20 dime - White Sox

Fresh off a rare home series loss against the Tribe, the White Sox head out west to take out their anger against a team they've dominated the past two seasons. Chicago is 7-2 their last 9 games against Seattle and seeing that they aren't facing King Felix, I'm loving their chances especially with such a low line. The South Siders have won 6 of 10 and they face a Mariners ball club that has struggled immensely against the AL Central this season, posting a 14-17 record and failing to have a winning mark against any of the five ALC teams... even the Royals. Luke French gets the call for the M's and he's been shelled his last two outings (1-1, 8.10 ERA). It gets worse though as the Detroit outcast has a collective 2.00 WHIP over that span meaning he's clogging the bases at an alarming rate. The last thing you want to do is jam the bases against Dye, Konerko and/or Thome because they will make you pay. French has gone deeper than 5 innings only once all season and if the Sox can get into the mediocre Seattle middle relief core, forget about it. Gavin Floyd starts for the South Siders and he's been one of baseball's hottest pitchers lately, posting a 2-0 mark with a 1.84 ERA and insane 0.89 WHIP -- and this coming against the likes of the Angels, Yankees, Tigers and Rays. Floyd has thrown three consecutive one-run games and will look to ride that momentum into tonight's contest against Seattle. The Sox will be focused and ready knowing full well that this series is an excellent opportunity to make up ground on Detroit as the Tigers face a Red Sox team that is looking to unload after getting swept by the Yankees. Play the South Siders as your Monday top play winner.

15 dime - DET/BOS Under 9.5

I'm a strong advocate of the ol' "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" adage. And after collecting 55 dimes the past three days on Red Sox UNDER plays, I'm going right back to the drawing board for another low-scoring affair tonight. The Red Sox have went under the posted total 4 of their last 6 games and they've scored an abysmal 2 runs their last 3 games. Watching the past six Red Sox games though, Terry Francona's squad has been purposely trying to slow down the pace of the game as they know their offense is stuck in a rut. Their style of play has most definitely changed the past week and I don't expect them to have an offensive outburst by any means, especially considering who they're going up against. Boston's tough stretch continues Monday against Edwin Jackson (8-5, 2.62) and the flame-throwing right-hander boasts a 2.47 ERA and 1.16 WHIP away from Comerica Park. And he's allowed more than three earned runs only twice in 22 starts this season. So why is Jackson 8-5 this year and 3-4 on the road with such impressive numbers? Because Detroit doesn't score runs when he's on the rubber -- but hey we'll take it, because we don't want to light up the scoreboard. Brad Penny returns to his comfort zone at Fenway Park where he'll have the added confidence of pitching in front of the riled up Red Sox Nation. Penny hasn't had three consecutive poor outings all season long and I don't expect that to change on Monday Night Baseball. As reference, I go back to Detroit's three-game series last month at Yankee Stadium. The Tigers were swept, they averaged 1.6 runs per game and every single contest sailed under the posted total. I'm forecasting much of the same tonight in the upper northeast.