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The Houston Astros have struggled on the road and when Bud Norris takes the mound, they have been outscored by over 2 runs a game in all of his starts, posting just two wins in his eight starts for the season. Ross Olendorf has just one win on the season, but the numbers are deceptive as he has pitched to a fairly decent 4.22 ERA - certainly more deserving of a single win. The Pirates are scoring 2 runs per game in his 13 starts, and sooner or later those numbers even out. The Astros sport just a 21-53 mark in their last 74 posted as a road dog, and just 16-44 on the road vs. a right-hand pitcher.
I'll go with Pittsburgh in this one.
It's been an absolutely horrific season for the Baltimore Orioles as they have the worst record in all of baseball. The second half of the season began much like the entire first half went as Baltimore lost again, this time to the Toronto Blue Jays. Brad Bergesen allowed nine hits and four earned runs in six innings of work to take his seventh loss of the year as the Orioles used five pitchers total. Ty Wigginton, Felix Pie, and Julio Lugo all had two hits each but it only led to two runs which wasn't half enough to match Toronto. The loss puts Baltimore 28 games back in the American League East and makes the birds 5-5 in their last 10 games. For game two of the series Baltimore starts Jeremy Guthrie who has had a rough year individually. For the season Guthrie has allowed 112 hits and 59 earned runs while striking out 57 in 111 and a third innings of work. The Toronto Blue Jays got back to .500, a mark they have been better than for the bulk of the season. Aaron Hill hit his 13th home run of the year and had three hits while Fred Lewis had two hits and scored twice to pace the offense. Ricky Romero allowed five hits and two runs while striking out five to get his seventh win of the year. Toronto has gone 5-5 in their last 10 games and have been outscored by their opponents by a total of one run all season. Toronto looks to get over the .500 mark as they start Brandon Morrow who didn't make it out of the fourth inning in his last start. For the season Morrow has allowed 99 hits and 54 earned runs while striking out 111 in 100 innings of work. Baltimore is 4-2 in their last six home games as an underdog, 33-73 in their last 106 overall, 1-5 in Guthrie's last six starts as a home underdog, and 5-3 in their last eight home games. Toronto is 5-10 in their last 15 games overall, 2-4 in their last six against the AL East, 4-1 in Morrow's last five starts as a favorite, and 2-6 in their last eight road games. Toronto has won the last seven meetings in this series.
TAKE TORONTO MINUS HERE.
Jeff Benton Saturday's Action 30 DIME selection on the TEXAS RANGERS over the Red Sox as this four-game series contiaues. Texas is a solid favorite raneging from -135 to -140 in this contest. Make sure to list Cliff Lee as the Rangers’ starting pitcher. If Lee doesn’t start, this play is VOID.
10 DIME selection the ATLANTA BRAVES on the run line over the Brewers in the third game of a weokend series. The run-line odds in this game are a pick-em both in Vegas and offshore. Pitchers are automatically listed with run-line plays, so both Tim Hudson (Atlanta) and Chris Narveson (Milwaukee) must start. If either doesn’t pitch, this play is VOID.
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