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NY Mets at MILWAUKEE

Afternoon UNDER at Miller Park today as the Mets, and the Brewers get themselves involved in a pitchers duel.

Last night’s extra-inning game did slip OVER the posted total, but New York has still be UNDER in 3 of their last 4, while Milwaukee has stayed LOW in 3 of their last 5.

Oliver Perez is coming off a 6 inning, 1 run start against the Marlins, while his counterpart Dave Bush has thrown 21 innings of 6 run ball his last 3 starts.

Bush’s home ERA is just over 3, while Perez sports a road ERA just over 4. We are going to play this one UNDER the posted total, as we see a definite pitcher’s duel emerging.

Play on the LOW.

1♦ UNDER

Chris Jordan

Pittsburgh at CINCINNATI

We play the Over in the Pittsburgh/Cincinnati contest tonight.

List both pitchers and watch this one soar into double digits. There are plenty of numbers backing this move, as Pittsburgh’s Zach Duke is 0-5 on the road this season and has a 5.72 ERA to go with that record. Plus, nine of his 12 road starts have gone over the posted number. On the flipside, while Edinson Volquez is 8-2 in 11 home starts, nine of those games have gotten past the number. Whether or not that’s because he’s giving up the runs is irrelevant, as the totals are certainly soaring.

Duke has lost three straight and has given up a combined 12 earned runs in those games, while Volquez has yielded nine earned runs over 11 innings in his last two starts. And with Volquez aboard the rubber, the Reds are on Over runs of 8-0 at home, 10-1 overall and 7-1 when he’s facig the NL Central. Even further, these two came into this series on a 10-2 over run when they play in Cincinnati. This one should have no issue getting up there tonight.

3♦ OVER

Karl Garrett

Seattle -120 at TEXAS

Afternoon winner today on the Mariners over the Rangers.

Seattle did have their 4 game winning streak snapped last night, but the do have Felix Hernandez on the mound for today’s game, and Hernandez has won his last pair of starts to move to 9-8 on the year.

Dustin Nippert will counter for the slumping Texas Rangers. Even with last night’s win, Texas has still dropped 4 of their last 6, and Nippert has yet to win in his two starts this season.

Nippert has lasted just 9 innings, and has allowed 10 runs to cross.

Seattle’s bats have been swinging hot lately, and I don’t see Nippert cooling them off today.

Take Seattle minus the small road chalk.

4♦ SEATTLE

Marc Lawrence

Play On: Washington

The Nats send Odalis Perez to the hill against Joe Blanton and the Phillies in a game that has upset written all over it. For openers, Perez has cashd in 6 of his 9 career team starts against Philadelphia, winning each of his last three home efforts while posting a microscopic 0.38 ERA at home in those games against today’s visitors. On the flip side, Blanton is 2-11 on the road on Wednesday in his MLB career with a 7.32 ERA. With Perez’ 2.57 ERA at home this season more than three full runs better than his 5.66 road ERA and Blanton owning a lousy 5.28 ERA on the road this year, we have no problem whatsoever staying at home with the Nationals tonight.

Jimmy The Moose

Los Angeles Angels at Detroit Tigers
Prediction: Los Angeles Angels

The Angels beat the Tigers again last night and will take another one tonight. LA is 28-13 in their last 41 games played on grass. The Angels are 6-2 in Garland’s last 8 starts. The Angels have won 5 of his last 7 road starts. In Garland’s last 6 starts vs. a team with a losing record the Angels are 5-1. The Tigers have now lost 7 of their last 9 games. Detroit is 2-5 in Miner’s last 7 home starts. The Tigers are 15-42 in the last 57 meetings between the clubs. LA is 18-8 in their last 26 trips to Detroit. Play on the Angel

Scott Ferrall

BASEBALL FREE B’s FOR WEDNESDAY

BEST IN BOLD

DICE K and Boston -220 over Baltimore

ChiSox 130 at Cleveland-Vazquez over Sowers

LA -220 over SD

Chicago Cubs -240 over Houston

Philly 155 at Washington-Blanton wins

Cincy -205 over Pittsburgh-Volquez over Olendorf

DUNKEL

Houston at Chicago Cubs
The charging Astros look to follow up yesterday’s 3-0 win over the Cubs and build on their six-game winning streak. Houston is the underdog pick (+195) according to Dunkel, which has the Astros favored straight up by 1. Dunkel Pick: Houston (+195). Here are all of today’s games.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

