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Re: 6-2-09
BEN Burns PERSONAL FAVORITE (9-2-1 L12 MLB!)
Play DETROIT TIGERS
I'm laying the price with DETROIT. Those who haven't followed baseball closely this season might be surprised to see the Tigers listed as favorites over the Red Sox, particularly with "Dice-K" on the mound for Boston up against rookie Rick Porcello for the home team. However, in my opinion, Detroit is favored for good reason and given the matchup, the price is actually very reasonable. For starters, the Tigers are a profitable 15-7 (+6.1) at home. The Red Sox are just 12-16 (-6.7) away from Fenway. The Tigers are hitting .275 and scoring six runs per game at home. The Red Sox are hitting .252 and scoring just 4.4 runs per game on the road. As for Dice K, (Daisuke Matsuzaka) while he did pitch very well against Detroit last year, he's really struggled this season. In fact, that's putting it kindly. Last time out, he lasted only five innings and allowed a whopping 12 baserunners, nine hits and three walks. He also threw four wild pitches. He has yet to pitch past the sixth inning all season. Overall, he's 0-3 (Boston is 0-4, -5) with an awful 8.82 ERA and 2.327 WHIP in four starts. In two road starts, he's got a 12.00 ERA and 3.167 WHIP. While Boston's starter has struggled, Detroit sends red hot Rick Porcello to the mound. Porcello is 5-0 with an outstanding 1.50 ERA his last five starts, averaging six complete innings in those starts. The Tigers won those five games by a combined score of 35-10. For the season, he's 3-1 with a 3.18 ERA in four home starts, giving up just one home run in those games. He'll have the advantage of facing Boston for the first time. The Tigers are 11-3 (+8.4) against teams with a winning record this season. With this game being played at Detroit and with Porcello in MUCH better current form than Matsuzaka, I expect them to improve on those numbers here. *Personal Favorite -
Re: 6-2-09
B Lang
Tuesday ...
15 Dime Twins Run Line
5 Dime Dodgers
Free pick - Phillies (See daily video for your analysis on this game)
NOTE: J.J Putz. What a Putz. No pun intended.
What does he make, 8 to 10 million a year and the moron can't get an out? Talk about embarrassing.
Love his quote after the game, "A couple hoppers up the middle. They hit groundballs. They just hit them to the right spot. There's not much you can say about that. There's a little bit of bad luck involved."
Hey J.J, I will tell you where the bad luck was involved, it was being born with the last name Putz.
Anyway, you shouldn't lose 5-0 leads and especially against a team like the Pirates but folks, that's baseball. Just have to keep getting on the right side of games and hope your bullpen doesn't implode on that night.
Still 17-8 my last 25. And I’ll take 25-game runs like that right through the World Series. You better believe I will.
Now let's get back on track with this winning Tuesday.
15 Dime Twins Run Line - Glad to be home, the Twins will be swinging the sticks tonight and should have no trouble running up the score against a Cleveland team that comes in off a tough home set against the Yankees. Minnesota has won eight of their last 10 at the Metrodome, and sends my boy Kevin Slowey to the bump. He'll be looking to become the third pitcher in the bigs with eight wins, and has been tremendous inside the Metrodome, going 6-0 in seven starts while getting an average of 10.13 runs of support.
He comes in after allowing two runs in six innings of a 4-2 win over the Red Sox last Wednesday so, he'll be feeling good about this one. Added confidence will come from the face he's already held the Indians to just one run over eight innings of a 7-1 victory back on April 25.
The Twins could use a sweep of this series before heading back out of town for a 10-game road trip after this series, and this is the perfect game to get things going.
Since the Twins took two of three in Cleveland back in April, and have captured seven of their last eight over the Tribe in the Twin Cities, I'll count on a blowout win tonight.
5 Dime Dodgers - We have the National League leader in runs looking for revenge after a series-opening loss, and I think that's motivation enough for us, quite frankly. The Dodgers were a dismal 3-for-14 iwth runners in scoring position last night, and though I'd like to think it was because they didn't arrive to LA from Chicago until around 5 a.m. Monday - after playing in the Sunday night game - I wonder how they got the runners on base if they were so tired. It was more so one of those games, and tonight they break out for an offensive onslaught.
Arizona's Danny Haren struggled at Chavez Ravine last season, recording a 10.38 ERA and lost both starts there. Meanwhile, Randy Wolf comes in sporting a 2-0 mark and 2.03 ERA in his last seven starts after allowing one run and six hits with seven strikeouts spanning seven frames last Thursday in a 2-1 win over the Cubs. Take the home team here, as the first-place Dodgers roll.Comment
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