dunkel Line: Chicago White Sox by 1 1/2; 6 Vegas Line: San Francisco (-150); 7 Dunkel Pick: Chicago White Sox (+130); Under

Game 975-976: Pittsburgh at Detroit (7:08 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Pittsburgh (Worley) 16.767; Detroit (Farmer) 14.658 Dunkel Line: Pittsburgh by 2; 9 Vegas Line: Detroit (-125); 8 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Pittsburgh (+105); Over

Game 977-978: Arizona at Cleveland (7:35 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Arizona (Nuno) 15.402; Cleveland (Tomlin) 14.566 Dunkel Line: Arizona by 1; 7 Vegas Line: Cleveland (-170); 8 Dunkel Pick: Arizona (+150); Under

Game 979-980: Philadelphia at LA Angels (4:05 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Philadelphia (Burnett) 14.901; LA Angels (Weaver) 17.887 Dunkel Line: LA Angels by 3; 9 Vegas Line: LA Angels (-220); 7 1/2 Dunkel Pick: LA Angels (-220); Over

Game 981-982: Arizona at Cleveland (10:15 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Arizona (Chafin) 14.673; Cleveland (Bauer) 16.221 Dunkel Line: Cleveland by 1 1/2; 7 Vegas Line: Cleveland (-170); 8 Dunkel Pick: Cleveland (-170); Under

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MLB

National League
Nationals-Mets
Zimmerman is 1-0, 2.23 in his last three starts.
Colon is 3-1, 3.25 in his last four starts.

Washington won four of its last six games.
Mets are 4-6 in their last ten games.

Last five Zimmerman starts went over the total.

Cardinals-Marlins
Masterson allowed 10 runs in eight IP in two starts for St Louis.
Eovaldi is 1-0, 0.60 in his last couple starts, both vs Cincinnati.

Cardinals lost six of their last eight road games.
Marlins won four of their last five games.

Under is 5-2 in last seven Eovaldi starts.

Dodgers-Braves
Ryu is 4-0, 1.91 in his last five starts.
Santana is 4-0, 2.91 in his last five starts.

Dodgers won eight of their last ten road games.
Braves lost 11 of their last 13 games overall.

Seven of last ten Santana starts stayed under the total.


Brewers-Cubs
Lohse is 0-2, 6.75 in his last three starts.
Wada is 1-0, 2.57 in his last three starts.

Milwaukee won four of its last six games.
Cubs are 7-10 in their last seventeen home games.

Seven of last nine Brewer games stayed under total.

Rockies-Padres
Matzek is 1-4, 5.80 in his last seven starts.
Kennedy is 3-1, 2.51 in his last seven starts.

Rockies lost 13 of their last 16 games.
San Diego won ten of its last thirteen games.

Under is 12-4-1 in last seventeen Colorado road games.

American League
Bronx-Orioles
Pineda was 2-2, 1.83 in four starts back in April.
Tillman is 2-0, 1.32 in his last couple starts.

Bronx is 5-8 in its last thirteen road games.
Baltimore won 11 of its last 15 games.

Six of last eight Bronx games stayed under total.

Rays-Rangers
Rays won three of last four Archer starts (2-1, 4.07).
Mikolas is 0-1, 2.25 in his last two starts.

Rays won four of their last six games.
Texas lost 13 of their last 20 games.

Under is 6-1-1 in Tampa Bay's last eight games.

A's-Royals
Kazmir is 4-1, 3.07 in his last seven starts.
Vargas is 0-2, 6.60 in his last three starts.

A's lost 10 of their last 16 road games.
Kansas City won 11 of its last 13 games.

Over is 4-0-1 in Kazmir's last five road starts.

Twins-Astros
Gibson is 2-4, 6.68 in his last six starts.
Oberholtzer is 2-0, 2.93 in his last four starts.

Minnesota lost five of its last seven games.
Astros won six of their last eight home games.


Eight of last twelve Minnesota games went over total.

Blue Jays-Mariners
Dickey is 2-2, 4.63 in his last five starts.
Iwakuma is 2-1, 1.66 in his last three starts.