Game 901-902: Atlanta at Florida
Dunkel Ratings: Atlanta (Morton) 13.521; Florida (Sanchez) 14.824
Dunkel Line: Florida by 1 1/2; 10
Vegas Line: Florida (-170); 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Florida (-170); Over

Game 903-904: Philadelphia at Washington
Dunkel Ratings: Philadelphia (Hamels) 15.562; Washington (Lannan) 16.571
Dunkel Line: Washington by 1; 8
Vegas Line: Philadelphia (-210); 7 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Washington (+195); Over

Game 905-906: Pittsburgh at Cincinnati
Dunkel Ratings: Pittsburgh (Snell) 15.060; Cincinnati (Harang) 14.729
Dunkel Line: Pittsburgh by 1/2; 11
Vegas Line: Cincinnati (-150); 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Pittsburgh (+140); Over

Game 907-908: Houston at Chicago Cubs
Dunkel Ratings: Houston (Backe) 16.083; Cubs (Zambrano) 15.213
Dunkel Line: Houston by 1; 6 1/2
Vegas Line: Chicago Cubs (-210); No Run Line
Dunkel Pick: Houston (+195); N/A

Game 909-910: NY Mets at Milwaukee
Dunkel Ratings: NY Mets (Niese) 15.385; Milwaukee (Parra) 16.991
Dunkel Line: Milwaukee by 1 1/2; 8 1/2
Vegas Line: Milwaukee (-130); 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Milwaukee (-130); Under

Game 911-912: San Francisco at Colorado
Dunkel Ratings: San Francisco (Lincecum) 14.821; Colorado (Hernandez) 14.346
Dunkel Line: San Francisco by 1/2; 10
Vegas Line: San Francisco (-200); 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: San Francisco (-200); Over

Game 913-914: St. Louis at Arizona
Dunkel Ratings: St. Louis (Wainwright) 14.934; Arizona (Petit) 13.325
Dunkel Line: St. Louis by 1 1/2; 9 1/2
Vegas Line: Arizona (-130); 9
Dunkel Pick: St. Louis (+120); Over

Game 915-916: San Diego at LA Dodgers
Dunkel Ratings: San Diego (Baek) 16.030; LA Dodgers (Kershaw) 15.046
Dunkel Line: San Diego by 1; 7
Vegas Line: LA Dodgers (-200); 8
Dunkel Pick: San Diego (+185); Under

Game 917-918: Chicago White Sox at Cleveland
Dunkel Ratings: White Sox (Danks) 15.025; Cleveland (Carmona) 16.093
Dunkel Line: Cleveland by 1; 8
Vegas Line: Chicago White Sox (-130); 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Cleveland (+120); Under

Game 919-920: LA Angels at Detroit
Dunkel Ratings: LA Angels (Saunders) 14.485; Detroit (Lambert) 14.597
Dunkel Line: Detroit by 1/2; 11
Vegas Line: LA Angels (-150); 10
Dunkel Pick: Detroit (+140); Over

Game 921-922: Baltimore at Boston
Dunkel Ratings: Baltimore (Liz) 14.747; Boston (Lester) 16.826
Dunkel Line: Boston by 2; 12
Vegas Line: Boston (-290); 11
Dunkel Pick: Boston (-290); Over

Game 923-924: Minnesota at Toronto
Dunkel Ratings: Minnesota (Perkins) 15.937; Toronto (Purcey) 16.573
Dunkel Line: Toronto by 1/2; 9 1/2
Vegas Line: Minnesota (-120); 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Toronto (+110); Over

Game 925-926: NY Yankees at Tampa Bay
Dunkel Ratings: NY Yankees (Mussina) 15.667; Tampa Bay (Garza) 17.107
Dunkel Line: Tampa Bay by 1 1/2; 9
Vegas Line: Tampa Bay (-125); 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Tampa Bay (-125); Over

