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10-21-21 | Braves v. Dodgers -130 | Top | 2-11 | Win | 100 | 3 h 1 m | Show |
At 8:05 pm, our selection is on the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Atlanta Braves. Down to their last gasp, the Dodgers will certainly pull out all the stops in what could be the last game at Dodgers Stadium this year. The task may seem even more difficult because the Los Angeles lineup will be facing LH Max Fried tonight. Fried pitched six quality innings in Game 1 to get things started for the Braves. However, that start was at home. L.A. will be happy to know that for his career, Fried is 0-1 with a 7.71 ERA in two starts covering seven innings here at Dodger Stadium. And notwithstanding last night's win, Atlanta is still a miserable 1-10 its last 11 here at Chavez Ravine. Dave Roberts has announced that his veteran RH, Joe Kelly, will get the start for the Dodgers tonight. At home this season, Kelly has 2.33 ERA, and opponents are batting .133 against him. After Kelly, it will no doubt be a myriad of relievers on the mound for the Dodgers. The Dodgers are 28-11 after allowing more than 7 runs in their previous game, while Atlanta is a poor 22-29 (minus 20.6 net games on the moneyline) after scoring more than 7 runs in its previous game. With their backs against the wall, we'll take the Dodgers tonight. As always, good luck...Al McMordie. |
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10-20-21 | Braves v. Dodgers -211 | Top | 9-2 | Loss | -211 | 7 h 8 m | Show |
At 8:05 pm, our selection is on the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Atlanta Braves. For this game, just list Julio Urias as a starter, but not Atlanta's pitcher. It's reported that Mark Twain famously said "the rumors of my death were greatly exaggerated." After their Wild Card game against the Cards, Division Series against the Giants and last night's Game 3 with the Braves, this could be the new rallying cry of the 2021 L.A. Dodgers. Down two games to none, L.A. was behind 5-2 going into the bottom of the eighth inning here at home before scoring four runs and pulling victory from the jaws of defeat. Perhaps fittingly, it was Cody Bellinger and Mookie Betts who won the game for the Dodgers and prevented them from going into an 0-3 hole. And whose shoulders better to put the weight of tonight's Game 4 on than MLB's only 20-game winner. Dodgers' LH Julio Urias will get the start tonight at home where he went 7-1 during the regular season. For his career, Urias is 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA vs. the Braves in four games (two starts) covering 15 innings. L.A. is 12-0 in Urias' last 12 starts overall, 11-1 in Urias' last 12 starts vs. NL East teams, and 53-12 (+24.6 net games on the moneyline) as a favorite priced at -200 or more. Meanwhile, Atlanta is 0-7 as a road underdog of +150 or more. Take the Dodgers. As always, good luck...Al McMordie.
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10-20-21 | Astros +113 v. Red Sox | Top | 9-1 | Win | 113 | 4 h 13 m | Show |
At 5:05 pm, our selection is on the Houston Astros over the Boston Red Sox. In Game 4 last night here in Boston, the Astros needed their bullpen and hitters to step up in a big way and they did. With the game tied at 2-2 going into the ninth inning, Boston Manager Alex Cora decided to try to apply the knockout punch by putting his #1 starter Nathan Eovaldi into the game in relief. How did it work? Let's just say that Cora is probably wishing he could take that move back. All of a sudden, the advantage in this series has swung back to the Astros, who will send Game 1 starting pitcher Framber Valdez to the mound this afternoon. In that Game 1, Valdez lasted just 2 2/3 innings but he was followed by seven relievers who allowed a total of one run on four hits in what would turn out to be a 5-4 Houston victory. In his career, Valdez has made three starts for Houston vs. Boston, and the Astros have won all three. Valdez' ERA is 2.12, while is career WHIP is 1.23 vs. Boston. The Astros are now 7-2 in their last nine games vs. teams with a winning record. Meanwhile, in his career Chris Sale's teams have gone 56-66 (minus 33 net games on the moneyline) vs. winning opponents. Take Houston. As always, good luck...Al McMordie.
