Today's Plays
1* Two Team Parlay Phillies -290/ Cardinals -240
(G Mock - R must Start C Lee - L must Start) (S West - L must Start Wainwright - R must Start)
Two great teams and two great pitchers. Lee has given up several runs in last few starts but I look for a very solid outing from him tonight. Wainwright is one of the Sho'Nuff' studs for the Cards. I had the Cards last night and I will take them again tonight in this two team parlay.
2** Tampa Bay Rays -138
The wait is over. The Rays finally ended their losing streak. They are all but out of the wild card race unless several teams start a similar losing streak that the Rays just ended and the Rays win nearly every game. Well anything can happen but let's look at why the Rays will win tonight...... Let's forget for a moment that they have their ace on the mound, Jeff Niemann. Niemann has not had a winning decision in his last three outings, even while pitching an average of 1.66 ERA in those 3 starts. It would not surprise me to see Niemann allow more runs tonight than he has in his last 3 but he should pitch well enough to get the job done. The main reason they will win tonight is they are recovering from a complete lack of self confidence and belief that they can win. To say they have just gone through a meltdown is an understatement. The Rays will win tonight because they are starting to believe in themselves again. It is very hard to be a team that has talent and has confidence. The Rays have not won 73 games this season without having the tools. They certainly had everything in place to make a run at the playoffs again.
The line at the time I am writing this is only -138. This line is really off. Look for another win tonight as the Rays beat the O's for a second straight time.
1* Toronto/NYY Over -8.5
Halladay while great last time vs the yanks has been below average in most of his recent starts. Toronto has won only one of his last 5 starts and he has a 4.50 ERA during that time.
Mitre is the weak link in the Yankee rotation and has has only 2 good starts since the beginning of August. His home starts have had an average of 10.5 runs scored in them . Last time out he was bombed miserably. He is on a bounce back but he isn't a good enough pitcher to warrant a forecast of a 1 run effort.
The over is 8-3-1 in the last 12 head to head meetings
1* KC +155 Free Play
Tejeda has been awesome since being put in the starting rotation. 11 IP only 4 hits 0 runs and 14 K's. He has fantastic movement on all his pitches and looks like the real deal. KC has won 6 of their last 7 and the last 4 head to head meetings between the 2 teams. KC is hitting .317 vs lefties in the last 10 games.
Washburn has been a mixed bag for the Tigers. One start good, next awful. He has a losing lifetime record vs KC, and has had only 2 Quality Starts out of 8 for the Tigers. The tigers aren't exactly sealing the deal in the Central, winning only 2 of their last 7 games.
St.Bernadines Sports 9/15
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