Game 927-928: Seattle at Texas
Dunkel Ratings: Seattle (Feierabend) 16.776; Texas (McCarthy) 15.706
Dunkel Line: Seattle by 1; 13
Vegas Line: Texas (-170); 12
Dunkel Pick: Seattle (+160); Over

Game 929-930: Oakland at Kansas City
Dunkel Ratings: Oakland (Gonzalez) 14.376; Kansas City (Greinke) 13.737
Dunkel Line: Oakland by 1/2; 8
Vegas Line: Kansas City (-150); 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Oakland (+140); Under

Dave Cokin

MIN Twins and TOR Blue Jays
Take TOR Blue Jays

I don’t believe the Twins will make the playoffs when all the dust clears, and a big part of the reason is the young pitching. They’ve gotten great mileage out of the rookies Blackburn and Perkins, but both are up there in innings and the wear is starting to show. The Twins are a little fatigued as a team as they near the end of this very long road trip, and they draw a very tough assignment here in AJ Burnett. Burnett is in good form, owns the Twins and has a shot at a 20 win season. Toronto is a good sized favorite, but they look like the right side to me tonight.

Jim Feist

NYM Mets And MIL Brewers
Take: MIL Brewers

The New York Mets still in a dogfight for the NL East with the Phillies. The Mets find themselves two games ahead of the Philadelphia with good reason to win outright. Odds are if the Mets fail to win the division they will not make the playoffs, seeing that Milwaukee currently has a better record and currently holds the Wild Card spot. Oliver Perez goes to the hill today for the Mets. Perez is 5-5 on the road with a 4.01 ERA. In addition, the Mets lost the one game that Perez started against the Brewers, a 9-7 shootout back in April. The Brewers are just three weeks away from ending their 26-year playoff drought. The Brewers have a comfortable 5 1/2 game lead over the Phillies for the Wild Card spot with a magic number of 20. Even if the Brewers finished the season with a 14-11 record, that would mean the Phillies would have to go 19-5 just to tie the Brewers. Lots of wisdom coming from the burning Bush, that is Dave Bush of the Brewers. Bush has heated up just as the Wild Card races have heated up. Bush may be just 9-9 on the year with a 4.15 era, but the right-hander has won four straight decisions, allowing just eight earned runs in his last 34 innings. The Brewers need a win here to keep pace tighten their grip on the Wild Card spot.

Bobby Maxwell

Oakland at KANSAS CITY -110

Kansas City has won four straight against the A’s, including Tuesday’s easy winner and we’re backing the Royals in this one behind Brian Bannister (7-14, 5.75 ERA) who started the season strong but has stumbled a bit lately.

The Royals have lost five straight Bannister outings but he has pitched well in his last two, including a week ago when he held the Rangers to two earned runs in 6.2 innings of a 3-2 victory. Against Oakland back on July 30 he held the A’s to two runs in five innings of a 4-3 win.

Oakland had lefty Dana Eveland (8-8, 4.21) on the mound who has allowed 14 runs in his last three road outings in 14 innings of work. The A’s have dropped nine of their last 10 Wednesday games, and they are just 7-22 in their last 29 on the road.

Neither team is exactly tearing it up lately but look for the Royals to bang out some runs and get this victory.

3♦ KANSAS CITY

Bob Harvey

Los Angeles Dodgers -1.5

Will the REAL LA Dodgers please stand-up? Are you the guys who lost eight straight followed by a four-game winning streak? This Dodger team has had more ups and downs this season than you can count. But just when it’s time to count ‘em out, faster than you can say “Man-Ram�, they’re right back in the race in the NL “Worst�. Tonight Joe Torre’s club looks to extend their winning streak to five games and sweep a home series against the Padres for the first time in over three years. If the Dodgers are to win the West, they’ll need Manny Ramirez to keep producing like he’s done since he donned “Dodger Blue�. Ramirez homered last night, his 30th of the season and is now 16-for-28 (.571) with four homers, eight runs batted in and 10 runs scored over the last eight games. Manny is also hitting .414 with 10 homers and 29 RBI since coming to LA. What goes unnoticed is that the presence of Ramirez in the line-up, has made everyone in the Dodger line-up better, including and especially Andre Eithier (19 homeruns) and Matt Kemp (16 HR’s, 69 rbi’s and 32 stolen bases). You can call it the “Manny being Manny� factor but it’s because of him the Dodgers will edge Arizona and win the West. Tonight the Dodger send Hiroki Kuroda to hill. Kuroda is 7-10, with a 3.87 ERA, but has fared much better at home. He’s 5-2 with a 2.70 ERA in his last nine starts at Dodger Stadium. Wade Leblanc, making his major league debut, will toe the rubber for San Diego. Leblanc was 11-9 with an ERA of 5.32 in Portland. As I said at the top, it’s been very hard to get a read on the Dodgers this season. I think though this is the right spot with the right pitcher on the hill. Look for LA to cover the RL against Los Padres.