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10-19-21 | Astros +115 v. Red Sox | Top | 9-2 | Win | 115 | 15 h 16 m | Show |
At 8:05 pm, our selection is on the Houston Astros over the Boston Red Sox. The Astros have gotten steamrolled the past two games, 9-5 and 12-3 by Boston. So, in this critical Game 4, they'll turn to the veteran RH, Zack Greinke, with the hope that he can summon his past post-season experience to get them through this rough pitching patch. It's true that Greinke's best days are behind him. But his road ERA this season was 3.45, which compares favorably to Nick Pivetta's 5.40 ERA here at Fenway Park. Moreover, Pivetta has never started a playoff game in his career, while Greinke has 19 starts in the post-season to his credit. And the Red Sox have lost six of Pivetta's last seven starts, with their only win coming against the cellar-dwelling Baltimore Orioles. And Pivetta gave up 3 runs and 7 hits over 3 2/3 innings in that ball game (in which Boston was a -280 favorite). Indeed, the Red Sox have lost Pivetta's LAST 8 starts in which Boston wasn't favored by -250 (or more). Take the Astros. Good luck, as always...Al McMordie. |
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10-19-21 | Braves v. Dodgers -172 | Top | 5-6 | Win | 100 | 12 h 17 m | Show |
At 5:05 pm, our selection is on the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Atlanta Braves. The Braves won the first two games of this series at home, something that's been more difficult to do in this year's post-season than in most past ones. This afternoon the series swings back to Los Angeles for what would appear to be a must-win situation for the Dodgers -- at least based on the way the Braves are playing right now. The good news is that in the third game of this series the Dodgers get to bring out RHP Walker Buehler, who is 3-0 in his six career starts vs. the Braves with a 3.06 ERA. Buehler finished the regular season with a 16-4 record and 2.47 ERA in a league-best 33 starts. RH Charlie Morton goes to the hill for the road team, which is an awful 0-6 this season as a road underdog of +150 or more. Morton did go 14-6 this season, with a 3.34 ERA. But the Braves lost all three of his starts when they were a road underdog. The mid-afternoon start time also bodes well for Los Angeles. In six daytime starts this season, Buehler went 5-1 (.833) with a 2.45 ERA. Morton, on the other hand, did not fare quite so well, going 1-2 with 4.17 ERA in seven afternoon starts (vs. 13-4 and 3.14 in 26 starts under the lights). And in his career, his teams are a wallet-breaking 38-51 (minus 21.4 net games on the moneyline) in the daytime. With the Dodgers a reliable 92-47 (+17 net games) off a loss (including 22-7 with Buehler), and 30-16 (+5.1 net games) off back-to-back losses, we'll take Los Angeles. As always, good luck...Al McMordie. |
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10-18-21 | Astros +108 v. Red Sox | Top | 3-12 | Loss | -100 | 14 h 24 m | Show |
At 8:05 pm, our selection is on the Houston Astros over the Boston Red Sox. Like they did in the Division Series against the Rays, the Red Sox came back with a vengeance on the road in Game 2 after dropping Game 1 to Houston. Boston scored all nine of its runs on homers, including becoming the first team in history to hit two grand slams in the same post-season game. But despite the fact that they are coming home on quite a high, the Sox have a challenge ahead of them. They've used Nathan Eovaldi, Chris Sale, and Tanner Houck in the first two games and so now the choice for starter in Game 3 is a subpar Eduardo Rodriguez. The Astros on the other hand will go with RHP Jose Uquidy who had a very effective regular season, despite being cut short by a nagging shoulder injury. In 20 starts covering 107 innings, the 26-year-old went 8-3 with a 3.63 ERA and 0.99 WHIP with a 4.74 K:BB ratio. Urquidy has a 2.81 ERA in eight post-season appearances (four starts). Take the Astros. As always, good luck...Al McMordie.
