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LAA (-140) over CLE

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Kyle Hunter early bird

Yanks RL for 9/8

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ROT# 961 - Cincinnati Reds +108 (B Arroyo; 8:40 pm)
ROT# 961 - CIN/COL over 9.5 -110 (8:40pm)

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Streaking And Slumping Starting Pitchers

Streaking

Brett Myers, Houston Astros (10-7, 3.02 ERA)

Few pitchers have been as consistently good as the hard-throwing right-hander.

Myers has notched a quality start in 11 of his past 12 outings as opponents are batting a meager .249 against him this season. The former Phillies star has succeed by adapting his approach to whatever lineup he is facing. Over his past six starts, he has had more ground ball outs six times, more fly ball outs three times and the same number once.

And just as vital is the fact he likes to handle his own business, ranking sixth in the National League in innings pitched by lasting 191 frames.

Against the Cubs who he faces on Wednesday, Myers is 2-0 through three starts, posting a 1.59 ERA and a 26-4 strikeout-to-walk ratio.

Cole Hamels, Philadelphia Phillies (9-10, 3.18 ERA)

The 26-year-old South Paw has been dynamite for the Phillies, despite his record being affected by poor run support.

The past three times Hamels has toed the rubber, he has allowed only two earned runs over 22 innings, including shutting out the opposition his two most recent outings. Over this dominant stretch, he has given up only 12 hits and only one home run and walked just four against 21 strikeouts.

"When you know that every pitch means something and you're able to still keep a good frame of mind and battle, you're not going to mess up as easy," Hamels told the Associated Press. "You understand that that one pitch is the game."

Slumping

Derek Holland (2-3, 4.93 ERA)

The 23-year-old left-hander has helped the Rangers by being a patch on their wounded rotation. But he has pitched more like a scrub than a band-aid.

Holland has yielded 10 earned runs over his past three starts, lasting only 15.1 innings and making his way out of the fifth only once. In just 34.2 innings this year, he has allowed 19 earned runs on 34 hits, including six home runs.

Making matters worse, he starts on the road against Toronto on Wednesday. Away from his own ballpark this season, he is 0-3 with a 9.24 ERA.

Derek Lowe (11-12, 4.53 ERA)

A 37-year-old with a sore elbow that has been bothering him for more than a month this late in the season? Sounds like a recipe for disaster.

Lowe has picked up an “L” three of the past four times he has taken the mound, seeing his ERA rise in each of his past three outings. Over that span, he has yielded 12 earned runs over just 16 innings.

What makes things worse is the way he has yielded the runs: the last three times he took the mound he has given up 19 hits, including four home runs, and walked five.

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HOT LINES

Wednesday’s Best MLB Bets

New York Mets at Washington Nationals (-108, 8)

No team in baseball is swinging a hotter bat than the boys from the District of Columbia.

Over the past seven days – a span of six games – the Nats have scored an MLB-best 45 runs – three more than the next closest team, and are batting a Major League-leading .307 over that stretch, including an OBP of .384 that also is tops in the bigs.

The team has been gearing up for this stretch to getting hot for short stretches, scoring at least nine runs in one game of each of its past four series.

And that’s not good for the Mets. New York has a road ERA of 4.46 for the season and has been even worse over its past eight away games, yielding an average of 6.75 runs per outing.

"It's like anything else," Nationals hitting coach Rick Eckstein told the Washington Post. "You go about your day. You work hard. You plan, and you have a plan. When it works and it executes, everything is great. When you're not getting that key hit, when you're not doing that, it goes back to evaluating what adjustments you need to make. Sometimes, you've got to say, 'Nope, we've got the right plan. We've just got to keep plugging away.' The guys have done a nice job to battle and be real tough at the plate and execute."

Pick: Washington Nationals


Cleveland Indians at Los Angeles Angels (-145)

To put it simply, the Angels have waived the white flag.

On Tuesday, Los Angeles purchased the contracts of prospects Mark Trumbo and Hank Conger and recalled right-handers Matt Palmer and Bobby Cassevah and third baseman Kevin Frandsen from Triple-A Salt Lake.

