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Keith Glantz
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Houston Astros vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
Thursday’s MLB slate closes out in the desert at 9:40 ET from Chase Field where the Arizona Diamondbacks will look to gain a half game on the division leading San Francisco Giants when they close out their four-game series with the Houston Astros.
Manager Brad Mills’ squad cashed as huge +190 underdogs in the series opener and looked well on their way towards doing so in Game 2 on Tuesday night after bursting out to a 7-1 lead through four innings. Unfortunately, Jordan Lyles wasted his squad’s offensive barrage by surrendering 12 hits and seven ERs in his limited amount of work; he gave up four unanswered runs in the 5th and two more in the 6th before getting yanked. When it was all said and done, Houston fell 11-9 to move to an MLB worst 40 games under .500 that’s cost its betting backers a whopping $3130 overall. The Astros are the only NL team yet to register 20 road wins to date.
Tuesday’s monumental comeback saw the D’Backs keep stride with the Giants who shut the Pirates out 6-0. In doing so, they find themselves just a half-game in back of the defending World Series champions with 46 regular season games yet to be played. Though the Snakes possess a 4.06 team ERA (#20), they’ve been getting it done offensively scoring an average of 4.54 runs per game (#8) while launching 131 big flies (#4) and stealing 87 total bases (#11). The Diamondbacks have been kind to their MLB bettors as well checking in at #2 on the $$$ rankings with a $1287 overall return with only $94 of that profit coming at home (31-26).
Surprisingly, the road team has been the way to go in these team’s 2011 rivalry as Zona’s comeback win on Tuesday night was the only win registered by the home team in these NL reps five overall meetings; the ‘over’ cashed in four of those match-ups and is 16-7 the L/23 times these teams hooked up in the desert. Houston’s dropped each of Brett Myer’s L/4 road starts and stands a woeful 1-11 in his L/12 starts against +.500 opposition. On the flipside, Arizona is 7-1 its L/8 vs. sub .400 opposition and 5-2 in Joe Saunders’ L/7 starts vs. a team with a losing record.
PICK: ARIZONA/HOUSTON OVERComment
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SPORTS WAGERS
Edmonton +6½ +102 over MONTREAL
Fred Stamps, the leagues leading receiver is out for the Eskies and while that hurts, it’s not that big a deal when you have a QB that can hit receivers between the numbers. Edmonton has revealed a crack in its armor the past two weeks by just squeaking by the dreadful Argonauts and subsequently losing to Winnipeg last week. That was its first loss of the season and with the loss of Stamps and two sub-par efforts expect the intensity for the Eskies to be dialed big time once again. The Eskies stock has taken a big drop the past two weeks and now is the time to buy low. Montreal whacked the Argos last week to run their record to 4-2. They’ve beaten Toronto twice and Saskatchewan and B.C. once each. There are three teams in the CFL under .500 and those three teams are Toronto, Saskatchewan and B.C. Combined that trio is 3-15 with all three owning an identical 1-5 record. In reality, these Alouettes are not as good as advertised and their defense is horrible. They lost to Saskatchewan and they lost to Hamilton and they don’t have a single notable or impressive game on their résumé this season. The Eskies do. Edmonton has a better record (5-1), they’ve had the tougher schedule with wins over Winnipeg, Calgary and Hamilton and they’re being offered a big 6½-points because the Alouettes are getting way too much credit from the general public. Play: Edmonton +6½ (Risking 3 units).Comment
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