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Monday 9-17-18 Free Plays / Trends / Betting Info / Etc
Sep 17 '18, 9:40 PM in 6h
MLB | Cubs vs Diamondbacks
Play on: Diamondbacks -125 at MyBookie
1 Unit FREE PLAY on Arizona Diamondbacks -125
The Arizona Diamondbacks are 4.5 games back in the NL West and 4 games back in the wild card. They’re running out of time and need wins in bunches now. This is their chance to make a run with a 9-game home stand that starts Monday against the Cubs, Rockies and Dodgers. Pat Corbin has been Arizona’s most reliable starter and he gets the ball tonight. Corbin is 11-5 with a 3.00 ERA and 1.02 WHIP in 30 starts this year, including 7-3 with a 3.04 ERA and 0.96 WHIP in 15 home starts. Kyle Hendricks is 5-4 with a 3.89 ERA and 1.35 WHIP in 14 road starts for the Cubs this season. The Diamondbacks are 4-0 in Corbin’s last four home starts. Arizona is 5-1 in Corbin’s last six starts against the Cubs. Give me the Diamondbacks.
Sep 17 '18, 9:40 PM in 6h
MLB | Cubs vs Diamondbacks
Play on: Diamondbacks -125 at 5Dimes
My free play is on the Arz Diamondbacks at 9:40 ET. The Chicago Cubs had their three-game winning streak snapped with a 2-1 loss to Cincinnati on Sunday but maintained their 2 1/2-game lead over the Brewers in the NL Central, as Milwaukee lost 3-2 at home to the Pirates. As for Arizona, the team's September swoon continued with a 5-4 loss at Houston on Sunday, dropping them to 4-11 this month. The D'backs fell 4 1/2 games behind first-place Colorado in the NL West with the loss and they are also four back in the race for the second wild-card spot. The Cubs have been steady, as they open this three-game set in Arizona having won 14 of their last 18 series. In contrast, this Arizona team which led or was tied for the NL West lead for 125 days this season (note: D'backs were still in first place on Sep 1), is just 4-11 in September.
Kyle Hendricks (11-11, 3.71 ERA) takes the mound, having allowed fewer than three ERs in five consecutive outings (1.80 ERA) but is a modest 2-2 (team 3-2 is in that span). That's been his 'story' in 2018, as the Cubs are 15-15 in his 30 starts, going minus-$965 vs the moneyline. Hendricks is 1-1 with a 3.24 ERA in three career starts against the Diamondbacks.
Patrick Corbin (11-5, 3.05 ERA) will get the ball for Arizona. Corbin enters on a nice roll, as he has posted quality starts in seven of his eight outings since the beginning of August, posting a 2.49 ERA during that stretch with a KW ratio of 64-5 (he's 4-1 but Arizona is a more modest 5-3). However, Corbin is 5-1 with a 3.68 ERA in seven career games (six starts) against the Cubs.
The Cubs are playing better baseball but will enter Day 28 of a string of 30 straight days in which games were scheduled (if not necessarily played) with the first of this three-game series at Arizona on Monday. The Cubs have manged to go 4-3 over their last seven games, despite totaling only 15 runs during that stretch. The key has been strong pitching but Hendricks hasn't had much luck here in 2018. As for Corbin, he may have a modest 11 wins, but he is third in the league in strikeouts (230), fourth in WHIP (1.03) and tied for sixth in the league in quality starts (18). His ratio of strikeouts to walks is 5.48:1, is third in the league. Also note that Corbin 7-3 with a 3.14 ERA in 15 home starts this season. Play the home team.
Good luck...Larry
Sep 17 '18, 10:10 PM in 6h
MLB | Rockies vs Dodgers
Play on: Rockies +156 at 5Dimes
1* Free Pick on Colorado Rockies +156
This is just too good a price to pass up on the Rockies, who I think have an excellent shot at opening up this massive series against the Dodgers with a win. Colorado will certainly do everything in their power to win the opener, knowing that LA has their two best starters, Kershaw and Buehler to close out the series.
Jon Gray will start Game 1 for the Rockies and since his demotion to Triple-A, Colorado has had a hard time losing with him on the mound. The Rockies are 9-2 in his 11 starts since his return from Triple-A. They have won 8 of his last 9 against a team with a winning record, including 4 straight on the road vs a team with a winning record. Colorado has also won 5 of his last 7 starts vs the Dodgers and the Rockies as a team are 7-3 in their last 10 games played at Dodgers stadium.
Hyun-Jin Ryu will get the call for LA and while he's pitched well since his return from the DL, the Dodgers are just 3-3 in those 6 starts. Ryu appears to be on a pretty strict pitch count, as he's not thrown more than 89 in any of those 6 starts since his return. Ryu is just 3-6 with a 5.77 ERA against Colorado and the Dodgers have lost each of his last 4 starts against the Rockies. Take Colorado!
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