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Kansas City Royals vs. Los Angeles Angels Preview and Predictions 06-06-2018

6th June 2018 by Gracenote
the los angeles angels have opened the month by winning four of their first five games and look to continue the upward trend on wednesday, when they aim for a sweep of their three-game series against the visiting kansas city royals. two-way sensation shohei ohtani is set to make his fifth start at home, where he is 2-1 with a 2.35 era.

angels starter andrew heaney pitched a one-hitter in tuesday's 1-0 win, but the team's celebration was tempered by an injury to shortstop andrelton simmons, who slipped on the dugout steps before the game and played two innings before leaving with a sprained right ankle. simmons was on crutches after the contest but hopes to avoid the disabled list, while first baseman/designated hitter albert pujols is battling knee soreness and will be out of the lineup until at least friday. mike trout served as the designated hitter tuesday against the royals, who have lost four of their last five games since taking two of three against minnesota. center fielder jon jay was 0-for-3 on tuesday but had three singles in monday's series opener and has hit safely in 30 of his last 34 games.
tv: 10:07 p.m. et, fs kansas city, fs west (los angeles)
pitching matchup: royals rh ian kennedy (1-6, 6.08 era) vs. angels rh shohei ohtani (4-1, 3.18)

kennedy is looking to bounce back from a dismal outing against oakland last friday, when he allowed eight runs on seven hits over three innings in a 16-0 loss. the 33-year-old native californian is winless over his last 10 starts, going 0-6 with a 7.40 era since his last win on april 7 at cleveland. ian kinsler is 8-for-23 with two home runs against kennedy, who owns a 3.86 era in eight career games (seven starts) against the angels, including a 0.90 mark in his last three starts.
ohtani received a no-decision last wednesday after allowing one run on three hits with five strikeouts over five innings against detroit. the 23-year-old made a strong impression on the tigers before leaving the game following a rain delay. "he's got a powerful arm and good stuff," detroit outfielder nicholas castellanos told reporters. "he was already throwing hard, but he hit 101 to jeimar candelario in a big spot in the fifth. not a lot of guys can do that."
walk-offs

1. angels starting pitchers have recorded an american league-best 2.61 era since may 1.

2. kansas city ss alcides escobar went 0-for-3 on tuesday, snapping a six-game hitting streak.

3. the angels optioned inf kaleb cowart to triple-a salt lake and recalled rhp eduardo paredes.

prediction: angels 8, royals 3

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Seattle Mariners vs. Houston Astros Preview and Predictions 06-06-2018

6th June 2018 by Gracenote
the red-hot seattle mariners aim for their sixth consecutive victory when they conclude their two-game series with the host houston astros on wednesday. seattle rolled to a 7-1 victory in tuesday's opener to increase its lead over houston in the american league west to two games.

kyle seager, jean segura and mike zunino all homered in the opener as the mariners moved 16 games over .500 for the first time since the 130th game of the 2007 season. nelson cruz continued his surge by going 2-for-4 and is 13-for-31 with two homers and eight rbis over his last eight contests. the astros, who have lost three straight, had their streak of 12 consecutive games with at least one homer snapped as seven of their nine hits in the series opener were singles. lance mccullers jr. traditionally has fared well against seattle and matched his career best of 11 strikeouts while beating the mariners on april 17, when he allowed just one hit - a first-inning homer by robinson cano.

tv: 8:10 p.m. et, root northwest (seattle), at&t sportsnet-southwest (houston)
pitching matchup: mariners lh wade leblanc (1-0, 2.60 era) vs. astros rh lance mccullers jr. (7-3, 3.89)
leblanc picked up his first win in six starts this season when he allowed one run and four hits over five innings against texas in his last turn. the 33-year-old has posted a 1.72 era as a starter and allowed four hits or fewer five times but typically doesn't pitch deep into games. leblanc owns a 5.00 era in six career appearances (two starts) against the astros and has struggled with jose altuve (4-for-6).
mccullers defeated boston in his last turn as he gave up two runs and four hits over six innings. the 24-year-old served up three homers in his previous outing, when he was torched by cleveland for seven runs in 4 1/3 frames. mccullers is 6-2 with a 2.75 era in 10 career starts against the mariners and has silenced cruz (3-for-20, 10 strikeouts) and segura (3-for-18) but has issues retiring seager (8-for-24, homer).

walk-offs

1. astros lf marwin gonzalez fell a home run shy of the cycle in the series opener.
2. tuesday's victory was the mariners' second in their last 11 contests against the astros.

