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Tuesday's Betting Tips

Who’s hot

MLB: The over is 13-3 in Jaime Garcia’s last 16 starts for the St. Louis Cardinals.

MLB: The Tampa Bay Rays are 9-0 in David Price’s last nine starts against the Toronto Blue Jays.

WNBA: The over is 8-1 in New York’s last nine road games.

Who’s not

MLB: Texas was just 3-14 in its last 17 games in Detroit heading into Monday's action.

MLB: The under is 1-9 in San Diego’s last 10 home games.

WNBA: The over is 1-8-1 in San Antonio’s last 10 games overall.

Key stat

23 – Atlanta Braves second baseman Dan Uggla extended his hitting streak to 23 games with a solo home run Monday night. Uggla, who was hitting .180 heading into July, is now batting .341 during his hitting streak with nine homers and 19 RBIs.

Injury that shouldn’t be overlooked

Aramis Ramirez, Chicago Cubs – Ramirez sat out Monday’s night with a quad injury and his status for Tuesday’s game is unknown. Ramirez is hitting .286 for the Cubs with 19 homers and 63 RBIs.

Game of the day

St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers (-130, 7.5)

Notable quotable

“There are not a lot of guys like Osi. It’s not like you can just go and pick up one of those guys off the street, but again as of right now, he’s still under contract with the Giants and that’s hopefully how it will be for the rest of the year.” – New York Giants defensive end Justin Tuck on Osi Umenyiora. The Giants have granted Umenyiroa, who tied for the team lead in sacks (11.5) and led the league in forced fumbles (10), permission to seek a trade following their contract dispute. New York’s currently set at +2000 to win Super Bowl XLVI.

Notes and tips

Tiger Woods played his first round since May Monday at Atlanta Athletic Club, where next week's PGA Championship will be held. "I had a blast out there on a wonderful golf course," Woods said in a posting on his website. "It should be a great test for a major championship." He's currently set around +1200 for next week's tournament.

The San Antonio Silver Stars are still stinging from a 1-point loss to Minnesota, but they’ve really turned it around after a terrible month. San Antonio jumped out of the gate to a 7-1 start against the spread, but dropped five of six games against the number in July before covering in four of their last five. "This game doesn't make or break us. There's still a lot of basketball left to be played," guard Jia Perkins told reporters about the teams latest loss that still got supporters to the pay window as 3-point underdogs. "We still have the whole second half. ... We have a chance to redeem ourselves."

San Francisco Giants second baseman Freddy Garcia finally threw in the towel and will undergo season-ending surgery to repair the labrum in his right shoulder. Jeff Keppinger will continue to fill in at second base after being acquired from the Astros last month.

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Hot lines: Tuesday's best MLB bets

Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers (-110, 8.5)

The Texas Rangers put up enough runs to make up for a lot of their deficiencies, but offense can come and go as the standings tighten down the stretch. That’s why they made some aggressive moves to help out their bullpen before the trade deadline.

The Rangers went into Monday’s game with a 4.35 bullpen ERA – 27th in the bigs. They hope Mike Adams and Koji Uehara can help out in that area.

"You look up, and I think we're in a dogfight for the division with the Angels," general manager Jon Daniels told reporters of the deals. "They're a very good club. They've got a good pitching staff. If we're fortunate enough to get to the postseason, then that's a dogfight every night. You're going to need multiple guys to pitch at the back of the bullpen and get big outs in big spots."

Adams and Uehara will definitely help, but Texas always has a tough time in Detroit. We’ll stick with the under.

Pick: Under

Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants (-155, 6)

The Diamondbacks went into Monday’s action with an offense that produced 4.56 runs per game – good for seventh in the majors. That didn’t stop them from dipping into the minor leagues for some more offensive help.

Arizona promoted 23-year-old Paul Goldschmidt ahead of Monday’s action and even though it’s a big jump from Double-A Mobile to the show, he might provide a big spark.

Goldschmidt was hitting .306 with 30 homers, 21 RBIs and 82 walks in 103 games this season. Maybe just as importantly, he has cut his strikeouts from 27 percent of his at-bats last year at Single-A to 20 percent this season.