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10-17-21 | Dodgers -170 v. Braves | Top | 4-5 | Loss | -170 | 14 h 49 m | Show |
At 7:35 pm, our selection is on the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Atlanta Braves. After a couple days of rest since recording the first save of his career in an incredible Game 5 against the Giants, Max Scherzer will be back to his familiar role tonight in Game 2 of the NLCS. Scherzer was arguably the best pitcher in baseball in the second half of the season, going 8-0 with a 2.21 ERA in 13 starts covering 81 1/3 innings since the break. Scherzer shouldn't feel any effects tonight from that successful relief appearance on Thursday, as he only faced four batters and threw 13 pitches in closing out San Francisco. The Braves will go with RHP Ian Anderson. The 23-year-old second-year rookie went 9-5 with a 3.58 ERA in 24 regular season starts covering 128 1/3 innings. But in his only start vs. L.A. this season, Anderson allowed four runs in 4 1/3 innings and took the loss in a 9-5 Dodgers victory on June 4. In his last nine post-season appearances, Scherzer's teams (the Nats and Dodgers) are 8-1. And the Dodgers are 16-2 their last 18 off a defeat in their previous game. Take Los Angeles. As always, good luck...Al McMordie.
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10-16-21 | Dodgers +100 v. Braves | Top | 2-3 | Loss | -100 | 7 h 6 m | Show |
At 8:05 pm, our selection is on the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Atlanta Braves. The 2021 NLCS will feature the same two teams who met in this series a year ago. Game 1 is being played in Atlanta despite the fact that the Dodgers finished the season 18 games better than the Braves in the won-lost column. Game 1 will also feature one of the hottest starters in all of the Majors in the second half of the season in LH Max Fried. Since the break, Fried went 8-2 with a 1.74 ERA in 14 second half starts covering 83 innings. Los Angeles will counter with a bullpen game, and will start things off with Corey Knebel. The Dodgers used this strategy on Thursday in their Game 5 win vs. the San Francisco Giants, and Knebel pitched a scoreless inning. He's made five starts this season, and has allowed just one earned run in those games. Los Angeles has won four of those five starts. Meanwhile, Fried hasn't had much success vs. the Dodgers, as he's 1-3 in seven starts, with a middling 3.78 ERA and 1.37 WHIP. And the Braves are a wallet-busting 32-37 (but minus 20.6 net games on the moneyline) at home off 3+ wins. Finally, LA is 33-15 (+7.5 net games) vs. lefties. Take Los Angeles. As always, good luck...Al McMordie. |
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10-16-21 | Red Sox v. Astros -126 | Top | 9-5 | Loss | -126 | 11 h 47 m | Show |
At 4:20 pm, our selection is on the Houston Astros over the Boston Red Sox. What a season this could turn out to be for a player who was an unheralded 23-year-old when he made his debut last September. Luis Garcia came into this past Spring pretty much unheard of. But now the Astros' second-year rookie starter stands to be one of the finalists for the AL Rookie of the Year award. And the 24-year-old RH would almost certainly trade that for a trip to the World Series in his first full season in the Majors. Garcia finished the season with an 11-8 record, 3.30 ERA and 1.17 WHIP in 30 games (28 starts) covering 155 1/3 innings. It won't be easy this afternoon against the Red Sox and their #1 starter, Nathan Eovaldi, but all season Garcia has defied the odds. This start lines up well for Garcia who was 6-5 with a 2.39 ERA in 15 home games (13 starts) vs. 5-3 and 4.24 in 15 road starts. Among Garcia's victims was Boston back on June 1 when he spun seven strong innings allowing one run on five hits in a 5-1 Astros victory. Take Houston. As always, good luck...Al McMordie. |
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10-15-21 | Red Sox v. Astros -135 | Top | 4-5 | Win | 100 | 14 h 5 m | Show |
At 8:05 pm, our selection is on the Houston Astros over the Boston Red Sox. This is the fifth straight season that the Astros have made it to the ALCS. That's impressive on any level but is even more so when you consider the penalties that were put on this club after it won it all in 2017. They haven't returned to the World Series since then but they stand an excellent chance now having to play a Red Sox club that was lucky to get in at the last minute as a Wild Card. Houston will send one of their many consistent starters from this season to the mound in LHP Framber Valdez. Valdez finished the season with an 11-6 record and 3.14 ERA in 22 starts covering 134 2/3 innings. He didn't get his first start until the end of May due a fractured finger but once he got the ball, Valdez was arguably the 'Stros' most consistent starter. Houston dominated the season series, taking five of the seven meetings between these two. The Astros are 57-19 in their last 76 with at least one off day. And they are 6-1 in Valdez's last seven starts as a home favorite of -125 to -175. Meanwhile, in his career Chris Sale's teams have gone 56-65 (minus 32 net games on the moneyline) vs. winning opposition. Take Houston. As always, good luck...Al McMordie.
