Service Plays Sunday 5/27/18

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4-Unit Play. #711. Take Over 199.5 Boston vs. Cleveland (Sunday @ 8:35pm est)

After a pace of 224 at halfitme the Rockets simply could not buy a bucket and we fell under yesterday. Let's try to bounce-back with a winner today. Per this selection, in Game 7 you would have to think these two teams are not going to leave anything in the tank. Both shot the ball very well last game and as Boston is 10-0 at home and looks to make to the Finals, have you see what Lebron does on elimination games? And, with no Love the Cavs will rely heavily on outside shooting with Lebron including the featuring of Kyle Korver and Clarkson in the mix. This means more 3 pointers from both Kyle and Jordan (you might want to look at prop bets for both these players for this game) and with Lebron as well look for the Cavs to do relatively decent as it relates to offense. Plus, with Rozier attacking like there is no tomorrow and guys like Brown, Tatum and Morris all eager to take 3's, this actually could be a ver high scoring game today. Therefore, look for a perimeter style of game as this contest likely goes over today.

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Doc Sports:

3 unit Play Take #958 Colorado Rockies (-150) over Cincinnati Reds (3:10pm EST) This is the game where it hits the fans for Matt Harvey. I'm not a believer that he has all of a sudden figured things out after getting traded to the Reds. His 2.57 ERA with Cincinnati is not indicative of how he's pitched in his three starts with them. Harvey has a 4.12 xFIP in those games and benefited from a .231 BABIP and 88% strand rate. Now he goes to Coors Field where his low groundball rate is going to hurt him badly. The Rockies are quietly in first place in the NL West despite playing more road games than any team in baseball up to this point. Since they have one of the biggest home field advantages in the game, that bodes well for Colorado going forward. German Marquez gets the ball for the Rockies in this one. He comes in with a 4.62 ERA but that's mostly due to a couple of poor outings in Coors. The Rockies should be favored by at least 20 cents higher in this one. Take Colorado.

3-unit Play Take #968 Tampa Bay Rays (-110) over Baltimore Orioles (1:10pm EST) The Tampa Bay Rays have been getting into the heads of their opponents by starting Sergio Romo for the first inning. Today they look to continue that strategy against the Orioles. Baltimore has been a wreck this season and it's only going to get worse when they trade away Manny Machado. Kevin Gausman goes for the O's here and I'm not buying his early season ERA of 3.48. His peripherals don't back it up and he's let us down after good starts before. Tampa Bay is having a respectable season and aren't getting enough credit for hanging around .500 most of the way. Take the Rays in this spot.

4-unit Play Take #970 Houston Astros/Cleveland Indians UNDER 8 (-110) (1:10pm EST) This game has some edge to it with the history between today's starters Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer. The former teammates at UCLA don't like each other one bit and there's been some public comments that have rubbed both pitchers the wrong way. What better way to show up the other guy than to outpitch him on Sunday afternoon. Both hurlers are having career years in 2018. Cole is 5-1 with a 1.86 ERA to go along with a 13.4 strikeout rate per nine. Pure dominance. Bauer has been no slouch either with a 2.35 ERA and a 10.1 strikeout rate. This is going to be an old-school pitcher's duel between the Astros and Indians, so we're on the UNDER.

4-unit Play Take #975 Atlanta Braves (+215) over Boston Red Sox (1:05pm EST) Chris Sale goes for the Red Sox and I'd usually skip right over anyone going up against the tall left-hander. However, the Braves have hit southpaws particularly hard in 2018. They have the top OPS against lefties in the National League. Mike Foltynewicz goes for the Braves. While he hasn't had the type of year the team expected, he's still extremely talented and can turn it around in a hurry. This price is worth taking a shot with, so I'm on Atlanta. And by the way, the Braves are a damn good baseball team.

3-unit Play Take #980 Oakland A's (+110) over Arizona Diamondbacks (4:05pm EST) The Arizona Diamondbacks are a complete dumpster fire at the moment. They are 2-14 in their last 16 games as the offense has gone completely cold. They've scored more than four runs only once during that span and have been held to two runs or less 12 times. It's going to get better, but I don't see it happening in Oakland. Zack Greinke gets the ball for the D-Backs in this one and his troubles on the road in recent years are well-documented. Oakland goes with youngster Frankie Montas and I think he'll have the leg up on the competition without much of a track record. My money is on Oakland here.

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Raphael Esparza VSI

4 Unit Play. Take #972 Texas -1.5 +110 over Kansas City (3:05p.m., Sunday May 27)
Sunday late afternoon the Texas Rangers will look to win the 4-game weekend series over the Royals and today I see Cole Hamels pitching another gem. Hamels has pitched well as of late going 2-0, WHIP 0.89, ERA 1.89 in his last 3 starts and his last outing he pitched well against the Yankees high-power offense. The Royals will be throwing out Jason Hammel and his last 3 starts his ERA is 8.10 and if the Rangers get some early runs I see this game being over quickly. Give me the Rangers on the run-line with Cole Hamels on the mound. Kansas City is 1-7 against AL West teams and the Royals are 2-8 when Hammel starts. The Rangers are 16-2 when Cole Hamel starts against a team with a losing record.

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11th: MLB 8u: 955 NYM+123 1st 5. NYM+128gm.

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