Palmer, Cassevah and Frandsen all have seen time up in the Show this season, but none of them did enough to stick. Meantime, it will be a chance for Trumbo, a 24-year-old first baseman, who is hitting .301 with 36 homers and 122 RBI and Conger, a 22-year-old catcher, who is hitting .300 with 11 homers and 49 RBI, to earn a regular spot for next season.

"They're all players that we know can help us and fill out our depth chart," Angels manager Mike Scioscia told ESPNLosAngeles.com. "We'll see where they can fit in and if they can get a chance to get the feel of contributing in a big league environment. We're excited about some of the guys coming up, but we still have a group in there that we're going to move forward with."

Overall, the Angels are 3-7 in their past 10, six games under .500 and 9.5 games out of the first in the American League West. Good luck, rookies.

Pick: Cleveland Indians

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Bettors' Best Friend (BBF): Wednesday's Wagering Tips

Weather To Watch

Mets at Nationals: There is an expected 15 mph wind blowing across the diamond from first toward third.

Orioles at Yankees: There is an expected 19 mph wind blowing across the diamond from first toward left center field.

Braves at Pirates: There is an expected 17 mph wind blowing across the diamond from first toward third.

White Sox at Tigers: There is an expected 21 mph wind blowing across the diamond from first toward third.

Marlins at Phillies: There is an expected 20 mph wind blowing out toward center field.

Astros at Cubs: There is an expected 10 mph wind blowing across the diamond from third toward first.

Rays at Red Sox: There is an expected 20 mph wind blowing out toward left center field.

Who’s Hot

The Athletics are 7-3 in their past 10 home games.

The Rockies are 36-15 in their past 51 home games.

The over is 9-4 in the White Sox past 13 road games.

Who’s Not

The Mets are 2-7 in their past nine road games.

The under is 6-1-1 in the Cardinals past eight games overall.

The under is 9-4-1 in the Red Sox past 14 games overall.

Key Stat

6: Times this season that Tiger Woods has entered the final round of a tournament trailing by 10 or more shots, the most of any year of his career. Woods remains capable of putting together great rounds, but still has yet to string together strong days.

Injury That Shouldn't Be Overlooked

Anyone who was hoping that Diamondbacks outfielder Justin Upton was close to returning with an ailing left shoulder was devastated when they heard those three dreaded letters on Tuesday: MRI. With the team way out of the playoff chase, they may opt to shut down the 23-year-old slugger the rest of the season. The Diamondbacks, who have yet to get the results of the test, are a streak-hitting lineup and got even streakier if that MRI reveals any significant damage. Upton is hitting .275 with 17 home runs and 68 RBIs in 488 at-bats with Arizona this season.

Game Of The Day

Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox (-121)

Notable Quotes

"We think it will help the kids get their mind on something different at different points of time throughout the day. And we'll take it one day at a time. There's not a manual on how to do these things." -- Wyoming coach Dave Christensen on his team electing to keep its normal routine leading up to its game on Saturday against No. 5 Texas following the death of freshman linebacker Ruben Narcisse in an auto accident early on Monday morning.

Tips And Notes

Maybe the NFL finally listened to common sense regarding rules. In a memo sent to all 32 NFL teams, the umpire will now line up 12 yards from the line of scrimmage when the ball is snapped instead of 15 yards, which was used during the preseason. Additionally, the head linesman or line judge now has the ability to signal when the ball can be snapped instead of forcing quarterbacks to check with referees. Also, the umpire must now only be lined up past the deepest running back and not his established position before a ball can be snapped. The previously revised system caused huge issues for no-huddle teams during the preseason. This still could be a huge issue for some no huddle teams, however, as there remain kinks to be worked out, especially if a team like the Colts is playing in a tight game in Week 1.