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10-14-21 | Dodgers -105 v. Giants | Top | 2-1 | Win | 100 | 38 h 43 m | Show |
At 9:05 pm, on Thursday, our selection is on the Los Angeles Dodgers over the San Francisco Giants. Unlike Corbin Burnes who told the Brewers he was physically unable to pitch on three days rest when his team needed a win on Tuesday, Dodgers ace Walker Buehler said, "hand me the ball." The results for those two teams were as you might expect, with the Brewers going home and the Dodgers going back to San Francisco for Game 5 tonight. And with the day off, L.A. gets the services of the Major League wins leader, LHP Julio Urias, on regular (four days) rest. Urias pitched Game 2 here in San Francisco and not only was the 25-year-old his usual dominant self, but the Dodgers' offense responded in a big way, scoring nine runs on the way to an easy 9-2 victory. Lest you think Urias' inexperience might get to him tonight in this all-or-nothing situation, consider that he has already appeared in 19 MLB post-season games covering 42 2/3 innings, including four starts. His 2.68 playoff ERA is lower than his regular season number (3.09). I won't step in front of this battle-tested southpaw, as Urias has won 12 consecutive decisions, and the Dodgers are 16-2 his last 18 starts, including 12-0 his last 12. Take L.A. As always, good luck...Al McMordie. |
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10-12-21 | Giants v. Dodgers -155 | Top | 2-7 | Win | 100 | 7 h 9 m | Show |
At 9:05 pm, our selection is on the Los Angeles Dodgers over the San Francisco Giants. This is an action play; please do not list pitchers. The Dodgers were the pre-season favorites to repeat as World Series Champions, while the Giants were 80-1 to win the World Series, but the tables have turned, and the Dodgers are on the brink of elimination. However, the Dodgers were also on the brink when they played a one-game Wild Card elimination against the Cardinals at home last Wednesday. We played on Los Angeles in that one, and they came through that night. Instead of Max Scherzer, it will be an "all hands on deck" game, which will include Walker Buehler and Tony Gonsolin, among others taking the mound for the defending champs. Buehler is 7-2 lifetime vs. the Giants, and has given up just 4 earned runs in his four home starts vs. SF, covering 25 2/3 innings. Meanwhile, Gonsolin may not have Buehler's pedigree, but he has been sneaky good this season, posting a 4-1 record and 3.23 ERA in 15 games. The 27-year-old will likely follow Buehler, and only will have to throw a few innings tonight, as the Dodgers will have plenty of other options to fill the nine innings. Gonsolin was 5-2 with a 2.33 ERA here at home this season (vs. 5-3 and 3.34 on the road). And Los Angeles has won 16 of its last 17 home games. Take the Dodgers. As always, good luck...Al McMordie. |
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10-10-21 | Astros v. White Sox -115 | Top | 6-12 | Win | 100 | 15 h 4 m | Show |
