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The Tribe made a gallant effort this season and contended for a long time, but as the sand sifts through the hour glass time is no longer on their side. They sit four games back of the second Wild Card playoffs spot, but with just 10 games remaining and two teams to pass, they have no realistic chance. Minnesota sits at 22 games under .500, but there is a catch. They have been 18-12 or a .600 team behind Phil Hughes who has seemed to have a rebirth with new scenery out of the Big Apple. Hughes has been even better of late as his control has been pinpoint, walking just one batter in his last six starts, and is off an 11 strikeout performance in his last outing. Hughes has a lot of incentive to go deep here as he picks up a cool half a million if he logs 210 innings this season, and needs 15 more in his last two starts. Go with Hughes and Minnesota.
dime bet – 918 BAL -1.5 (+125) vs 917 BOS
Analysis:
MLB Pick #4: 917 Boston Red Sox @ 918 Baltimore Orioles
(Starting Pitchers: A. Webster vs. K. Gausman)
Rating: 3 units – Single Dime Play
Pick: 918 Baltimore Orioles RL-1.5 @ +125
Tonite's ESPN game is one of the uglier match-ups that will be forced upon us TY by ESPN (HQs in Bristol, CT), always wanting to get the “home town team” (U Conn) on national TV, even though they suck. And tonite the Huskies meet a team (USF) that appears to be just as bad as they are, if not worse. But more importantly, we don’t have to either pick a side or watch this piece of crap to make money off of it, which we’ll attempt to do with our below totals triple play.
Game – U Conn at USF, starts 8:00 EDT
Relevant current consensus totals lines - game total 43 or 45.5, team totals USF 23, U Conn 20 or 20.5
Play – total Under betting attack strategy consists of anywhere from 2 to 7 units on the Under, depending on your lines (see below betting guidelines), with two or 3 below picks
Top pick - 4 units Under 23 USF team total, or two units if 22 or 22.5, but pass at < 22 (since already have 2 units on game Under 43>)
Under on game total - 2 units at 43> (but buy up ½ point to 44 if your game total is 43.5)
Under CT team total – one unit if 20.5, but pass if 20 (since already have 2 units on game Under 43>)
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