7-17-10

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Saturday’s Streaking and Slumping Starting Pitchers

Streaking

Mark Buehrle (8-7, 4.24 ERA), Chicago White Sox

The long-time White Sox ace is rounding into form. The southpaw hurler has guided the Chi-Sox to a 6-1 record in his last seven trips to the bump. Buehrle’s delivered quality starts in each of his last six outings and the under is 4-2 over the same stretch.

Better yet, he hasn’t been priced higher than -156 in any of his last 10 starts even though the Sox are 8-2 in those games.

Trevor Cahill (9-3, 2.94 ERA), Oakland Athletics

This young righty has been money in the bank for A’s backers all season. Oakland is 9-2 in Cahill’s last 11 starts while the under is 10-3-2 in his 15 starts this season. One more mouthwatering note: The A’s are 5-0 in his last five road outings.

Slumping

Matt Cain (6-8, 3.34 ERA), San Francisco Giants

This hard-throwing righty’s stock is dropping. Sure, he can bring the heat, but San Fran never gives him any run support. The Giants are 0-5 in his last five trips to the mound and he carries a hefty 8.73 ERA over the five-game stretch.

Returning/slumping

Rick Porcello (4-7, 6.14 ERA), Detroit Tigers

Porcello ran into a major sophomore slump following his memorable 2009 campaign. His performance was so dreadful that the Tigers sent him down to the minors in June. He’s scheduled to pitch on Saturday because the team’s in a tough spot with the doubleheader.

"It's one start," manager Jim Leyland told the Detroit Free Press. "It doesn't mean he's back in the rotation. It's just one start. We'll play it by ear from that point on. As it stands right now, he's coming up to pitch a game against the Indians, and that's all it means.”

Porcello has made four starts in the minors, with two gems and two duds.

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Saturday FOX Tips
By Kevin Rogers

The Saturday FOX baseball card employs only two games, but each matchup looms large in the playoff race. The Cardinals grabbed the series opener from the Dodgers in convincing fashion to cut into the Reds' lead atop the NL Central. We'll look at the rematch of last season's NLDS between St. Louis and Los Angeles, but start in the Big Apple with the top two dogs in the American League.

Rays at Yankees - 4:10 PM EST

These two clubs are separated by just two games inside the AL East as they continue a three-game weekend set in the Bronx. A.J. Burnett put a halt to a six-start winless streak by beating the A's his last time out, while Jeff Niemann looks to keep his winning ways going for the Rays.

Burnett (7-7, 4.75 ERA) rebounded from a rash of subpar outings to silence the Oakland bats in a 6-2 victory last Wednesday. The Yankees' right-hander scattered five hits and two earned runs in seven innings, his second straight quality start following five consecutive non-quality outings. Many of Burnett's horrible starts came on the highway, as the Little Rock native owns a 2.96 ERA at Yankee Stadium. Unfortunately, his worst home outing came against these Rays on May 19 as Burnett allowed nine hits and six earned runs in 6.2 innings of a 10-6 setback.

Niemann (7-2, 2.77 ERA) continues to be nearly an automatic win every time he toes the rubber for Tampa Bay. The Rays are 14-4 in his 18 starts, including a perfect 8-0 mark on the road. Niemann has been involved in five straight outings decided by one run, as the Rays are 4-1 in this stretch (the lone loss came on the Edwin Jackson no-hitter against Arizona). The ex-Rice Owl has faced the Yankees three times in his career, all in 2009. The Rays went 2-1 in those three starts, including a road victory last May as a $1.55 underdog, despite tossing just 3.1 innings in an 8-6 win.

The Yankees are 6-2 the last eight meetings in the Bronx, despite the Rays pulling off a two-game sweep back in May. All five matchups have finished 'over' the total this season, while five of Niemann's seven road starts have sailed 'over' the total.

Dodgers at Cardinals - 4:10 PM EST

St. Louis avenged a June three-game sweep by Los Angeles at Chavez Ravine with a 7-1 thrashing of the Dodgers on Thursday. The logjam in the NL West continues to get tighter with the first-place Padres leading the fourth-place Giants by 3 ½ games. The Dodgers sit one game ahead of San Francisco and 2 ½ behind San Diego, but Colorado is still lurking two games off the pace.

The Cardinals are hanging tough in the NL Central behind the Reds, only a ½ game behind entering Friday's action. Adam Wainwright (13-5, 2.11 ERA) looks for his 10th home win of the season, owning a ridiculous 9-0 mark at Busch Stadium, as the Cards are outscoring opponents by nearly five runs a game. The former closer has allowed just one earned run in his last three starts, all victories. Wainwright was on the losing end of a 4-3 decision at Dodger Stadium on June 9, giving up eight hits and four earned runs in six innings of work. The Cardinals' righty dominated the Dodgers at home last July by tossing eight scoreless innings in a 10-0 drubbing of Los Angeles.

