| MLB | Aug 03 Baltimore Orioles vs. Detroit Tigers | Detroit Tigers -1½-130 at BOOKM | |
| Craig is rolling with another 1-0 day on Sunday and making it a sweep for the weekend plays (4-0). The last 2 weeks Craig is hot with a record of 14-5 in his MLB plays. Get in today and get another GUARANTEED WINNER! DET -1.5 (-126): Verlander goes to the mound today and its just in time for a struggling DET team who have lost 5 out of last 7. He has won 4 out of his last 5 starts and in that time period has reduced his ERA to a very solid 3.19 on the year. Leading the league in strikeouts is bad news for BAL as this lineup strikes out a ton anyway. BAL can't win on the road with the worst record in the AL (16-34 road record). BAL looks to have thrown in the towel as they have lost 12 of last 16 games. This past weekend BAL gave up 28 runs in three games as they were miserable. Look for DET to get back into the swing of things today and score at least 7 runs. That will be plenty for us to win the run line today as Verlander will go 7 innings of shut out baseball. SCORE DET 7 - BAL 1 | ||
| MLB | Aug 03 San Francisco Giants vs. Houston Astros | San Francisco Giants -140 at BETUS | |
| FREE PLAY 1 Unit on San Francisco Giants -140 We'll side with the red hot Matt Cain and the Giants against the struggling Mike Hampton and the Astros here tonight. Hampton is just 1-2 over his last 3 starts with an ERA of 9.97 and a WHIP of 2.151. The Astros are 0-6 in his last 6 starts vs. a team with a winning record. Cain is 12-2 with a 2.12 ERA on the season and he has really shined over his last 3 starts, going 2-0 with an ERA of 0.78 and a WHIP of 0.826. The Giants are 16-5 in Cain's 21 starts this season and 9-0 in his last 9 starts vs. a team with a losing record. The Giants have won 6 of 7 while the Astros have lost 4 of 5. I'll take the hotter team with the better starter on the hill at this price tonight. | ||
| MLB | Aug 03 Texas Rangers vs. Oakland Athletics | Texas Rangers +107 at SPBOOK | |
| The Rangers are four games back in the American League West and while many think that race is over, I give a lot of credit to Texas for hanging close during the Angels massive run of 17-3 over their last 20 games as the Rangers have gone 11-3 over their last 14 games. Texas is actually in better shape in the Wild Card race as it trails the Red Sox by just 2.5 games. The Rangers are one of the surprises in baseball as pitching was a major concern coming into the season but it has been strong throughout. Oakland lost its weekend series with the Blue Jays and this team is going nowhere. Offensively, it is one of the below average teams in the league but the pitching has been the problem of late. The starting pitching has an ERA of 7.41 over its last 10 games while the bullpen has posted a 5.16 ERA over that span. The A’s send Brett Anderson to the hill and he has been really strong of late as he has allowed three runs or fewer in six of his last seven starts but surprisingly, the majority of that success came on the road. He has a 4.01 ERA and 1.29 WHIP at home which are definitely decent but just three of his seven home starts have been quality outings with Oakland going 2-5 in those games. Dustin Nippert will be making his fourth start this season and while he has been anything but spectacular, he has been good enough to keep Texas in the game. This matchup is mainly about the teams and the value we get in the line that we get which is mostly affected by the starting pitching. The Rangers are 8-2 in their last 10 road games against a team with a losing record while the A’s are 14-29 in their last 43 games against a team with a winning record. Also, Texas is 20-9 against division opponents this season. 3* Texas Rangers
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| MLB | Aug 03 Kansas City Royals vs. Tampa Bay Rays | Tampa Bay Rays -133 at BOOKM | |
| The Rays and Royals take the field at the Trop for the fourth and final game of their series with Tampa leading 2 games to 1 after the Royals captured their first win on Sunday by a final score of 4 to 1. As far as importance is concerned this contest and this month are vital to the Rays if they are to repeat as AL Champs. They are involved in a very tight race in the AL East while the Royals will be spending their postseason at home. Tampa Bay is 57-47 on the season including 33-17 SU (+8.2) at the Trop. The Royals began the year doing something they seldom do, win but they fell back to earth rather rapidly and now find themselves in very familiar territory with a record of 40-63 SU (-23.2). Kansas City has struggled on the highway posting a record of 17-31 SU (-10.4) averaging a mere 3.4 runs per game with a batting average of 238. They will be sending one of the few bright spots for the team to the bump in Zack Greinke who is 10-6 SU with an ERA of 2.08 on the year. He has faced the Rays and Kazmir already this season back on July 18 in Kansas City losing 4 to 2. Greinke threw for 7 innings allowing one earned run on nine hits with seven strikeouts in the loss. The problem for Greinke is the Royals fail to score runs and their bullpen has an ERA of 4.09 on the road with a WHIP of 1.412. He will be facing a Rays team that averages 5.6 runs per game at home with a .275 BA and 5.5 runs per game versus right-handed starters. Kansas City is 6-21 their last 27 versus a team with a winning record, 6-18 their last 24 versus left-handed starters and 8-22 their last 30 when Greinke starts on the road versus a team with a winning record. Tampa Bay will send left-hander Scott Kazmir to the hill with his 5-6 SU record and ERA of 6.22. Even with the high ERA the Rays have managed to post a 9-6 SU record behind Kazmir this season. Kazmir has shown signs of improvement recently with an ERA of 3.32 while the Rays were 2-1 SU in those contests. The Rays are 77-32 their last 109 games when installed as a home favorite, 66-22 their last 88 home games when facing a right-handed starter, 19-7 their last 26 home games when Kazmir takes the bump, Kazmir is 4-0 his last 4 when installed as a home favorite in this price range and 15-2 as a home favorite of -125 to -175 over the last 2 seasons. We will back the host here as they field a much better team and need to win these types of games if they are to have any chance of repeating. Lay the chalk with the Rays as they take this series with a win on Monday afternoon at the Trop. Graded Selection: 2* Tampa Bay Rays 3 Kansas City Royals 2 | ||
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| MLB | Aug 03 San Francisco Giants vs. Houston Astros | San Francisco Giants -150 at SPBOOK | |
| Take the San Francisco Giants on the Moneyline, This pick falls into one of my top MLB systems and the Giants have the superior pitcher on the mound Monday night. Matt Cain (12-2, 2.12 ERA) has pitched solid this season and he was 3-0 with an ERA of just 0.94 over 6 starts in July. The Giants are a perfect 9-0 in Cain's last 9 starts against a team with a losing record and they are 5-1 in their last 6 games as a favorite on the road. The Giants are a red hot 6-1 in their last 7 games and Houston has dropped four of their last five games. Mike Hampton (6-8, 5.36) has struggled over his last 3 starts with an ERA of 9.97 and he has had control problems walking 10 batters over just 15.3 innings during those 3 starts. The Astros are 0-6 in Hampton's last 6 starts against a team with a winning record and they are just 1-6 in his last 7 starts when pitching with just 4 days rest. Take the San Francisco Giants as my MLB Free Play for Monday night. Vernon Croy is set to crush the books with his Monday Night MLB Smash that is backed by a 100% Perfect Angle so make sure you get on it now! | ||
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