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NORTHCOAST SPORTS
NO STAR RATED PLAYS TONIGHT
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Thursday Night College Marquee: Memphis -10 over Temple 8:00 pm ESPN
Thursday Night NFL Marquee: Arizona -3 over San Francisco 8:25 pm CBS/NFL Network
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No Opinion in the WKU/LT game tonight
Thursday Triple Play card has the 100% NFL Thursday night totals system, the College Football system game of the week and a Triple perfect MLB Playoff payoff side. Afternoon MLB Totals below.
The MLB Comp play is on the under in the A.L, Divisional series game with Toronto at Texas. this game has 2 tough leftys in J. Happ for The Jays and Hamels for Texas. Happ has allowed just 4 runs in 20 innings vs the Rangers and Hamels has won 7 of his last 8 starts. The Jays have a plethora of under indicators in application tonight. Toronto is under in the following situations. Under 29 of 39 vs leftys, 15 of 21 off 3+ wins, 13 of 17 with a day off, 9 of 13 on Thursdays, 9 of 11 away vs A.L West teams and 3 of 3 in October. They have the #1 road Era. Texas has the #3 home Era. Look for this one to go under. On Thursday 3 big plays are up. The College Football power system play of the week, the 100% Thursday night totals system and a Triple perfect MLB playoff Pick. Jump on now as we are ranked #1 on several leader boards all sports inclusive. Foe the MLB Free pick on TBS Play Toronto and Texas under the total. GC
Who would have thought the Cardinals would be 1-3 after four games? The Cards are in disarray and need to put together a solid game Thursday. Many had them figured to at least win their division and go to the Super Bowl. Their start is as big of a surprise as the Rams start is at 3-1. The next two weeks are critical in finding their offense and beating the 49ers and Jets. That would put them at 3-3 going into week 7 against Seattle. Arizona Coach Arians' reliance on the deep-passing game and his stubbornness to change when opponents take it away have played a huge part in the team's early season struggles. The Cardinals' offense is most successful on passes thrown 10-19 yards downfield, with three touchdowns and an interception. On passes over 20 yards, however, Carson Palmer is below average, with a lone touchdown against four interceptions. Put another way: Palmer ranks 21st out of 25 quarterbacks in PFF's deep passing metric. Look for a game plan change since Palmer is out with a concussion and Drew Stanton takes the snaps from center. The Cardinals say opponents are playing them differently this year. They are seeing more zone coverage, and safeties are staying deep more often. The Cards have not scored a touchdown in the first quarter this season which is uncharacteristic of this team. The Cardinals desperately need Fitzgerald to break a run after a catch and be the field leader. The defense should not worry too much about Blaine Gabbert in this game. The Cardinals did an excellent job of controlling Rams running back Todd Gurley last week, at least as a runner. They will need to do the same against Carlos Hyde and Shaun Draughn. NaVorro Bowman is what holds the 49ers defense together, and with him out, David Johnson should have a big game on the ground as the 49ers are ranked last in the NFL in rush defense, conceding 140.5 rushing yards per game. I don’t expect the 49ers to put up many points especially against Arizona’s defense. The 49ers lack big playmakers on offense and Arizona is a solid defensive team. Gabbert will not do much, and Hyde hasn’t been anything special. This is a must win game for the Cardinals and I think they find a way to get it done and cover.
Texas sends Cole Hamels to the mound to start this series and Hamels has pitched better this year on the road than he has at home. In 15 home starts his ERA is 4.40 and his WHIP is a high 1.46. Compared to his road numbers of a ERA of 2.40 and a WHIP of 1.17. If Hamels Home/Road numbers weren’t enough his Day/Night stats are just as drastic. Hamels ERA is 4.47 in Day Games whereas his night ERA is 2.97 and his WHIP in Day games 1.45 as opposed to 1.26 in night games. Now let’s look at Toronto starter Marco Estrada who is razor sharp as in his last 3 starts has a ERA of 0.95 and a WHIP of 0.84. More impressive was the opponents he faced as he went against Boston, Yankees and Seattle. Estrada has made 7 day starts this year and has a 2.98 ERA and a WHIP of 0.97. Finally Estrada has made 5 career starts against Texas and he has a ERA of 2.37 and a WHIP of 0.92. Hamels has faced Toronto 6 times and has a ERA of 5.29 and a WHIP of 1.52. Home field is huge in Game 1 but I can’t ignore the overall stats here which favor Estrada over Hamels. Toronto also has the advantage of having already played a game having to win their way in so not that these players should be nervous but having already faced a pressure situation is an advantage over not.
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