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TRACE ADAMS

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Bob Balfe

Netherlands -165

We all saw Uruguay escape by the skin of their teeth last week with a hand ball on the goal line that prevented Ghana from winning. Uruguay will not have the support from any of the refs today who will be looking to give them yellow or perhaps red cards. I do not see it being good for World Cup soccer having a team get to the finals that way. The Netherlands have a solid defense that will frustrate Uruguays strikers. Look for a low scoring and lopsided penalties and free kicks in favor of the Netherlands. Once Holland gets the lead, they will play smothering defense. Take the Netherlands.

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JAY MCNEIL

Pittsburgh at Houston

As bad a season this has been for the Astros, there are some bright spots looking at this game tonight.

The Astros have won 13 of 16 at home against the Pirates, while Pittsburgh has scored merely 13 runs in its last seven games at Minute Maid Park.

And now, Houston hands the ball to Wandy Rodriguez, and the Astros have won all five starts Rodriguez has made against the Pirates in Houston - while he’s gone 3-0 with a 3.26 ERA.

Most recently, the veteran southpaw has a 0.69 ERA in winning his last two starts.

This is too easy tonight.

2? HOUSTON (List Rodriguez)

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Sportgenius

RANGERS UNDER 9 1/2

BLUE JAYS UNDER 9

CUBS ML

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The Sharp Side 7/6

Angels/White Sox Over 7.5 (-110)

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Arthur Ralph Sports

Tues Dodgers -160

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Baseball Crusher 7/6 Game 2

LAD (-155) over FLA

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Primetime Sports Advisors

Houston Astros
Padres Under 7.5
LA Angels

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STEVE MERRIL

Toronto Blue Jays+1½-135

FREE PLAY

Toronto will be glad to be home after a 10-game road trip which included three ‘home’ games in Philadelphia against the Phillies. The Blue Jays will host the Twins who come into tonight’s game as losers of three of their last four games. Toronto’s Jesse Litsch will make his fifth start of the season as he looks for his first victory of the year. The righty is coming off a solid outing against the Indians where he gave up just two runs in six innings of work. Litsch showed flashes of brilliance when shutting out the Giants for seven innings. He is 3-0 with a 3.10 ERA in five career starts against Minnesota. Justin Morneau (3-12), Jason Kubel (2-9), Jim Thome (0-5), and Joe Mauer (1-4) all struggle against Litsch. The Twins are 18-21 on the road where they are hitting just .256 as a team.

Minnesota’s Carl Pavano doesn't enjoy facing the Blue Jays. He gave up six runs and 10 hits over four innings pitched in an outing against Toronto earlier this season. He's 3-5 with a 6.22 ERA in 10 career starts against them. Vernon Wells (8-20), Adam Lind (4-12), Jose Molina (3-7), Edwin Encarnacion (2-5), and Fred Lewis (2-3) all hit Pavano the best. Toronto is 21-19 at home this season and 34-28 against right-handed starters whom they are averaging five runs per game against. Toronto has won six of the last nine meetings in Toronto against the Twins, so we expect another close game and recommend taking the Blue Jays on the run line in this game tonight.

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Marc Lawrence

Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks
Prediction: Chicago Cubs

When the Cubs meet the Diamondbacks in Arizona this evening do so in a very favorable situation. That's because Carlos Silva enters tonight's contest in terrific KW form with four walks and 36 strikeouts in his last six starts, posting a sharp 2.23 ERA in those games. Unfortunately, all he's had to show for his efforts is a 2-4 team start mark in that span. On the flip side, Arizona's Barry Enright enters off his first-ever MLB win in his last start. With Silva disgruntled about not being named to the All-Star squad, look for him to improve to 5-1 in his last six road team starts here tonight. We recommend a 1-unit play on the Cubs.