Don’t be surprised if the USA-Russia basketball game on Wednesday at the FIBA World Championships is much closer than the line indicates. America enters the contest as +22.5 favorites, a number that seems logical the way the United States has pasted nearly everyone thus far in the tournament. However, Russia employs a tricky zone defense that could stifle an American offense that has thus far been solid but not spectacular from 3-point range. Even more concerning is the Russian front line has an average advantage of three inches on the Americans, making them the tallest team the U.S. will face thus far. Add in the fact that Russia runs a version of the Princeton offense, and if the Europeans slow down the pace, the Americans could be in for a long afternoon.

Pay close attention to the UNLV-Utah line. The Rebels, who covered a three-touchdown spread last week against Wisconsin, find themselves as 23.5-point dogs for their trip to face the Utes on the road this Saturday. But their chances of an upset may take a turn for the better with this news: Utah quarterback Jordan Wynn is day-to-day with a bruised thumb he hurt in a 27-24 OT win against then-No. 15 Pittsburgh. Wynn, who finished with 238 passing yards and three aerial touchdowns likely will be a game-time decision.

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HUSTLETHEBOOKIE
POD

Detroit Tigers over Chicago White Sox

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Hondo

Hondo's Tuesday Night Desperados Delight didn't work out quite as delightfully as planned, but he did lower his deficit to 1,740 hobsons because the Ori oles victory dwarfed his losses with the Royals and Marlins.

Tonight, Mr. Aitch expects Holland to provide a Dutch treat and figures it'll be Garcia later for the Brewers -- 10 units apiece on the Rangers and Cards.

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CappersAccess

Mets
Rockies

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PittViper

ROT# 961 - Cincinnati Reds +108 (B Arroyo; 8:40 pm)
ROT# 961 - CIN/COL over 9.5 -110 (8:40pm)

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Gamblers Data

Wednesday
Cards -125

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JOE WIZ DAILY FREE PICK

under 9 runs bet. Arizona and San Francisco

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Karl Garrett Comp

3 straight comp play winners as the Giants cash in last night.

Also a nice +275.5 Dimes of net profit over the last 7 months of action!

For Wednesday night, the G-Man will back the streaking Houston Astros over the Chicago Cubs.

Houston enters play tonight with 12 wins over their last 16 games, and starter Brett Myers has been murder on the Cubbies in his recent starts against them, as Myers boasts a 4-0 mark the last 5 times he has faced the Cubs. This season, Myers has thrown 23 innings of 4 run ball at Chicago.

Randy Wells counters, and the righty is 0-2 in as many starts against Houston this year with 9 runs allowed in 11 innings of work. Wells is also just 6-12 this season with a 4.56 ERA.

With Houston 9-5 in the season series this year, G-Man will back the 'Stros to leave the Windy City with the series win tonight.

Play on Houston.
4? HOUSTON

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Wednesday, September 8

Hot pitchers
-- Hamels has 1.93 RA in his last six starts. Miller is 1-0, 1.80 in two starts for Florida.
-- Myers is 2-0, 2.12 in his last five starts.
-- JGarcia is 3-0, 0.86 in his last three starts.
-- DHudson is 4-1, 1.99 in seven starts for Arizona.
-- Billingsley is 2-1, 2.04 in his last four starts.

-- Bergesen is 3-1, 3.46 in his last six starts. Nova is 1-0, 3.45 in three starts, but hasn't finished sixth inning in any of them.
-- Buchholz is 5-0, 1.60 in his last seven starts. Garza is 3-0, 0.99 in his last four outings.
-- Danks is 1-0, 2.08 in his last couple road starts.
-- Duensing is 3-1, 2.92 in his last five starts. Greinke is 1-0, 2.73 in his last five starts.
-- Gonzalez is 3-0, 1.04 in his last four starts. French is 3-1, 2.02 in his last four outings.

Cold pitchers
-- Lowe is 0-3, 5.32 in his last four starts. Duke is 2-3, 5.95 in his last seven starts.
-- Dickey is 1-1, 5.85 in his last three starts. LHernandez is 1-2, 12.00 in his last three starts.
-- Wells is 1-5, 6.60 in his last eight starts.
-- Capuano is 1-2, 5.94 in four starts this season.
-- Cook is 1-3, 9.56 in his last four starts. Arroyo is 2-3, 3.90 in his last five starts.
-- Zito is 0-4, 12.12 in his last four starts; his last road win? May 5th.
-- Luebke allowed four runs in five IP in losing his first MLB start.