Hiroki Kuroda (7-7, 3.87 ERA) has hit the skids following a strong start to the season, going 2-6 after a 5-1 run out of the gate. Kuroda is not getting squeezed either, allowing 14 earned runs his previous three outings, including losses to the Marlins and Diamondbacks. The Dodgers own a 4-1 mark when Kuroda pitches as a road favorite, but an 0-3 ledger when he is listed as a road underdog. Unfortunately for the righty, Kuroda opened as a $1.50 'dog. Fortunately, Kuroda held the Cardinals' bats in check by scattering four hits in seven scoreless innings of a 1-0 shutout of St. Louis on June 8.

Since the start of last season, the home team is 10-4 in this series, including a 4-0 mark in 2010. St. Louis has taken four of the last six meetings at Busch Stadium with the teams combining for eight runs or less five times in this span.

What else to watch for:

The NL Central-leading Reds will get a boost for their rotation as Edinson Volquez makes his first start of the season against the Rockies. Volquez, who finished 17-6 in his All-Star season of 2008, is recovering from Tommy John surgery last summer. Another fireballer takes the ball for Colorado, as Jorge De La Rosa gets the ball for only his second start since late April. The southpaw missed nearly two months with a left middle finger injury.

The Rangers and Red Sox continue their four-game set at Fenway Park with a pair of aces taking the mound. Cliff Lee makes his second start in a Texas uniform, trying to rebound from a loss in his Rangers' debut to the Orioles as a $3.80 favorite. John Lackey goes for the Sox, looking for his first win in three starts after losing to Toronto and Baltimore. Last season, the Angels went 1-4 in Lackey's five starts against Texas, which included the famous two-pitch outing in Arlington in which the righty was ejected for beaning Rangers' second baseman Ian Kinsler.

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THE SHARP SIDE

Atlanta Braves -1.5 (-103)

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BASEBALL CRUSHER
PLAY OF THE DAY

SD Padres (-160) over Arizona Diamondbacks

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BASEBALL CRUSHER
PLAY OF THE DAY

SD Padres (-160) over Arizona Diamondbacks

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JR ODonnell | MLB Money Line Sat, 07/17/10 - 7:10 PM

double-dime bet 926 MIN (-155) Sportbet vs 925 CWS
Analysis:
Minny Twins - 150 listed game at 7
Pavano is the man tonight as Rz goes over the top and $$$$ tonight with the Minny Twins, fresh off a GOW Under Nats WINNER on the Under Nationals /Fla Marlins last night. The Pavano twins are getting some Vegas respect and Jr O respect respect as they pound the Chi Sox tonight. The 47-43 Minny Twins will be the sharp side tonight as the Chi Sox were exposed last night as 4 errors helped the Twins to a W. Buehrle has a nice record so far and Pavano has been super. C Pavano, 5-0 with a 2.87 ERA in his last seven starts, Let's roll out the Pavano lead Minny Twins tonight as the Sox C. Quentin is questionable and the Twins at -150 or so have some Vegas respect tonight. Let's roll the Twins tonight as a POWER PLAY BOMB

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gill alexander | MLB Money Line Sat, 07/17/10 - 7:10 PM

double-dime bet 927 TEX (-135) Bodog vs 928 BOS
Analysis: For two straight days now, we've backed the Rangers in our Best Bet against the Red Sox, and for two straight days, we've cashed in w 5-run and 4-run wins, respectively. Today, we look to pound the Rangers against the depleted BoSox yet again, unabashedly exploiting favorable lines, available because of the public's bent towards Boston. Lee has pitched a CG in 5 of his last 7 starts. He has an otherworldly 66-5 SO-BB ratio. His 15.17 SO/9 and 0.48BB/9 marks are more than twice as good as those of Roy Halladay, who is in 2nd place for both categories. Lee has an MLB leading 0.95WHIP, a 2.59FIP (3rd best in MLB), and a 3.35xFIP (7th best in MLB). Again, as mentioned in my write-ups preceding the last two Rangers-Red Sox ballgames, the absence of Martinez, Varitek, Hermida, and Ellsbury forces Boston to field a decidedly more right-handed hitting lineup. In keeping with our theme with Tommy Hunter and Colby Lewis, Lee dominates righties, as well, holding them to a .215BA this season. Lackey, in contrast, has a 7.74ERA in his last 10 starts v Tex. The Rangers have a .356BA against him over that stretch. Opponents have hit .298 overall v Lackey in 2010. His xFIP of 4.98 is the 10th worst in baseball. Again, I see no reason not to keep hammering Texas, highly backable again at an affordable at -135.