Toronto lost eight of its last eleven games.
Mariners won eight of their last ten games.

Last four Dickey starts went over the total.

Interleague games
Pirates-Tigers
Pirates won last four Worley starts (3-0, 1.93).
Rookie Farmer has only two starts (1-0, 3.00) above A ball; he was 10-5, 2.60 in the Midwest League this year.

Pirates won five of their last seven games.
Detroit is 10-16 since the All-Star break.


Nine of last thirteen Pirate games went over the total.

Diamondbacks-Indians
Chafin is 8-6, 3.96 in 23 AAA starts; this is his MLB debut. Arizona is 0-6 in Nuno starts (0-3, 5.81 in last five).
Tomlin is 0-3, 7.76 in his last five starts. Former D'back Bauer is 0-3, 6.86 in his last four starts.

Arizona is 6-10 in its last sixteen road games.
Indians won eight of their last eleven home games.

Five of last seven Arizona games stayed under total.

Red Sox-Reds
Rookie Ranaudo allowed two runs in six IP in his first MLB start.
Leake is 2-1, 1.31 in his last three starts.

Red Sox won three of their last four games.
Cincinnati lost three of its last four games.

Under is 7-1-1 in last nine Boston road games.

Phillies-Angels
Phillies lost last five Burnett starts (0-4, 8.06).
Weaver is 1-1, 6.35 in his last three starts.

Phillies lost four of their last five games.
Angels lost four of their last six games.

Seven of last eight Burnett starts went over the total.

White Sox-Giants
Quintana is 1-1, 3.04 in his last four starts.
Peavy is 0-12 in his last 18 starts, 0-3, 5.30 in three with the Giants.

White Sox lost seven of their last ten games.
San Francisco lost six of last seven games; they're 6-19 in last 25 home tilts.

Eight of last ten Quintana starts stayed under total.

Teams' record when this starting pitcher starts:
-- Matzek 2-9; Kennedy 11-13
-- Ryu 14-8; Santana 12-10
-- Masterson 11-10/1-1; Eovaldi 10-14
-- Zimmerman 13-9; Colon 13-10
-- Lohse 16-8; Wada 1-4

-- Gibson 10-12; Oberholtzer 7-9
-- Pineda 2-2; Tillman 16-9
-- Archer 12-11; Mikolas 1-6
-- Kazmir 17-6; Vargas 11-10
-- Dickey 11-14; Iwakuma 11-8

-- Ranaudo 1-0; Leake 10-14
-- Quintana 9-15; Peavy 5-15/0-3
-- Worley 6-3 (4-0 last 4); Farmer 0-0
-- Nuno 6-8/0-6, Chafin 0-0; Bauer 7-10, Tomlin 6-9
-- Burnett 10-15 (1-7 last 8); Weaver 15-10

Pitchers allowing runs in first inning:
-- Matzek 4-11; Kennedy 8-24
-- Ryu 2-22; Santana 7-22
-- Masterson 7-25; Eovaldi 9-24
-- Zimmerman 1-22; Colon 7-24
-- Lohse 9-24; Wada 1-5

-- Gibson 6-22; Oberholtzer 8-16
-- Pineda 1-4; Tillman 10-25
-- Archer 4-23; Mikolas 1-7
-- Kazmir 4-23; Vargas 2-21
-- Dickey 6-25; Iwakuma 4-19

-- Ranaudo 0-1; Leake 5-24
-- Quintana 4-24; Peavy 5-23
-- Worley 1-9; Farmer 0-0
-- Nuno 7-20, Chafin 0-0; Bauer 5-17, Tomlin 5-15
-- Burnett 8-25; Weaver 5-25

Umpires
-- StL-Mia-- Over is 7-1-1 in last nine Hoberg games.
-- LA-Atl-- Last four Ripperger games stayed under.
-- Wsh-NY-- All three Scheurwater games stayed under.
-- Mil-Chi-- Five of last six Fagan games went over.
-- Col-SD-- Favorites won eight of last ten LBarrett games.