At 8:05 pm, our selection is on the Chicago White Sox over the Houston Astros. Having been soundly beaten in the first two games of this ALDS -- a combined score of 15-5 -- this pretty much becomes a must-win situation for the Chicago White Sox in Game three. The good news is they're at home and they have their young gun RHP Dylan Cease going in his second career post-season appearance (first start). The important thing to note is that the Sox were able to line up Cease's first playoff start here at home. It's well known by now that during the regular season, the 25-year-old has had one of the strongest home-field biases in the game. In 16 starts here at Guaranteed Rate Field, Cease is 6-2 with a 3.18 ERA and 1.18 WHIP compared to 7-5 and 4.69 with a 1.33 WHIP in 16 road starts. The other good thing about coming home is that the Sox are 4-1 in the last five meetings with the Astros here in Chicago, and 22-10 their last 32 at home with double-revenge. Despite all of their success lately, the Astros are 0-5 in their last five road games vs. teams with a winning record, and a poor 20-33 (minus 14.3 net games) on the road in competitively-priced games with odds between +125 and -125. Take the White Sox. As always, good luck...Al McMordie. |
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10-08-21 | Braves v. Brewers -145 | Top | 1-2 | Win | 100 | 10 h 40 m | Show |
At 4:35 pm, our selection is on the Milwaukee Brewers over the Atlanta Braves. The two teams that long ago used to be one and the same face off in this first round series. For a while, it looked like Corbin Burnes would be a shoe-in for NL Cy Young, especially when Jacob deGrom went down with an injury. He was pretty much untouchable through the first month of the season and went on to an All-Star first half. He looked a lot more mortal in many of his second half starts and yet the 26-year-old RHP still finished with a league-best 2.43 ERA in 28 starts. The only stat that might keep him from winning that Cy Young hardware is his 11 victories, but nobody will care about that too much this afternoon if Burnes can channel the version of himself that threw goose-eggs in eight of his starts this season. Burnes has made six playoff appearances and has a 2.00 ERA in those, but this will be his first post-season start. His lone start vs. Atlanta this season wasn't one of his best but the Brewers won the game easily, 9-5. Take Milwaukee. As always, good luck...Al McMordie. |
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10-07-21 | Red Sox v. Rays -146 | Top | 0-5 | Win | 100 | 12 h 44 m | Show |
At 8:05 pm, our selection is on the Tampa Bay Rays over the Boston Red Sox. In a Wild Card race that seemed to go on forever, the Red Sox finally emerged victorious, beating the Yankees at home on Tuesday night, 6-2. The prize is a Fall meeting with the AL-best Rays. In truth -- on paper at least -- it probably didn't matter which of those two clubs came out of the one-game playoff as the Rays have been pretty dominant against both New York and Boston recently. In 19 games against the Sox, Tampa went 11-8 and they had an identical record against the Bronx Bombers as well. Tampa, of course, has a rested rotation and will begin with the man who has emerged as their #1 starter, LHP Shane McClanahan. The 24-year-old rookie finished the regular season 10-6 with a 3.43 ERA in 25 starts. The Sox had to use their #1, Nathan Eovaldi, on Tuesday in the Wild Card game so they will turn to veteran lefty Eduardo Rodriguez. Boston is 3-7 in its last 10 divisional Playoff road games, while the Rays are 52-29 (+10 net games on the moneyline) at home. And Rodriguez's ERA in his 13 career starts vs. Tampa is an ugly 5.21. Take the Rays. As always, good luck...Al McMordie.