3. houston rf josh reddick (knee infection) played a rehab game at double-a corpus christi on tuesday and could rejoin the astros for the series finale.

prediction: astros 4, mariners 2

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Jimmy Boyd

Jun 06 '18, 8:05 PM in 9h
MLB | A's vs Rangers
Play on: Rangers +120 at betonline

Free pick on Rangers +
We cashed with Texas as a big home dog with our free pick on Tuesday and will fire right back with the Rangers as a home dog on Wednesday. Oakland is simply getting way to much respect on the road in this one.
The A's do have one of their better starters on the mound in Daniel Mengden, who is 6-4 with a 2.91 ERA and 0.969 WHIP in 12 starts. However, Mengden hasn't been nearly as dominate on the road as he has at home. He's got a 3.54 ERA and 1.230 WHIP in 4 road starts. Mengden has also had a horrible time against division opponents. He's 0-4 with a 6.30 ERA and 1.350 WHIP in 4 starts against the AL West this season. The A's have lost 12 of his last 14 starts against division opponents.
Texas will counter with Bartolo Colon, who is coming off a poor outing at LA against the Angels, where he allowed 6 runs on 8 hits in just 3 innings. Colon is going to have outings like that at his age (45), but he can fire right back with a strong outing. He allowed 6 runs in 5 innings against the Yankees on 5/21 and in his very next start allowed 3 runs on just 5 hits in 7 innings at home against KC. Note he faced the A's once already this season and allowed just 1 run on 6 innings. Take Texas!

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Info Plays

Jun 06 '18, 8:10 PM in 10h
MLB | Mariners vs Astros
Play on: Astros -181 at 5Dimes

1* Free Play on Astros -181

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Bobby Conn

Jun 06 '18, 8:05 PM in 9h
MLB | A's vs Rangers
Play on: Rangers +113 at GTBets

1* Free Play on Rangers +113

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Totals Guru

Jun 06 '18, 10:05 PM in 11h
MLB | KC vs LAA
Play on: UNDER 8 -105

Free Total Annihilator On Royals vs Angels under 8 -105

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Sal Michaels

Jun 06 '18, 7:05 PM in 8h
MLB | Yankees vs Blue Jays
Play on: Blue Jays +131 at BMaker

Free Play on Blue Jays +131

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Dustin Hawkins

Jun 06 '18, 7:05 PM in 8h
MLB | NYY vs TOR
Play on: UNDER 9½ +100

Free Play on Yankees vs Blue Jays under 9½ +100

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Kenny Walker

Jun 06 '18, 1:10 PM in 3h
MLB | Orioles vs Mets
Play on: Orioles +110 at BMaker

Free Pick on Orioles

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John Ryan

Jun 06 '18, 1:10 PM in 3h
MLB | BAL vs NYM
Play on: UNDER 8 -100

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Marc Lawrence

Jun 06 '18, 7:05 PM in 8h
MLB | Yankees vs Blue Jays
Play on: Blue Jays +135 at MyBookie

Play - Toronto Blue Jays w/Gaviglio vs Gray (Game 964).
Edges - But Jays: Gaviglio 3.64 ERA with 1.10 WHIP this season, including 16 Ks and 3 BBs last three starts … Yankees: Gray 5.24 ERA with 1.48 WHIP this season; and 1-4 last five team starts versus Toronto. With that we recommend a 1* play on Toronto. Thank you and good luck as always.

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Mark Wilson

Jun 06 '18, 1:10 PM in 3h
MLB | BAL vs NYM
Play on: UNDER 8½ -115

Free Play on Orioles vs Mets under 8½ -115

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Scott Rickenbach

Jun 06 '18, 1:10 PM in 3h
MLB | BAL vs NYM
Play on: UNDER 8 -110

Free Pick - Rickenbach MLB Game #978 Wednesday UNDER the total in New York Mets vs Baltimore Orioles @ 1:10 ET - The Orioles won yesterday's game 2-1. The under is now 7-2 in Baltimore's last 9 games and they've averaged scoring only 1.8 runs per game during this 9-game stretch. The Mets struggles at the plate certainly have continued as they've now been held to 1 run or less in 3 of their last 4 games. The under is 11-6 in New York's last 17 games. Zach Wheeler has never faced the Orioles and Dylan Bundy has never faced the Mets. The few hitters in either lineup whom have ever faced these two starting pitchers have not enjoyed success against them. That said, this one shapes up well to be a pitchers duel. Bundy has a 3.21 ERA in his last 4 starts and has struck out 35 in 28 innings spanning those 4 outings. Also, he survived his last start despite allowing a lot of hits but in his 3 prior starts he gave up only 9 hits in 22 innings. The Mets Wheeler has struck out 33 in his last 28 innings on the mound and the Orioles lineup has a well-deserved reputation as free swingers. Wheeler has a solid 3.50 ERA in his last 3 starts. Just like yesterday's game, look for another low-scoring battle in this one. Free Pick UNDER the total in New York Mets

