Saturday's Plays...

20 Dime –

ROCKIES (With Marquis as listed pitcher)

Take the Rockies for the road win over the Giants.

Colorado needs a win.

Bad.

The Rockies have dropped three straight and their wild card lead is shrinking as a result.

The good news is they will send Jason Marquis to the mound tonight. The right-hander is one win behind C. C. Sabathia and Adam Wainwright for the league lead in wins.

Marquis is 2-0 with a 2.14 ERA in his last three starts and has been very effective in six career starts at San Francisco, going 4-1 with a 1.97 ERA.

The Giants will counter with Barry Zito who has pitched well but can’t buy any run support from his teammates. The left-hander has received just one run of support in his last three starts and has received just four runs in four starts against Colorado in San Francisco.

The Rockies bounce back with a much-needed win tonight.

Take Colorado for the road win.

10 Dime –

TITANS

Take the Titans plus the small number over the Browns tonight.

Tennessee got crushed at Dallas last week and I expect Jeff Fisher to have his troops ready for tonight. This is the last real dress rehearsal for the first-team and that’s where Tennessee is going to make its mark tonight.

The Browns are still trying to decide on a quarterback and the Titans are just going to pound the ball offensively while pressuring both Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn defensively.

Basic football is what Tennessee plays and it’s always successful against poor defensive teams like Cleveland.

Coach Jeff Fisher stated that his starters would play a little bit more than last week, and that means they will be out on the field for the start of the second half.

That’s enough for me to like the Titans here.

Grab the points with Tennessee as they get it done over Cleveland.

5 Dime –

GIANTS 1ST HALF

Take the Giants minus the number for the first-half over the Jets.

I’m not sold on the Giants depth but I am sold on their first-team units on both sides of the ball and that’s why I like them for the first half bet.

The Giants offensive line is incredible and will give Brandon Jacobs and company plenty of room to run. I know the Jets brought in some good defensive players and Rex Ryan is a good defensive mind, but the guys in the trenches are the ones that make it happen and nobody has a better unit than the Giants.

Plus you have rookie Mark Sanchez being named the starter and he’s scheduled to play the first half.

I don’t trust rookie quarterbacks whether it’s preseason or not and you saw how befuddled Sanchez was going against the Ravens defense last week.

The Giants can bring the heat on defense and that’s going to make it tough for the rookie to accomplish anything tonight.

Take the Giants for the first half over the Jets.