-- NY-Blt-- Favorites won 14 of last 16 Davis games.
-- TB-Tex-- Underdogs won four of last six Foster games.
-- Min-Hst-- Favorites won 14 of last 16 Hoye games.
-- A's-KC-- Underdogs won six of last nine Hallion games.
-- Tor-Sea-- Favorites won all three May games.

-- Bos-Cin-- Six of last eight Meals games went over.
-- Chi-SF-- Five of last six Segal games went over total.
-- Pitt-Det-- Road team won eight of last ten TBarrett games.
-- Phil-LA-- Under is 10-2-1 in last thirteen Wendelstedt games.

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Hondo

Hondo’s three-’dog night started with a “W” with the Fish Monday, but the fun ended there as losses with the Royals and Giants caused the debt to grow to 1,530 alstons.

Wednesday night: Mr. Aitch is counting on Hyun-Jin to provide some tonic in Atlanta — 10 units on the Dodgers.

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vip-picks

Borussia Dortmund - FC Bayern Munchen
Tip: Borussia Dortmund +0.5
odds: 1,80

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Free Selection from Arthur Ralph Sports

Free play WED: Nationals w/ Zimmerman -125

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StatFox Super Situations

WNBA | CHICAGO at WASHINGTON
Play Under - Road teams where the total is greater than or equal to 140 after going under the total by 30 or more points total in their last five games, with a winning percentage of between 40-49% after 15 or more games
29-8 over the last 5 seasons. ( 78.4% | 20.2 units )
7-4 this year. ( 63.6% | 2.6 units )

WNBA | CHICAGO at WASHINGTON
Play Against - Any team vs the money line (WASHINGTON) after beating the spread by 30 or more points total in their last three games, in August or September games
33-15 over the last 5 seasons. ( 68.8% | 0.0 units )
1-0 this year. ( 100.0% | 0.0 units )

WNBA | CHICAGO at WASHINGTON
Play Under - Home teams where the first half total is between 65.5 and 70.5 points revenging a loss versus opponent by 10 points or more, with a losing record
112-60 since 1997. ( 65.1% | 46.0 units )
4-1 this year. ( 80.0% | 2.9 units )

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WNBA Basketball Picks

Phoenix at Atlanta

The Dream play host to Phoenix (27-4) tonight and come into the contest with a 4-0 ATS record in their last 4 games versus teams with a winning SU record. Atlanta is the pick (+5) according to Dunkel, which has the Mercury favored by only 1 1/2. Dunkel Pick: Atlanta (+5). Here are all of today's WNBA picks

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13 Time Posted: 8:00 a.m. EST

Game 601-602: Chicago at Washington (11:30 a.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Chicago 110.753; Washington 115.704 Dunkel Line & Total: Washington by 5; 142 Vegas Line & Total: Washington by 1; 147 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Washington (-1); Under

Game 603-604: Phoenix at Atlanta (7:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Phoenix 115.179; Atlanta 113.787 Dunkel Line & Total: Phoenix by 1 1/2; 165 Vegas Line & Total: Phoenix by 5; 160 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Atlanta (+5); Over

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MLB

'Pitching Mismatch'

The closing matchup of a mini two game inter-league series between Los Angeles Angels and Philadelphia Phillies is Wednesday's baseball betting focus. According to the current betting odds, Los Angeles Angels are -$2.10 home favorite. That whopping nod by the oddsmaker is due to the overall success LAA has had vs Philadelphia (8-1) and to a greater extent the success of the Angel starter and slump of Philadelphia's hurler. The Angels send the team’s ace, Jered Weaver, to the mound. The right-hander hitting a rough spot the past three going 1-1 with a 6.35 ERA remains a solid 12-7 on the year with a 3.68 ERA. Despite the recent setbacks, Halos have won eight of Weaver's last ten starts, nine of his last twelve at Angel Stadium. On the other mound, the Philadelphia counters with A.J. Burnett. Over his last three, the righty is 0-3 with a whopping 9.23 ERA bringing the season mark to 6-12 with a 4.29 ERA. Phillies have dropped eight of Burnett's last nine trips to the mound. Backing a hefty favorite is always a risky proposition. So, the best choice is a Run Line -1.5, -$1.10.