It remains to be seen if the kid can hit in the big leagues, but we don’t like his chances against The Freak. Lincecum finally looks to be coming around with a 0.95 ERA over his last three trips to the hill.

Pick: Under

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Tuesday's streaking and slumping starting pitchers



Streaking

Ricky Romero, Toronto Blue Jays (8-9, 3.08 ERA)

Romero was nearly untouchable in his last start, giving up just four hits over 8 1/3 innings while striking out seven in a 3-0 win over Baltimore.

Romero now has a 3.05 ERA in his last three starts and has 25 strikeouts over that span. The lefty now has 15 quality starts in 21 outings this year.

Max Scherzer, Detroit Tigers (11-6, 4.28 ERA)

Scherzer took a hard-luck loss last week against the White Sox, only giving up a two-run dinger over six innings. That loss dropped him to 2-2 over his last four starts, but he hasn’t allowed more than two runs in any of those outings.

Scherzer and the Tigers are set as early -110 favorites Tuesday against Texas and the Missouri native is 3-0 lifetime against the Rangers.

Slumping

Chris Capuano, New York Mets (9-10, 4.51 ERA)

Capuano hasn’t been all bad lately, but needs to figure out a way to avoid big innings.

He was rotten in the first inning of his last start against the Reds before cruising along getting beat up again in the sixth inning during a 10-9 loss. Capuano was charged with six earned runs over 5 1/3 innings and has now allowed at least four runs in each of his last three trips to the hill.

Bruce Chen, Kansas City Royals (5-4, 4.29 ERA)

While we normally don’t throw guys in the Slumping section after just one poor start, we don’t see pitchers charged with 10 earned runs in an outing either.

Chen was hammered for the 10-spot over just four innings of work during a 12-5 loss to the Red Sox. He gave up three dingers and walked three.

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Lady luck: Tuesday's best WNBA bets

Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx (-6, 187.5)

The Minnesota Lynx and Phoenix Mercury may be battling out for top spot in the Western Conference all the way down the stretch in the regular season.

The Lynx took the last meeting between the two clubs, dropping the Mercury 106-98 as 4.5-point underdog and now lead the Mercury by two games after coming back to sneak past the Silver Stars on a last-second bucket by Lindsay Whalen.

They were down 12 points at the break and trailing in the second half isn’t something the Lynx are used to.

"You don't know until you've been in that spot," Taj McWilliams-Franklin told reporters. "This is the first time we've been down and had to come back. The games we lost, we were up and let the other teams come back on us. It was our first real challenge on the season.”

We see them building upon that.

Pick: Lynx

New York Liberty at Atlanta Dream (-4.5, 164.5)

If the Atlanta Dream are going to keep making up ground after a terrible start to the season, they’re going to need a lot from Angel McCoughtry.

The Dream saw their five-game winning streak snapped by Connecticut on Sunday falling 99-92 as a 4.5-point underdog. McCoughtry did her part by pouring in 36 points, including 19 in the final frame, despite the fact that she missed the first seven minutes of the game after feeling ill.

She has now cracked the 30-point plateau three times in the last four games.

"It might be one of the damndest games I've seen since I've been in this league," Sun coach Mike Thibault said. "The Dream shot 66 percent in the second half and lost."

We see Atlanta getting back on track at home.

Pick: Dream

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Tuesday’s Betting Tips: Price Burning Jays Bettors

Who’s Hot

MLB: The over is 13-3 in Jaime Garcia’s last 16 starts for the St. Louis Cardinals.

MLB: The Tampa Bay Rays are 9-0 in David Price’s last nine starts against the Toronto Blue Jays.

WNBA: The over is 8-1 in New York’s last nine road games.

Who’s Not

MLB: Texas was just 3-14 in its last 17 games in Detroit heading into Monday's action.

MLB: The under is 1-9 in San Diego’s last 10 home games.

WNBA: The over is 1-8-1 in San Antonio’s last 10 games overall.

Key Stat

23 – Atlanta Braves second baseman Dan Uggla extended his hitting streak to 23 games with a solo home run Monday night. Uggla, who was hitting .180 heading into July, is now batting .341 during his hitting streak with nine homers and 19 RBIs.