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10-06-21 | Cardinals v. Dodgers -217 | Top | 1-3 | Win | 100 | 41 h 19 m | Show |
At 8:10 pm, our selection is on the Los Angeles Dodgers over the St. Louis Cardinals. There seems to be little doubt that the 2021 Dodgers are the best Wild Card team in sports history. The Dodgers were the early season favorites to win the World Series and were it not for one of the most unexpected seasons ever from the Giants (who were 50-1 preseason longshots just to win the NL West), they would have home field advantage all the way through. The Cardinals and their 40-year-old RHP Adam Wainwright might be the sentimental favorites for a lot of people tonight, but they are really up against it. The reason that L.A. traded some of its better prospects to the Nats for RHP Max Scherzer and IF Trea Turner is because Scherzer is made for exactly this type of situation. The three-time Cy Young winner will get the ball tonight opposite Wainwright, and Scherzer is 7-5 with a 3.38 ERA in 22 post-season games (18 starts) covering 112 innings. And if you have any doubt about the Dodgers being the perfect fit for him, since he arrived in Los Angeles, Scherzer is 7-0 with a 1.98 ERA in 11 starts covering just over 68 innings. Take the Dodgers. As always, good luck...Al McMordie.
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10-03-21 | Padres v. Giants -217 | Top | 4-11 | Win | 100 | 3 h 40 m | Show |
At 3:05 pm, our selection is on the San Francisco Giants over the San Diego Padres. With the Giants' loss in extra innings last night coupled with the Dodgers' win over the Brewers, the Giants have a one-game lead and need this victory today to avoid a one-game playoff with L.A. The good news is that they are sending out the pitcher who has been arguably their best starter over the past couple of months. 24-year-old RHP Logan Webb has come out of nowhere to not only be one of the most effective starters on this team, but also in the entire league. In 26 games -- including 25 starts -- Webb is 10-3 with a 2.93 ERA and 1.12 WHIP. More importantly, the Giants are an incredible 9-1 in Webb's last 10 starts going back to early August. The only team loss in those 10 starts? That was two starts ago against this Padres team, making this afternoon's final start a revenge situation as well. Not only that, but in his last 11 home starts, the Giants are 11-0. San Fran is 39-18 (+21 games on the moneyline) in its last 57 day games. Take the Giants. As always, good luck...Al McMordie. |
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10-02-21 | A's v. Astros -149 | Top | 4-10 | Win | 100 | 15 h 4 m | Show |
At 7:10 pm, our selection is on the Houston Astros over the Oakland Athletics. Last Sunday, Jake Odorizzi came off the IL to start against this Oakland A's team. The 31-year-old RHP had been unhappy with his role with the pitching-rich Astros lately and didn't have a problem making it known. He had a solid start last time but nothing close to what Odorizzi used to do when he was in his prime and the 'Stros dropped a 4-3 decision. That one was in Oakland and tonight Odorizzi will try to exact some revenge at home in what he hopes will be a longer start than the four-inning outing he had last Sunday. This season, Odorizzi has done his best work here at home, posting a 3.61 ERA in 10 games -- nine starts -- covering 42 1/3 innings. On the road, his ERA is almost a run higher at 4.53 in 13 starts covering just under 58 innings. The A's don't have anything to play for, now that they've been eliminated from the AL Wild Card race. Meanwhile, Houston is 72-22 (+ 31 net games on the moneyline) at home vs. division foes. Take the Astros. As always, good luck...Al McMordie.
