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5-unit Play Take #915 Chicago White Sox (+110) over Detroit Tigers (4:10pm EST) It's going to be tough making money backing the Chicago White Sox this season, but Saturday presents us with a rare opportunity to do so. They take on the Tigers in Detroit. The Tigers are currently about five games better than the White Sox and have a much better run differential. But don't expect that to last. Detroit has lost five of their last six and have started to struggle plating runs without Miguel Cabrera in the lineup. They'll go up against Hector Santiago of the Sox here. Santiago has struggled on the mound in 2018, but I've been seeing some positive signs lately. Francisco Liriano pitches for the Tigers. He has a nice 3.42 ERA, but it's not well-deserved. Liriano has a 4.97 xFIP and is striking out just 6.3 batters per nine. That rate isn't going to cut it in today's baseball. These two teams are much closer than their records indicate, and I actually think the White Sox are better when the Tigers are without Cabrera. Take Chicago in our MLB Game of the Week.
3-unit Play Take #922 Cleveland Indians (+100) over Houston Astros (7:15pm EST) It's not often you can back Carlos Carrasco as a home underdog. Of course, they're going up against the red hot Astros, but it's not against Verlander or Cole. Lance McCullers gets the ball for this one. He's put together a very good season at 6-2 with a 3.20 ERA in 10 starts. Carrasco's numbers are just a touch worse, but I rate him a bit higher overall. The Indians are also one of the better home teams in baseball in recent years. This should be a fun match up, but I like the Tribe at this price.
3-unit Play Take #930 Oakland A's (-160) over Arizona Diamondbacks (4:05pm EST) Things have completely unraveled for the Diamondbacks. They've dropped 13 of 15 and are now just 26-24 after a great start to the 2018 campaign. Meanwhile, the A's have quietly put together a solid 26-25 record when expectations were low. That's especially impressive given they play in the difficult AL West with the Astros, Mariners and Angels. Clay Buchholz goes for Arizona tonight in his second start of the season. He yielded just one run in five innings last time out, but he struck out just two batters. The stuff didn't look to be there, so I think Oakland hits him hard. Take the A's.
4 Unit Play. Take #924 Seattle -120 over Minnesota (10:10p.m., Saturday May 26)
Tonight at Safeco Field the Mariners will look for back-to-back victories at home against the Twins and we should see another great pitching matchup tonight. The Twins head into this game dropping 5 out 8 games and the Twins have dropped back-to-back games and in those two losses the Twins have scored only 2-runs. Seattle has won 6 out 7 heading into tonight's game and tonight they will have Wade LeBlanc on the mound and this year LeBlanc has not recorded a W/L but when he starts the Mariners are 3-1. Give me Seattle tonight laying the short price! Minnesota is 1-6 after scoring 2 runs or less in their last game and the Mariners are 8-0 when LeBlanc's starts at home.
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