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Larry Ness

Jun 06 '18, 8:05 PM in 9h
MLB | A's vs Rangers
Play on: A's -110 at 5Dimes

My free play is on the Oak A's at 8:05 ET. It's been a brutal start to the 2018 season for the Texas Rangers but after trailing by two runs on Tuesday, they scoring twice in the seventh inning and three times in the eighth en route to a 7-4 victory. The Rangers hit a season-high five HRs in the win, including Adrian Beltre's leadoff shot in the eighth (just his second in 33 contests this season) that snapped the 4-4 tie and Joey Gallo's two-run shot (his 16th of the year) later in the frame that sealed the win in the opener of their six-game homestand.
Shin-Soo Choo's two-run shot in the seventh extended his hitting streak to 12 games. Texas hopes to pick up where it left off in the series opener when the 26-37 Rangers conclude their two-game set against the visiting Oakland A's on Wednesday. Oakland fell to 2-2 on its five-game road trip and to 31-30 on the season. The A's received five of their 10 hits in the loss from Matt Olson (three) and Khris Davis (two). Each player drove in two runs, with Olson raising his RBI total to 11 over his last five games and Davis ending a seven-game drought with his 14th HR of 2018, which gave the A's at least one HR in 18 straight road games.
The pitching matchup features Oakland's Daniel Mengden (6-4, 2.91 ERA) up against the 45-year-old Bartolo Colon (2-3, 4.21 ERA) of Texas. Mengden enters riding a four-start winning streak after he allowed three runs on six hits over eight innings of a 7-3 win May 31 against Tampa Bay. He has worked at least seven innings in each of his last three starts and had strung together 16 scoreless innings in two outings before facing the Rays. Mengden fell to 1-2 with a 3.09 ERA in four career starts against Texas after yielding four runs (three earned) in 5 1/3 innings on April 5 in a 6-3 loss. Colon makes his fourth attempt at career victory No. 243, which will tie him with Juan Marichal for most by a pitcher from the Dominican Republic. He lasted only three innings against the Angels in Los Angeles on Friday, as he was battered for six runs and eight hits (including two HRS) en route to his third loss in four decisions. Colon is 9-6 with one shutout and a 3.33 ERA in 22 career starts and one relief appearance versus Oakland, including a no-decision in his season debut on April 2 in which he gave up one run over six frames.
Colon will eventually get win No. 243 (and No. 244, as well), but not here. Mengden went 4-1 with a 1.51 ERA and .181 opponents' batting average in six starts during May and dating back to April 16, he is 5-2 with a 2.01 ERA and .210 opponents' batting average over his last nine starts (A's are 7-2). He has issued just eight walks in 74 1/3 innings and his average of 0.97 walks per nine innings is the lowest in the major leagues. Play Oakland.

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Sean Murphy

Jun 06 '18, 8:10 PM in 10h
MLB | SEA vs HOU
Play on: UNDER 8 +105

Wednesday MLB Free play. My selection is on the 'under' between Seattle and Houston at 8:10 pm et on Wednesday.
The 'over' has cashed in each of the Astros last four games but I look for that trend to reverse on Wednesday night in Houston.
Last night's expected pitcher's duel fizzed early as Astros starter Dallas Keuchel struggled to keep the Mariners bats at bay. I look for tonight's starter, Lance McCullers Jr. to do a better job against the M's. Note that McCullers has posted a 1.97 ERA and 0.91 WHIP in 32 innings of work at home this season. He enters this start having worked at least six innings in three of his last four trips to the hill and turned in one of his best performances of the season against the Mariners back in April, giving up just one hit and one earned run while striking out 11 over seven innings in a 4-1 Astros win.
Wade LeBlanc will take the ball for the Mariners. The 'under' is a perfect 6-0 in his last six starts and I believe he's catching the Astros at the right time as they have been average at the dish lately, scoring five runs or less in seven of their last eight games overall. Note that LeBlanc has at least worked into the sixth inning in three of his last four starts and was effective over five innings last time out, allowing just one earned run on four hits against the Rangers. He hasn't faced the Astros since 2016.
Neither of these clubs have been tearing the cover off of the ball lately and I'm confident both staffs can keep things in check on Wednesday night at Minute Maid Park. Take the under (8*).