Monday 9-11-17 Free Plays / Trends / Betting Info / Etc

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Buster Sports

Dodgers at Giants
Play: Giants +195

The LA Dodgers go to San Francisco tonight to try and stop this horrendous losing streak. The Dodgers have now lost 10 straight games and 15 of their last 16. The starting pitchers for tonight’s game are for the Dodgers RH Kenta Maeda (12-6, 4.02 ERA) and he will face the Giants RH Chris Stratton (2-3, 4.10 ERA) Maeda has a 5.46 ERA in 12 road starts this year and when he has faced the Giants in his career he is sporting a 4.58 ERA with a WHIP of 1.678. Stratton who made seven appearances out of the bullpen for the Giants last year will now make his third home start this year. Stratton has been very impressive in those first two home starts sporting a 1.64 ERA. The situation for the Giants is not one we like as they are coming home from a road trip. However, we just can’t pass up taking a flyer on the Giants as we are getting +195 at the time of this writing. The Giants and the Dodgers are bitter rivals and we know Bruce Bochy will have all hands on deck for this three-game series.

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Harry Bondi

MINNESOTA (-3) over New Orleans

One of the best-kept secrets in the NFL is just how good the Vikings have been against the spread since Mike Zimmer took over as head coach. Since the beginning of the 2014 season, when Zimmer was hired, Minnesota has the best pointspread record in the entire league, going 33-16 (67%), including a profitable 13-4 ATS mark at home. What’s more, in games in which the line is between +3 and -3 under Zimmer, Minnesota has gone 14-6 ATS (70%). We see no reason to buck these trends tonight. The Saints offense is going to be real strong again this season, but so is the Vikings “D.” Last year, Minnesota allowed just 18 points per game at home and will limit Drew Brees and the Saints here tonight.Take the Vikings.

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Bruce Marshall

Baltimore at Toronto
Pick: Toronto

While the Blue Jays peeled off of the AL wild card race a few weeks, Baltimore remains in the thick of things. But not sure about this matchup tonight for the O's, who are entrusting their Monday hopes on the erratic Ubaldo Jimenez, recently pulled from the rotation by Buck Showalter after a wretched three-start sequence of 17 runs and 23 hits allowed in a 12-inning stretch. One of the few performers in the Toronto rotation worth considering has been Monday starter Marco Estrada, with the occasional superb outing such as his last start when shutting out the Bosox on three hits over 7 IP last Tuesday.

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Bob Balfe

Orioles / Blue Jays Over 9.5

Tonight’s game showcases two pitchers that would love to start this season over. Both pitchers issued way too many walks and base hits this year and both surrender the long ball. Jimenez was once a dominant pitcher, but has looked like a pitching machine this year. Look for both lineups to punch runs in early and often tonight.

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Frank Sawyer

Yankees vs. Rays
Play: Over 8½

New York (77-65) begins this series after a 16-7 win in Texas yesterday afternoon. The Yankees have then played 13 of their last 16 games Over the Total after a win. New York has also played 8 of their last 9 road games Over the Total. Tampa Bay (71-73) comes off a 4-1 win at Boston yesterday — and they have lost 6 of their last 7 games after allowing two runs or less in their last game. The Rays have also lost 17 of their last 24 home games against teams with a losing record on the road. Take the Over while listing both starting pitchers.

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Joey Juice

The Milwaukee Brewers will play host to the Pirates as these two division rivals begin a three-game series in Milwaukee from Miller Park.

Pittsburgh will go with their twenty-five-year-old left-hander Steven Brault, Milwaukee will go with their twenty-four-year-old right-hander Brandon Woodruff.

A look inside the numbers show that the Pittsburgh Pirates have gone under 12 out of their last 16 games in Milwaukee. In their last seven road games they've gone under 6 times, and in Brault's last four starts he's went under three times.

Over in the other dugout the Milwaukee Brewers have gone under in all four of Woodruff's last 4 starts, and they have gone under 20 out of the last 27 games against the Pirates. The Brewers have also gone under five out of their last six Monday night games.

No other way to go but under in this one.

4* PITTSBURGH-MILWAUKEE UNDER

[New York Knight]

Broncos are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games in Sept

Over is 6-1 in last 7 games in Week 1

Over is 4-1 last 5 games in September

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Broncos are 28-4 SU mark and have gone 20-12 ATS in home openers since 1985.

Denver 11-4-2 ATS since 2000 in those home openers.