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10-01-21 | Tigers v. White Sox -250 | Top | 1-8 | Win | 100 | 7 h 19 m | Show |
At 8:10 pm, our selection is on the Chicago White Sox over the Detroit Tigers. Lance Lynn is having a terrific season (10-6, 2.72 ERA), but stumbled badly in his last start, six days ago, when he gave up six earned runs. The good news is that when he's given up more than three earned runs, he's bounced back strong in his next start, as he's given up just 2 earned runs over 23 2/3 innings the previous five instances. He will be working with an extra day of rest tonight, and that also bodes well, as his teams are 39-15 (+19.5 net games on the moneyline when he's pitched with an extra day or two of rest). Lynn has faced Detroit three times over the last three seasons, and has a 3-0 record (19 innings, 3 runs, 25 strikeouts). Take Chicago. Good luck, as always...Al McMordie |
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09-30-21 | Rays v. Astros -143 | Top | 2-3 | Win | 100 | 6 h 37 m | Show |
At 7:10 pm, our selection is on the Houston Astros over the Tampa Bay Rays. Astros RHP Lance McCullers, Jr. desperately wanted to show that he could have an injury-free season and start 30 games in the Majors. He won't quite get there, but he has to be pretty happy with what he's accomplished in 2021. The 27-year-old will get his career-best 28th start tonight, and he comes in with an excellent 12-5 record and 3.17 ERA. If McCullers could just cut down on his walks, he could make the transition from very good to great pitcher and possibly one of the AL's elite starters. And it wouldn't hurt his confidence if he picked up the "W" in his final start of the season against the team with the best record in the league -- and a team that the Astros could see in October. McCullers has always done his best work here at home. In 59 starts at Minute Maid Park, McCullers is 25-10 (.714) with a 2.76 ERA vs. just 19-20 and 4.48 in 62 games (59 starts) on the road. Tampa is 2-6 in the last eight meetings in Houston. Take the Astros. As always, good luck...Al McMordie. |
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09-29-21 | Rays +120 v. Astros | Top | 7-0 | Win | 120 | 7 h 18 m | Show |
At 8:10 pm, our selection is on the Tampa Bay Rays over the Houston Astros. This series during the last week of the regular season is a possible preview of a post-season match-up in the AL. The Stros drew first blood last night when the Rays' normally solid bullpen walked in the tying and winning runs in the bottom of the ninth inning. With the dramatic victory, the Astros are now on the verge of clinching the AL West division title. The Rays will try to even the series tonight and will send young RHP Drew Rasmussen to the mound in an attempt to do so. Few noticed when the Rays sent IF Willy Adames to the Brewers for the 26-year-old hurler in May, but the trade helped both teams clinch their divisions. In 19 games since joining the Rays (nine starts), Rasmussen is 3-0 with a 2.67 ERA and 1.04 WHIP. He'll try to build on that success tonight in his first career starts vs. Houston. The Rays are 6-2 in Rasmussen's last eight starts overall and 5-0 in his last five road starts going back to July 24. Take Tampa Bay. As always, good luck...Al McMordie. |
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09-29-21 | Brewers +105 v. Cardinals | Top | 4-0 | Win | 105 | 7 h 54 m | Show |
At 7:45 pm, our selection is on the Milwaukee Brewers over the St. Louis Cardinals. Thanks in large part to one of the hottest streaks we've seen from any Major League club in recent years, the Cardinals are on the verge of securing a Wild Card spot. Their reward -- if you can call it that -- will be a one game playoff against either the Dodgers or Giants. The Cards will go into that game with almost no pressure, knowing that just a couple of months ago few people gave them any chance to be in this position. But tonight it's the 2nd game of a 3-game set against their main rivals, the Brewers. Milwaukee's RHP Adrian Houser will try to do what no one else has been able to in the Cards' last 17 games. Houser's solid season (9-6 with a 3.34 ERA in 27 games including 25 starts) has been overshadowed by the performances of the other starters in the rotation. No doubt he and the Brewers would love to see him get to double-digit wins for the first time in his career. The Crew is 3-1 in Houser's last four starts vs. the Cards. Take Milwaukee. |
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09-29-21 | Yankees v. Blue Jays +101 | Top | 5-6 | Win | 101 | 6 h 16 m | Show |
At 7:05 pm, our selection is on the Toronto Blue Jays over the New York Yankees. Yesterday, the Blue Jays managed to score just two runs against Jameson Taillon and the Yankees, and fell, 7-2. Tonight, the Jays will look to bounce back, and stay in the race for the final playoff berth (the Jays currently sit one game behind Boston, and three behind New York). Toronto is 25-12 (+11 net games on the moneyline) after scoring less than three runs. Take the Blue Jays. |