Manic Monday Picks for August 10th

Now 10-7 for the month of August.

Tonight, I like the St Louis Cardinals -1.5 (+125) vs the Cincinnati Reds. The listed pitchers are Johnny Cueto and Kyle Lohse. Lohse hasn't been great this year, and lately he has been awful, but those were road performances. At home he has a strong ERA of 2.98 and a winning record, and if he's close to that kind of performance in his home park tonight, this game should be a runaway for the Cardinals since the Reds are hitting only .215 in the last 7 days.

Cueto has been horrible both home or away since the All Star break. He is 0-5 in his last 6 with a 9.85 ERA and an 8.44 ERA in his last 3. Since the All Star break the opposition is crushing him with a .365 batting average. He has two good starts vs St Louis this year, but much earlier in the year. Cueto has to face a St Louis team hitting just under .300 the past 7 days and Pujols, who is on a .550 tear with 8 RBIs his last 5 games, and Holliday, who is hitting .466 since joining the Cards.

Also adding the Los Angeles Angles (+118), San Francisco Giants (+105) and New York Yankees (-141).

Sunday Gravy Plays for August 9th

Now 9-6 for the month of August.

Today's pick is the Florida Marlins vs Philadelphia Phillies Under 9.5 (-117).
Listed Pitchers are Josh Johnson and Jamie Moyer. These two pitchers have faced this opposition once this year with very good results. Johnson went 7 innings and didn't allow a run and gave up only 3 hits. Moyer in his last start vs Florida went 7 innings and allowed only 1 hit in a 4-0 win. Moyer enjoys pitching vs Florida where he has a 13-2 record lifetime and 2.83 ERA. He will come out hard today to show that he deserves to stay in this crowded rotation that Philadelphia seems to have now, while Johnson will come out equally hard after giving up 4 runs for the first time this year in any of his starts. The guy has been masterful all year and is facing a Philly team that is struggling with only 3 wins in their last 10 and batting .217 vs righthanded pitching in their last 10 games.

Also adding New York Yankees (-109)

Two for Tuesday August 4th

Coming off of a 5-2 weekend with some good dogs coming in for us.

Today, lets continue with these two picks.

I like the Over 7.5 (-120) in the New York Yankees vs. Toronto Blue Jays game as well as the Los Angeles Dodgers (-126) to beat the Milwaukee Brewers.

Have a great day!