Injury That Shouldn’t Be Overlooked

Aramis Ramirez, Chicago Cubs – Ramirez sat out Monday’s night with a quad injury and his status for Tuesday’s game is unknown. Ramirez is hitting .286 for the Cubs with 19 homers and 63 RBIs.

Game Of The Day

St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers (-130, 7.5)

Notable Quotable

“There are not a lot of guys like Osi. It’s not like you can just go and pick up one of those guys off the street, but again as of right now, he’s still under contract with the Giants and that’s hopefully how it will be for the rest of the year.” – New York Giants defensive end Justin Tuck on Osi Umenyiora. The Giants have granted Umenyiroa, who tied for the team lead in sacks (11.5) and led the league in forced fumbles (10), permission to seek a trade following their contract dispute. New York’s currently set at +2000 to win Super Bowl XLVI.

Tips And Notes

Tiger Woods played his first round since May Monday at Atlanta Athletic Club, where next week's PGA Championship will be held. "I had a blast out there on a wonderful golf course," Woods said in a posting on his website. "It should be a great test for a major championship." He's currently set around +1200 for next week's tournament.

The San Antonio Silver Stars are still stinging from a 1-point loss to Minnesota, but they’ve really turned it around after a terrible month. San Antonio jumped out of the gate to a 7-1 start against the spread, but dropped five of six games against the number in July before covering in four of their last five. "This game doesn't make or break us. There's still a lot of basketball left to be played," guard Jia Perkins told reporters about the teams latest loss that still got supporters to the pay window as 3-point underdogs. "We still have the whole second half. ... We have a chance to redeem ourselves."

San Francisco Giants second baseman Freddy Garcia finally threw in the towel and will undergo season-ending surgery to repair the labrum in his right shoulder. Jeff Keppinger will continue to fill in at second base after being acquired from the Astros last month.

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Hondo

You can't get bludgeoned every night. Hondo proved that last night when Kershaw and Co. stayed classy in San Diego, which resulted in the deficit tumbling to 2,075 parnells.

Tonight, Mr. Aitch will go with Huff to post a win over the Bosawx -- 20 units on the Native Americans.

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Gamblers Data

Free Play TUESDAY

Twins/Angels un 7.5

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Free Selection from Arthur Ralph Sports

688- 516 57 % Run over 3 YEARS

Free one Tues: Cinci Reds -125

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Mighty Quinn

Mighty missed with the Mets Monday night.

Tuesday it's the Mets. The deficit is 2759 sirignanos.

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Joe Wiz - free play
Baltimore / KC under 9.5