Matt Fargo

Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers
Prediction: Seattle Mariners

The season has been long gone for Seattle but it has not thrown any towel in as it is now on a 7-2 run over the last nine games. The offense has been pretty good but it has been the pitching that has made the difference as it has allowed four runs or fewer in six of those games. Over the last 10 games, the ERA is at 3.82 with that exact number coming from both the starters and the bullpen.

Texas had a very solid run going at one point and looked like it might make a playoff push but that has since ended. The Rangers are 8-18 in their last 26 games overall and this includes a 3-10 record in their last 13 games at Rangers Ballpark. While the pitching was the problem early on in this stretch, the hitting has been the problem of late as Texas has averaged only 3.8 rpg over its last eight games. The team ERA is 5.33 on the season, which is worst in baseball and the bullpen has posted a 7.22 ERA over the last 10 games.

Seattle sends Felix Hernandez to the mound in search of his 10th victory on the year. He has been the victim of a lot of bad luck as his nine wins do not correlate with his 3.27 ERA on the year. He has been even better on the road with a 3.18 ERA in 12 starts. Two of those starts came in Texas and both were quality outings. Six of his last seven starts against the Rangers have been quality performances and he has posted a 2.56 ERA over that span. Seattle is 6-2 in his last eight road starts.

Texas counters with Dustin Nippert and it has been a struggle this season. He is coming off a decent start last time out against the Angels but his combined ERA as a starter and a reliever is 7.53 in 16 appearances. The opposition is hitting .329 against him this season and that is part of the reason for his whopping 1.94 WHIP. He has a 34:26 K:BB ratio and the Rangers have lost each of the last eight games he has been involved in. The Mariners keep it going here. Play Seattle Mariners 1.5 Units

Frank Jordan

Minnesota Twins vs. Toronto Blue Jays
Play: Toronto Blue Jays

Toronto hit 3 homeruns and scored some runs late to win 7-5 over Minnesota at home. For Wednesday AJ Burnett is going as things don’t get any easier for Minnesota North of the border. Look for AJ Burnett to earn his 17th win of the year in a dominating home performance. Play Toronto

Tom Freese

Los Angeles at Detroit

The Angels are 37-18 their last 55 games vs. righty starters and they are 41-17 in Game 2 of a series. The Halos are 6-2 in the last 8 starts made by Jon Garland and they are 18-8 their last 26 games at Detroit. The Tigers are 18-41 their last 59 home games vs. a team with a winning road record of over .600 and they are 2-7 their last 9 home games. Detroit is 2-6 with Zach Miner vs. winning teams. PLAY ON LA ANGELS

Sean Higgs

Philadelphia Phillies vs. Washington Nationals
Play: Washington Nationals

Sean Higgs will be backing the Washington Nationals tonight. Nats are 7-1 their last 8 at home and 5-0 vs righty starters. Nats also have won 5 of their last 6 vs NL East foes. Odalis Perez is 6-2 with a 2.28 era lifetime vs the Phillies. Joe Blanton comes in sporting a 5.28 road era…

Jeff Benton

Mets @ Brewers

Basically, I’m playing against a sweep here. After New York stole the first two games of this series – a 4-2 win Monday after being down 2-0 late; and a 6-5, 10-inning win last night – the Brewers are in must-win mode here. And even though I’m not the biggest Dave Bush fan in the world, you can’t ignore these impressive numbers: He’s 4-0 with a 1.88 ERA in his last five starts, and (the Brewers prevailed in the one no-decision. Matter of fact, Milwaukee is 8-1 the last nine times Bush has stepped on the mound, with Bush giving up exactly one run in five of those outings.