-- Bonderman is 1-3, 7.22 in his last five starts.
-- Tomlin is 2-3, 5.59 in his last five starts, but did win last two starts. Kazmir is 0-4, 6.35 in his last five starts.
-- Holland is 0-3, 9.26 in his last three starts. Rzapczynski is 0-2, 9.53 in his last four starts.

Totals
-- Under is 5-2 in Lowe's last seven starts.
-- Last six Hanels starts stayed under the total.
-- Under is 9-3 in last dozen Dickey starts.
-- Last six Myers starts stayed under the total.
-- Three of last four JGarcia starts stayed under the total.
-- Under is 10-3-1 in last fourteen Arroyo starts.
-- Eight of last eleven Arizona home games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 7-1-1 in last nine Billingsley starts.

-- Last four Rzepczysnki starts went over the total.
-- Over is 10-5 in last fifteen Bronx home games.
-- Over is 10-1 in last eleven Bonderman starts.
-- Under is 4-1-1 in last six Buchholz starts.
-- Four of last five Greinke starts stayed under the total.
-- Four of last five French starts stayed under the total.
-- Under is 12-3 in Cleveland's last fifteen games.

Hot Teams
-- Nationals won four of their last six home games.
-- Cubs won six of their last nine games. Houston won 12 of its last 16 games.
-- Phillies won 10 of their last 13 games.
-- Reds won six of their last nine games. Colorado is 12-4 in its last sixteen games.
-- Giants won six of their last seven games.

-- Blue Jays won four of their last five home games.
-- Orioles are 8-3 in their last eleven games.
-- White Sox won nine of their last twelve road games. Tigers are 7-2 in their last nine home games.
-- Minnesota is 17-4 in its last twenty-one home games.
-- A's won seven of their last eleven home games.
-- Indians won three of their last four games.

Cold Teams
-- Marlins lost four of their last five road games.
-- Mets are 2-17 in game following their last nineteen wins.
-- Pirates lost seven of their last eleven games. Braves lost five of six.
-- Brewers lost six of their last eight games. Cardinals lost five of their last six road games.
-- Arizona lost its last four games, scoring eight runs.
-- Dodgers lost eight of their last ten games. Padres lost 10 of their last 12 games, but won the last two nights.

-- Rangers are 4-13 in their last seventeen road games.
-- Bronx lost last three games; they're 4-0 this year when they've lost their previous three contests.
-- Rays lost three of their last four games. Red Sox lost eight of their last twelve games.
-- Kansas City lost ten of its last fourteen games.
-- Angels are 4-11 in their last 15 games.
-- Mariners are 6-11 in their last 17 games.

Umpires
-- Atl-Pitt-- Seven of last eight Estabrook games went over the total.
-- Fla-Phil-- Five of last six Iassogna games went over the total.
-- NY-Wsh-- Underdogs are 5-3 (+$269) in last eight BWelke games.
-- Hst-Chi-- Road team won five of last six Vanover games.
-- StL-Mil-- Underdog is 4-3 (+$238) in last seven Barry games.
-- Cin-Colo-- Four of last five Reilly games went over the total.
-- SF-Az-- Home team won seven of last eight Hohn games.
-- LA-SD-- Home team won seven of last nine Runge games.

-- Tex-Tor-- Underdogs are 5-2 (+$296) in last seven Rapuano games.
-- Chi-Det-- Favorites won eight of last ten Gorman games.
-- Blt-NY-- Underdogs are 8-7 (+$79) in last 15 Hirschbeck games.
-- TB-Bos-- Four of last five Cederstrom games went over the total.
-- KC-Min-- Last three Muchlinski games stayed under the total.
-- Sea-A's-- Under is 7-1-1 in last nine Cuzzi games.
-- Clev-LA-- Home team is 22-6 in last 28 West games.