The Standard: 200 units
Yesterday: 1-2, -9.75 units
Currently: -57.85 units
Units remaining: 257.85
-Winning 9 of 13 days of plays in July(35-23-2,+62.15 units)
-Totals run of 24-15-3 last 42
7/17/09
$500 San Fran -145
SF sends Lincecum (10-2, 2.33) to face Maholm (6-4, 4.60). Giants face a lowly Pirates team who have lost 8 of 10. SF has won 7 of their last 10 ball games. Lincecum has gone 3-0 in his last 3 starts, and he is 5-1 on the road this season. The Giants have also won in his last 4 starts, and in 7 of his last 10 outings. Maholm is having a decent year, but with the lack of support is not a sure bet. The bullpen has been weak all season. Pitt has only won just 10 of his 18 starts all season. Of those, the Pirates are just 3-4 at home in Maholm starts, even though he holds a 2.96 ERA at home. That says little about the talent out of the pen. Pirates slump continues as I dont see it changing anytime soon.
$500 NY Yankees -230
Burnett looks to continue his dominant pitching against the first place Tigers at home. Yanks are 21-9 vs. Detroit over the last 30 meetings. Hard to believe, after all Detroit is a contender and has been for a few years. Burnett has been solid in 09, with stats showing 8-4, 3.74. The Yanks are 11-6 in his starts this year. His last 3 show a 1.77 ERA and a 3-0 mark. French and the Tigers would need something good up their sleeves to pull this out. French has only made 2 starts. His resume shows 11 innings, 3 ERs. He failed to go deep in Minnesota, where the Twins wound up finishing with 9. French will start strong but struggle the 2nd and 3rd time through the line-up. Look for the Yanks to control this one and win by several.
$200 Chicago Cubs -130
$200 Cubs/Nats UNDER 9
The Nationals are the worst in the majors, and action must be taken in this game. Zambrano has owned this team in his last 2 starts against them allowing just 1 ER over 13.66 INN. The Nats will continue to struggle in this meeting as they did last night. Zambrano and the Cubbies have won in 6 of his last 8 outings vs. Wash. Stammen replaces Olsen for the Nats who have struggled closing games out all year. Stammen has allowed opponents to put up 5 runs on him per outing over his last 4 at home. Game 1 was a 3-1 game going into the 9th inning. Final 6-2. Nats need help and they wont get it in this game. The Nats have only won in 2 of Stammens last 7 outings. Big Z will dominate this line-up and keep this one under the total single-handedly. Look for a 5-1 final.
$200 Minnesota/Texas UNDER 11
This one will easily stay under the total of 11 runs. Texas has played 20 more under games on the season. This one looks for an easy under on paper. Perkins has shown unders in 4 of his last 5 on road. He allowed 2 ERs in his last 2 on road, over 14 innings. Perkins has a knack for pitching Texas well, as last year he allowed 2 ERs in 2 starts against them, both at home. Texas scored 4 runs in total in those games, and the last start against them was a 6-0 final, an under. Padilla has been solid at home. Opponents have only scored 13 runs in his last 4 at home. In 2008, Padilla pitched in 3 wins vs. Twins, and showed 2 shutouts over 16 innings, one being a complete game. Padilla has allowed 8 ERs in his last 5 vs. Minny. Texas is 4-1 in those gms. Like a 5-3 game at best.  |