Bush also has notoriously been a better pitcher at home than on the road – that’s backed up by Milwaukee’s 16-5 record in his last 21 starts in Wisconsin (10-3 this season).

Finally, as well as Mets starter Oliver Perez has pitched lately – and he’s been even more lights-out than Bush – two things stand out: He’s just 5-5 with a 4.01 ERA on the road in 2008, and he’s always had trouble with Milwaukee (5.09 ERA in eight starts, including a 9-7 home loss back in April of this season).

With the Mets having already accomplished their goal in this series and now possibly looking ahead to this weekend’s crucial weekend set against the Phillies, I’ll happily take a shot with Milwaukee, which is still on an 8-3 run and hasn’t lost three in a row since the end of July!

4♦ MILWAUKEE BREWERS

Scott Delaney

Padres @ Dodgers

Hate to go against the somewhat-hot Dodgers in this one, but we have Major League-debut taking place tonight, and we have to take advantage of young Wade LeBlanc. As I’ve always said, newcomers to the hill make it very hard on the opposing team. Recalled Monday from Triple-A Portland, LeBlanc comes in as one of the young players the Padres are banking on and looking forward to have aboard in 2009.

The young southpaw LeBlanc accompanies his fastball with an advanced change-up and has been known to mix in several other above-average off-speed pitches. He’s pitched much better in the second half of the season for Portland, going 4-2 with a 2.86 ERA. He could be in store for the run support he’d enjoy, as the Padres chased him after two innings back in June after clocking him for six earned runs. Take the road team here.

2 Dime PADRES

Matt Rivers

Orioles @ Red Sox

Call me a glutton for punishment but I am going to back Baltimore once again here in Beantown. I just do not think that Dice-K is as good as he has been pitching this season. I do admit the guy has been lights out and I certainly am not blindfolded to this but he has got to have a poor outing one of these days, he just has to.

The Boston hurler seems to always put runners on base and yet somehow gets out of jams. Nobody, not even Cy Young and not even God himself, can have this continue without losing some games. If Matsuzaka does his thing again then it will be just one more time he shoves it up my butt.

Jeremy Guthrie takes the ball for the struggling but still competent O’s and the righty is an extremely solid pitcher. Obviously his record is not anything that strikes fear in many but the guy has a very good ERA and with a little run support could be good enough to help pull this thing out.

I do not at all love the Baltimore bullpen with George Sherrill still out injured but the Orioles have a lineup that can score some runs with Roberts, Millar, Huff, Payton, Jones and others and at this price against the most overdue pitcher on the planet to lose I’ll push the envelope one more time and see if it can finally come up Roses.

Vegas Experts

New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays

We simply do not believe in Carl Pavano to win a third consecutive start, especially considering how good Tampa has been at home this year and how impressive they’ve been vs. righties (60-32). As a home favorite, the Rays boast a phenomenal 40-14 record. Edwin Jackson has been excellent of late with a 1.89 ERA his last three starts and he’s allowed just one earned run the last two times he’s faced New York, a span of over 13 innings.

Play on: NY Yankees

Rocketman Sports

Seattle @ Texas
1* Seattle -115

Felix Hernandez is 9-8 with a 3.27 ERA overall, has a 3.18 ERA on the road this year and is 2-1 his last 3 starts. Dustin Nippert is 1-4 with a 7.53 ERA in all games, 0-2 with a 9.65 ERA in all starts, 0-1 with a 15.75 ERA at home and 0-2 with a 9.65 ERA his last 3 starts. Seattle has won 6 of their last 8 games overall this year. We’ll recommend a small play on Seattle !

Dustin Hawkins

LAA Angels vs. Detroit Tigers
Play: LAA Angels +102

Best Team in baseball @ Detroit + on the money line. All the trends point to the Angels. Detroit pitching has not been good this year, but Miner has pitched better then all of them, although it hasnt been against this LA team. They find a way to win and have the bullpen to finish the game. Detroit was suppose to be the team in the playoffs, but they cant put it together and that wont change Wednesday night!!!

