Speculating Sports

Our total of the month either tied or won yesterday, depending on when you got it. We are counting it as a tie though because we released it at 9. Matt Holliday entering the line-up after we released the selection was bad luck because the game would have gone dead under without him playing. Anyway today we are featuring our UNDERDOG TOP PLAY, as well as a bonus selection.

Atlanta at Milwaukee 7:05pm EST
Selection: ATLANTA +117
Profile: Other sharp bettors already bet this line down from +125 to +117 over night. Atlanta is one of the hottest and most confident teams in baseball. Today they have their outstanding young righty Tommy Hanson taking the mound. Hanson already faced Milwaukee this season, getting hit hard by them in his first start of the season. I think the Brewers will have success against him, but he will also be motivated to rebound from that poor showing. Hanson gave up three home runs in that, with most of the runs coming at the end of his outing. I feel that he will really focus here. Meanwhile, Milwaukee righty Yovani Gallardo is in poor current form. He has allowed an average of two base runners per inning and posted a 6.75 ERA. Gallardo does strikeout a good amount of batters, but allows too many walks and hits. I look for the hot Braves line-up to hit him and the Brewers bullpen hard. Atlanta has hit over .300 as a team in 6 of their last 9 games, including last night. The Braves are absolutely crushing right handed pitching right now, and I look for their bats to be the difference in this game.
3 UNIT SELECTION

NY Mets at Houston 7:05pm EST
Selection: HOUSTON -134
Profile: Oddsmakers are finally starting to take notice of Houston's dramatically improved play. However, I still feel that the Astros are a great play here. They are facing Mets lefty Jonathan Niese tonight, who has struggled against the three best teams he has faced. Atlanta, Chicago, and Milwaukee all hammered him, and he didn't last very long in those three starts. What is also noticeably is that the Braves absolutely crushed him after they faced him the second time this season, meaning that his stuff wasn't very good after they got used to it. Houston is the much hotter team, while New York is one of the biggest slumping teams in baseball. This line is as low as it is because of Russ Ortiz getting the start. However, Ortiz has pitched much better than expected this season, with only two rough outings. The Mets line-up is still riddled with injuries though, so he will have no problem handling them. The Astros are hitting almost .300 as a team against lefties, and I look for them to crush Niese tonight.
2 UNIT SELECTION


9-3 THIS WEEK