Monday evening Baseball Pick June 28th

For Monday, I like the over 9.5 (-105)in the Phillies vs Reds game.

The Phillies start right hander Kyle Kendrick. The Reds bat an NL-best .274 against right handed pitching. Kendrick is 4-2 with a 4.71 ERA and a .270 BAA. Kendrick is 3-0 for his career against the Reds, but that is with a 6.61 ERA and a .297 BAA. In his one career start at Great American he got the win, but with a 7.20 ERA and a .381 BAA. The Reds, who bat an NL-best .287 at home, will get to Kendrick tonight.

Meanwhile, the Reds start Johnny Cueto. He is 7-2 on the year with a 3.97 ERA and a .256 BAA. At home this year he is 3-1 but with a 4.19 ERA and a .265 BAA. For the month of June he is 2-1 but with a 5.46 ERA and a .303 BAA. For his career against the Phillies he is 0-2 with a ERA of 15.26 and a .353 BAA. Over the past 7 days the Phils are batting a very nice .289. After they get to Cueto, we'll see the Reds bullpen with its 4.98 ERA.

The Reds are 24-14 to the over at home this year, while the Phils have gone over the total in 4 of their last 5.

Good Luck!

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Friday MLB Pick

Today, I like the over 9 (-120) in the Redsox vs Phillies game.

Lackey (4-2, 4.86 ERA) will try to bounce back after allowing 11 runs in his last two starts. He gave up five in seven innings of a 5-1 defeat at Detroit on Sunday.

The Phillies counter with Cole Hamels, (4-2, 4.29) who will be looking to win a third straight start for the first time since winning four in a row in May 2007.

Both offenses have the capability of scoring runs, both pitchers ERAs are mediocre, this one may go early.

Good Luck!

Wednesday Baseball Pick

The Yankees and Red Sox came through and now I'm 19-17 (-059) on the season.

Today, I like the Over 9.5 (-102) in the Chicago Cubs vs Philadelphia Phillies game.

Phillies starter Jamie Moyer (5-2, 4.57 ERA), who began his career with the Cubs, is 3-1 with a 4.58 ERA in seven starts against them. The 47-year-old left-hander surrendered five runs in 6 1/3 innings of a 9-5 victory over Milwaukee in his last game.

Chicago will counter with Tom Gorzelanny (1-4, 3.60), who is 0-1 with a 6.55 ERA in his last two outings. The left-hander gave up a season-high five runs and nine hits in five innings of a 10-6 loss to Pittsburgh on Friday.In his only start against the Phillies, Gorzelanny yielded five runs and nine hits in five innings for Pittsburgh in an 11-8 loss Aug. 17, 2007.

There should be plenty of runs to cover the over.

Good Luck!

Friday MLB Pick

Now 16-15 (-168) on the season.

Taking the Phillies +119.

Jamie Moyer is 9-5 with a 3.81 ERA in 18 starts against Milwaukee, and his teams have gone 9-1 in his last 10 starts versus the Brewers. The Phillies have won 7 of their last 10 games, while the Brewers have a league-worst 4-11 home record. I'll bite.

Good Luck!

Wednesday Bases & Ice

Now 16-14 (+011).

Today I have both a baseball and hockey play.

First Philadelphia (-179) in the afternoon game.

Halladay followed a three-hit shutout of New York on May 1 by holding St. Louis to two runs -- one earned -- while striking out nine over seven innings in a 7-2 win Thursday. He's off to a great start.

Cook went the distance in his last home start, an 8-1 victory over Florida on April 24. He is 0-1 with an 8.18 ERA in his last two outings, allowing five runs over five innings in a 6-5, 12-inning win at San Diego on Wednesday.

Cook is 1-5 with a 6.02 ERA in eight starts against the Phillies.
Philly should win this one easy.

Secondly, The Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins game should be tight checking from get go and both teams afraid to make a mistake. Montreal hasn't scored as much on road in this series, but continue to lock down Pitt night after night. I like the under 5.5 (-140) tonight.

Good Luck!

Hump-day Bases

Record 7-8 (-182)

Today's pick features Roy Halladay and the Phillies. The right-hander, who has a major league-best 19 complete games since the start of the 2008 season, is looking to open with four straight wins for the first time in his 13-year career.

Halladay gave up two runs over 16 innings in victories over Washington and Houston before his home debut against Florida on Friday. He yielded two runs in eight innings and the Phillies held on to win 8-6.

Taking the Phillies at (-141).

Good Luck!

Saturday Bases

Now 6-6 (-133) on the season.

The Philadelphia Phillies are off to their best start in 17 years, and are now 3-1 at home. Moyer is 13-4 with a 2.93 ERA in 17 starts against the Marlins, and if he gets the same type of run support that he did in his last outing, he will win again. Today's pick is the Phillies (-108).

Good Luck!

Friday MLB Pick

Back on track as our Over came in. Now 5-6 (-233) on the season.

Today we like the Philadelphia Phillies with Halladay to handle the Florida Marlins with ease. Phillies -1.5 (-120).

Good Luck!

Thursday MLB Total

Record 4-6 (-333)

Can't catch a break of late, as the St. Louis Cards only beat Houston by 1 last night. Today we see value in the Over 9½ -120 for the game between the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies this afternoon.

Good Luck

Now 3-0 for the season.

After pounding out 13 hits in an 11-1 season-opening victory Monday, Philadelphia tagged Nationals pitchers for 11 more hits in Wednesday's 8-4 win.

The Phillies are 2-0 for the first time in seven seasons and have won 14 of 15 against Washington. Phillies will sweep this afternoon, paying (-143).

Hump-day Baseball Pick

Now 2-0 in MLB regular season picks. Here's a good Wednesday night play, taking the Philadelphia Phillies (-160).

Hamels is making his 2010 debut in a favorable place. He allowed one run in his last 26 innings at Washington and went 5-1 with a 1.34 ERA in his last nine starts against the Nationals.

Good Luck!