Prediction : LA 5 Detroit 3

Pick : LA Angels + 102

Scott Spreitzer

Arizona over St Louis

Kyle Lohse has been horrible in daytime outings this season…and he’s seen plenty of opportunities. Lohse has made 14 daytime starts and has been smacked for a 5.08 ERA and .283 BAA! His road ERA is 4.97 in 2008, proving that he’s only strong when he’s pitching in St. Louis in evening action. Today, he faces a D’back lineup that’s scoring five runs per game in home day games against righties. Meanwhile, the Cards are at their season’s worst in this one. They enter today’s tilt just 2-9 in road day games against righthanders, scoring 2.9 runs per game. Davis has put up strong numbers in his last four outings and has the better support…by far, in this one.

PLAY ARIZONA

WINNERS EDGE

Atlanta Braves +110 , 1 unit
NY Mets Even , 1 unit
Twins/Blue Jays Under 8 , 1 unit

JEFFERSON SPORTS

MLB EARLY RELEASE

PHILADELPHIA-155
CHICAGO CUBS-1.5 -125
DETROIT-108

Wild Bill

Florida -120 (5 units)
Mets +105 (5 units)
Giants +190 (5 units)
Phils -160 (5 units)
Astros +210 (5 units)
Padres +200 (5 units)
White Sox -140 (5 units)
Yankees +115 (5 units)
A’s-Royals Over 8 1/2 (5 units)

MIGHTY QUINN

Mets

Armvin Sports

Marlins -126
Brewers -117

Kerbysbaseball

BREWERS -107

ARTHUR RALPH

Oakland A’s

Templer’s Sports Picks

Chi White Sox

JerseySteveWins

Milwaukee

lasvegassportsadvisors

St. Louis

Jason Deihl

Philadelphia

floridabookybusters

Oakland/Kansas City Under 8.5

Dime Players Club

Rockies -1.5

Jack Clayton

Yankees

Cappers Access

Brewers
A’s

Joe Wiz

Phillies
A’s

Bob Donahue

Angels

MIKE WYNN

LA Angels

RAZOR SHARP

MINNESOTA/TORONTO UNDER

BIG TIME SPORTS

ANGELS / TIGERS OVER 9.5

1. SPORTS

TWINS + 135

COMPUTER SPORTS

SEATTLE -115

NEVADA SHARPSHOOTER

METS +105

SCOUT

Minnesota/Toronto under 8

HUDDLE UP

Milwaukee -115

Tv Hotline

DODGERS -220

DARK HORSE

Seattle -115

VEGAS STEAMLINE

SAN DIEGO/LA DODGERS OVER

TOTALS 4 U

PADRES/DODGERS UNDER 8

Jason Deihl

Philadelphia

Hawkeye Sports

Minnesota/Toronto under 8.5

PLATINUM PLAYS

PHILLIES – 155

SUPER SCOUT

Boston Red Sox -1.5

TRACE ADAMS

Royals

John Ryan

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Cincinnati Reds
Play: Cincinnati Reds

Ai Simulator 3* graded play on the Reds ? Supporting this graded play is a system that has gone 38-8 for 83% since 1997. Play on home favorites with a money line of -110 or higher that is a poor NL hitting team batting <=.250 and with a NL starting pitcher whose WHIP is 1.250 to 1.350 on the season facing a team with a below average bullpen sporting an ERA >=4.50. Yes, this is large wood to be laying, but there are tons of reason why the Reds will win this game big. Pirates batting just 234 and scoring 2.7 RPG over the past 7 days. Bullpen has been even worse sporting a 9.47 ERA and a 2.104 WHIP over the past 7 games. Reds not batting much higher, but scoring 5.0 RPG over the past 7 days and the bullpen is solid and do their best in home games this season sporting a 3.42 ERA and a 1.325 WHIP in 234 IP. Ok, now you add starter Volquez with a 3.04 ERA and a 16-5 mark on the season and the Reds have a huge advantage in all aspects of the game. Yes, he is coming off a start where he allowed 6 ER, but won the game. The last time he allowed 5 or more runs in a start he followed it up with allowing just 1 ER. Take the Reds.