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HAMMER THE BOOK 7:05 PM GAMES...........WILL RELEASE FULL CARD BY 7:20 PM (ET)

901/902: SANDIEGO PADRES @ PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (UNDER 7-RUNS)
919/920: BOSTON RED SOX @ BALTIMORE ORIOLES (OVER 9 1/2 RUNS)
917/918: NEW YORK YANKEES @ TORONTO BLUE JAYS (BLUE JAYS ML +122)
905/906: SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS @ PITTSBURGH PIRATES (GIANTS ML -118)

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Spartan 10*

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BOSTON RED SOX -1 1/2 RUNS --- The Baltimore Orioles are in disarray right now, as evidenced by the firing of manager Dave Trembley today. Third-base coach Juan Samuel was appointed interim manager today by President Andy McPhail... the same guy who hired Trembley a few years back. The O's are 15-39 on the year, opening the season with 16 losses in their first 18 games and getting outscored 34-8 on a 6-game road trip to Toronto and New York. Times are not good in Baltimore right now.

The Orioles are still trying to recover from a miserable April, a 6-25 road record and a 6-21 record within the division. The lone bright spot to the season was a three-game sweep of these very same Red Sox they're getting ready to face tonight. In fact, Baltimore has won four straight against their East-division rivals, winning all three of their last series with Boston at home. But this is a different Boston team and this is definitely a different Baltimore team that will now have to adjust to playing with a new manager.

Boston sends Clay Bucholz to the hill tonight, and there's probably not a better pitcher in their rotation to throw at the Orioles right now. He hasn't faced them yet this year, but in 2009 Bucholz was 2-0 (in three starts) vs. Baltimore with a 4.00 ERA, and his team won all three of his starts. On the road this year, Bucholz is 4-0 with a 1.78 ERA and has only allowed more than 1 ER once... that was his first road start of the season when he surrendered a whopping two earned runs. So I think it's safe to say Bucholz has dominated the opposition on the road in 2010... and there's nothing that can convince me he won't do the same tonight.

Boston is 8-0 in Bucholz's last 8 road starts, 16-5 in his last 21 starts overall and the Red Sox are 63-21 in the last 84 meetings with Baltimore. These two teams appear to be headed in opposite directions, and tonight should be a fairly easy win for the road team.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX -1 1/2 RUNS --- The key for the White Sox success, according to several close to the team, might be the arm of John Danks and the stick of Carlos Quentin. Quentin had been mired in a 4-for-31 slump, but last night he hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the 7th inning to help the White Sox avoid a three-game sweep at the hands of the Texas Rangers. It was extra special for Quentin because he had earlier committed a two-base error that led to a Texas run. Could that two-run blast have opened the door for Quentin to get some confidence back and start hitting like he's capable? The White Sox hope so and so do I.

John Danks would also like to snap out of a recent funk that has seen him lose four of his last five starts... though a few of those were not his fault (he got no run support). Aside from the Rays battering him for 8 ERs in 4 innings Sunday, Danks hadn't allowed more than three earned runs in any of his previous eight starts. Danks, who hasn't beaten the Indians in three home starts, is doing much better at home this year with a 1.96 ERA in five starts. His last start vs. Cleveland came back on May 24th... a 7-2 win in Cleveland.

Justin Masterson counters for Cleveland tonight and tries to put an end to his personal 11-game losing streak. He's 1-12 with Cleveland since being acquired from Boston last season and is 0-1 in two starts vs. the White Sox this season, losing to Danks back on May 24th... allowing five runs on nine hits in four innings. The writing is on the wall for the Indians tonight... they're going to need a miracle.

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BOSTON RED SOX -1 1/2 RUNS --- The Baltimore Orioles are in disarray right now, as evidenced by the firing of manager Dave Trembley today. Third-base coach Juan Samuel was appointed interim manager today by President Andy McPhail... the same guy who hired Trembley a few years back. The O's are 15-39 on the year, opening the season with 16 losses in their first 18 games and getting outscored 34-8 on a 6-game road trip to Toronto and New York. Times are not good in Baltimore right now.

The Orioles are still trying to recover from a miserable April, a 6-25 road record and a 6-21 record within the division. The lone bright spot to the season was a three-game sweep of these very same Red Sox they're getting ready to face tonight. In fact, Baltimore has won four straight against their East-division rivals, winning all three of their last series with Boston at home. But this is a different Boston team and this is definitely a different Baltimore team that will now have to adjust to playing with a new manager.

Boston sends Clay Bucholz to the hill tonight, and there's probably not a better pitcher in their rotation to throw at the Orioles right now. He hasn't faced them yet this year, but in 2009 Bucholz was 2-0 (in three starts) vs. Baltimore with a 4.00 ERA, and his team won all three of his starts. On the road this year, Bucholz is 4-0 with a 1.78 ERA and has only allowed more than 1 ER once... that was his first road start of the season when he surrendered a whopping two earned runs. So I think it's safe to say Bucholz has dominated the opposition on the road in 2010... and there's nothing that can convince me he won't do the same tonight.

Boston is 8-0 in Bucholz's last 8 road starts, 16-5 in his last 21 starts overall and the Red Sox are 63-21 in the last 84 meetings with Baltimore. These two teams appear to be headed in opposite directions, and tonight should be a fairly easy win for the road team.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX -1 1/2 RUNS --- The key for the White Sox success, according to several close to the team, might be the arm of John Danks and the stick of Carlos Quentin. Quentin had been mired in a 4-for-31 slump, but last night he hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the 7th inning to help the White Sox avoid a three-game sweep at the hands of the Texas Rangers. It was extra special for Quentin because he had earlier committed a two-base error that led to a Texas run. Could that two-run blast have opened the door for Quentin to get some confidence back and start hitting like he's capable? The White Sox hope so and so do I.

John Danks would also like to snap out of a recent funk that has seen him lose four of his last five starts... though a few of those were not his fault (he got no run support). Aside from the Rays battering him for 8 ERs in 4 innings Sunday, Danks hadn't allowed more than three earned runs in any of his previous eight starts. Danks, who hasn't beaten the Indians in three home starts, is doing much better at home this year with a 1.96 ERA in five starts. His last start vs. Cleveland came back on May 24th... a 7-2 win in Cleveland.

Justin Masterson counters for Cleveland tonight and tries to put an end to his personal 11-game losing streak. He's 1-12 with Cleveland since being acquired from Boston last season and is 0-1 in two starts vs. the White Sox this season, losing to Danks back on May 24th... allowing five runs on nine hits in four innings. The writing is on the wall for the Indians tonight... they're going to need a miracle.

craig davis write uo!!

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Pirates +115
Mets -105
Red Sox -1.5 (-105)
Athletics -110

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Cardinals -1.5 (-110)

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Rangers -115

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4* Chicago Blackhawks