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Today's MLB Picks

Cincinnati at Houston

The Astros look to build on their 4-1 record in Wandy Rodriguez' last 5 starts as a home underdog. Houston is the pick (+105) according to Dunkel, which has the Astros favored by 1. Dunkel Pick: Houston (+105). Here are all of today's picks.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2
Time Posted: 7:00 a.m. EST Game 951-952: Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh (7:05 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Cubs (Wells) 14.767; Pittsburgh (Correia) 14.258
Dunkel Line: Chicago Cubs by 1/2; 10
Vegas Line: Pittsburgh (-150); 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Chicago Cubs (+130); Over Game 953-954: Atlanta at Washington (7:05 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Atlanta (Lowe) 14.676; Washington (Lannan) 14.999
Dunkel Line: Washington by 1/2; 7
Vegas Line: Atlanta (-120); 7 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Washington (+100); Under Game 955-956: Florida at NY Mets (7:10 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Florida (Hand) 15.170; NY Mets (Capuano) 14.784
Dunkel Line: Florida by 1/2; 8
Vegas Line: NY Mets (-130); 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Florida (+110); Under Game 957-958: Cincinnati at Houston (8:05 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Cincinnati (Bailey) 14.485; Houston (Rodriguez) 15.535
Dunkel Line: Houston by 1; 9
Vegas Line: Cincinnati (-125); 7 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Houston (+105); Over Game 959-960: St. Louis at Milwaukee (8:10 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: St. Louis (Garcia) 15.419; Milwaukee (Marcum) 15.064
Dunkel Line: St. Louis by 1/2; 6
Vegas Line: Milwaukee (-130); 7 1/2
Dunkel Pick: St. Louis (+110); Under Game 961-962: Philadelphia at Colorado (8:40 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Philadelphia (Kendrick) 15.192; Colorado (Cook) 15.839
Dunkel Line: Colorado by 1/2; 9
Vegas Line: Philadelphia (-120); 10
Dunkel Pick: Colorado (+100); Under Game 963-964: LA Dodgers at San Diego (10:05 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: LA Dodgers (Kuroda) 15.368; San Diego (Stauffer) 14.373
Dunkel Line: LA Dodgers by 1; 7 1/2
Vegas Line: San Diego (-110); 6 1/2
Dunkel Pick: LA Dodgers (-110); Over Game 965-966: Arizona at San Francisco (10:15 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Arizona (Hudson) 15.000; San Francisco (Lincecum) 15.393
Dunkel Line: San Francisco by 1/2; 5
Vegas Line: San Francisco (-155); 6
Dunkel Pick: San Francisco (-155); Under Game 967-968: Texas at Detroit (7:05 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Texas (Lewis) 16.253; Detroit (Scherzer) 15.243
Dunkel Line: Texas by 1; 7 1/2
Vegas Line: Detroit (-120); 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Texas (+100); Under Game 969-970: Cleveland at Boston (7:10 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Cleveland (Huff) 15.102; Boston (Beckett) 15.989
Dunkel Line: Boston by 1; 9 1/2
Vegas Line: Boston (-245); 9
Dunkel Pick: Boston (-245); Over Game 971-972: Toronto at Tampa Bay (7:10 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Toronto (Romero) 16.845; Tampa Bay (Price) 16.037
Dunkel Line: Toronto by 1; 8
Vegas Line: Tampa Bay (-145); 7
Dunkel Pick: Toronto (+125); Over Game 973-974: NY Yankees at Chicago White Sox (8:10 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: NY Yankees (Hughes) 15.187; White Sox (Danks) 16.119
Dunkel Line: Chicago White Sox by 1; 8
Vegas Line: Chicago White Sox (-110); 9
Dunkel Pick: Chicago White Sox (-110); Under Game 975-976: Baltimore at Kansas City (8:10 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Baltimore (Simon) 15.020; Kansas City (Chen) 14.495
Dunkel Line: Baltimore by 1/2; 10
Vegas Line: Kansas City (-125); 9
Dunkel Pick: Baltimore (+105); Over Game 977-978: Minnesota at LA Angels (10:05 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Minnesota (Duensing) 14.730; LA Angels (Santana) 15.636
Dunkel Line: LA Angels by 1; 7
Vegas Line: LA Angels (-160); 7 1/2
Dunkel Pick: LA Angels (-160); Under Game 979-980: Oakland at Seattle (10:10 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Oakland (Harden) 15.601; Seattle (Hernandez) 14.601
Dunkel Line: Oakland by 1; 7
Vegas Line: Seattle (-165); 6
Dunkel Pick: Oakland (+145); Over

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WNBA Basketball Picks

Phoenix at Minnesota

The Lynx look to take advantage of a Phoenix team that is 8-18 ATS in its last 26 games against teams with a winning SU record. Minnesota is the pick (-6) according to Dunkel, which has the Lynx favored by 10 1/2. Dunkel Pick: Minnesota (-6). Here are all of today's picks.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2
Time Posted: 7:30 a.m. EST Game 651-652: New York at Atlanta (7:35 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: New York 111.426; Atlanta 113.947
Dunkel Line & Total: Atlanta by 2 1/2; 168
Vegas Line & Total: Atlanta by 6 1/2; 165
Dunkel Pick: New York (+6 1/2); Over Game 653-654: Phoenix at Minnesota (8:05 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Phoenix 113.260; Minnesota 123.928
Dunkel Line & Total: Minnesota by 10 1/2; 179
Vegas Line & Total: Minnesota by 6; 187 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Minnesota (-6); Under Game 655-656: San Antonio at Seattle (10:05 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: San Antonio 111.667; Seattle 116.339
Dunkel Line & Total: Seattle by 4 1/2; 150
Vegas Line & Total: Seattle by 5; 145
Dunkel Pick: San Antonio (+5); Over

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Sportsbook Investing
Play of the Day:

Rays -140 over Bluejays

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