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Re: 6-1-09
BURNS MLB
Baseball (MLB)
UNDER philly/san diego
Game: Philadelphia Phillies vs. San Diego Padres Game Time: 6/1/2009 10:05:00 PM Prediction: under Reason: I'm playing on Philadelphia and San Diego to finish UNDER the total. Many will expect this to be a high-scoring game. I'm not one of them. Blanton's overall numbers admittedly aren't very good. That said, he's better than his stats show and he demonstrated that in his last outing. Indeed, he went seven shutout innings and allowed only five hits. His 11 K's (only 2 walks) in that game show that he's capable of dominating. Correia wasn't nearly as sharp as Blanton was in his last start, as he was roughed up at Arizona. He'd been very solid in each of his previous three starts though, so I'm willing to cut him some slack. He went a minimum of six innings in each of those three starts (total of 19 1/3) and allowed only six combined runs. (That's a 2.79 ERA.) In his most recent start here at pitcher-friendly Petco Park, he allowed only one run through 6 1/3 innings. Both bullpens have been solid. The Phillies relievers have a combined 3.24 ERA and 1.147 WHIP on the road. Meanwhile, the Padres relievers have a stellar 2.20 ERA and 1.146 WHIP. The Padres are hitting only .216 here at home and averaging only 3.7 runs. Opposing teams are hitting only .216 here and averaging only 3.2 runs. The Phillies, who are off a sweep vs. Washington, have seen the UNDER go 5-2-1 when coming off three straight wins. I expect those numbers to improve here. *Top NL Total
UNDER oakland/chicago
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UNDER seattle/baltimore
Game: Baltimore Orioles vs. Seattle Mariners Game Time: 6/1/2009 10:10:00 PM Prediction: under Reason: I'm playing on Seattle and Baltimore to finish UNDER the total. I played on the Mariners to finish 'over' the total yesterday and they exploded for 15 hits and eight runs, while giving up a whopping nine runs to the Angels. That wasn't typical for the Mariners though, as they'd seen the 'under' go 9-1 their previous 10 games. I expect things to return to "normal" and for this evening's game to be of the low-scoring variety. While he didn't get the decision, Washburn tossed six shutout innings in his last start. The final score was 4-3 in favor of Oakland which brought the UNDER to 6-3 in his nine starts. He's averaging better than six innings per start and has a solid 3.45 ERA and 1.204 WHIP. Hill had some trouble in his lone road start. However, he's been sharp in both his road starts (3.17 ERA) and both of them stayed below the total. Those games finished with scores of 4-2 and 3-2. Seattle comes in as the lowest scoring team in the majors. In fact, the Mariners average only 3.9 rpg including a mere 3.6 here at home. The Orioles don't exactly light it up on the road either. They average 4.4 runs away from Baltimore and hit only .232. They also don't score nearly as many runs vs. left-handers and have seen the UNDER go a perfect 4-0 their last four against southpaws. I expect those numbers to improve here. *Blue ChipComment
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