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BIG AL COMP

Yankees @ Athletics
PICK: Under 8

Both of the starting pitchers going to the hill for this game will be on the 2010 American League All-Star roster scheduled to take place in a week, and while nobody is surprised by the choice of New York's lefthander CC Sabathia, there are still plenty of baseball fans who have never heard of righthander Trevor Cahill, let alone realize that he's been selected for the midsummer classic. But if Cahill starts twice before Tuesday (once tonight and once on Sunday), he would be unavailable for the game anyway (due to the rule that a Pitcher is ineligible if he throws on the Sunday prior to the game). Dallas Braden's injury has necessitated the A's to go to a four-man rotation which means more work for Cahill, but also the possibility that he might not be able to pitch in Anaheim next Tuesday. But first things first, and Cahill needs to pitch well tonight because his team is still very much alive in the AL West division race. Pitching numbers don't get any better than these two have been performing lately with Sabathia going 6-0 with a 2.00 ERA in his last six starts while Cahill is 7-0 with a 2.12 ERA in his last nine starts. Something has to give tonight, and it will probably be at the expense of the hitters on these two teams. Heading into Tuesday night, the under was 7-3 in the last 10 games between these two played in Oakland. Take the 'under.'

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BEN BURNS COMP

Netherlands @ URU
PICK: Under

I believe that this game has all the makings of a low-scoring contest. Uruguay didn't allow a single goal in Group play, scoring only four themselves. Uruguay beat South Korea by a 2-1 score in the Round of 16 but its last game vs. Ghana was 1-1 after regulation. That's a total of nine goals in five games, an average of 1.8 per game.

Netherlands scored five goals in group play, allowing one. Since then, the Dutch have seen last two games both finish with scores of 2-1. The most recent of those games was against Brazil - and its tough to shut them out. Previously, the game against Slovakia saw the Slovakians score on a penalty shot on the final play, otherwise that one would have finished with only two goals.

Looking more closely at the above results shows that neither one of these teams has allowed more than one goal, in any game. Uruguay has three shutouts. Holland has two.

We've got the choice of two lines here. We can get plus (+) money with the 'under' two goals. Or, we can lay extra juice to play at 'under' 2.5. I'm personally going to split my play between the two options.

These teams played once before in the World Cup. That 1974 match saw the Dutch win by a score of 2-0. I expect to see two or fewer goals once again. Consider the Under

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EZWINNERS
Detroit Tigers -188

The Tigers starting pitcher Armando Galarraga has not pitched very well since his "near" perfect game, but I expect him to pitch well here against the Orioles. Galarrage should have plenty of run support to help him pick up the win in this game. The Tigers bats are hot and they will be facing the Orioles struggling rookie pitcher Jake Arrieta. Arrieta is 0-2 in his last three starts and has an ERA of 8.78 in that span. Arrieta has only struck out four batters in the last three games and has walked a total of ten. That is a bad combination against a Detroit team that is knocking the cover off of the ball right now and exploded for 12 runs in yesterday's game against the Orioles. Baltimore exploded for seven runs yesterday themselves (and still lost) but they usually don't provide their pitchers with much run support. Arrieta's margin for error against this Detroit lineup is very small and he has not shown that he is ready to shut down a quality lineup like Detroit. The Orioles have lost five of their last six games in Detroit and the Tigers are 9-0 in their last nine games as a home favorite of -$151 to -$200. Play on Detroit.

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Gill Alexander Pregame

ANA (-105) vs CWS

Weaver has to be miffed about not making the All-Star team and I expect him to come out with an edge to him in this one. Weaver has a 0.86ERA in his last 3 outings and we've backed him successfully in 2 of them. He has given up just 2ER and 9H over the course of those 21IP w 28SO against 3BB. Wow. He leads the AL w 124SO. He owns the White Sox, posting a 0.52ERA against them in 5 lifetime starts and has given up just 1ER in 19.2IP at US Cellular. Peavy, though, has a 1.23ERA in his last 3 starts. However, on May 20th, LAA did beat him up for 6ER on 8H in 6IP. Sabermetrics backs us up here, as well. Weaver has a 2.89FIP (5th best in MLB) and 3.26xFIP (6th best in MLB). Peavy has a 4.10FIP and 4.14xFIP. The White Sox have won 19 of 24, but Weaver's a juggernaut at this point, and the Sox won't have enough to overcome a guy who even when not at his best, tortures the South Siders.

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The Bettors Choice
Tuesday July 6, 2010


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