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Pick: New York Mets -108 (Tom Freese)
Mets starter Mike Pelfrey is 13-3 in his 16 teams starts this year. Pelfrey has allowed 3 or less runs in 7 of his last 8 starts. New York are is 10-2 vs. a pitcher with a WHIP of over 1.30. The Mets are 16-7 their last 23 games overall and they are 11-4 their last 15 games vs. righty starters. Florida pitcher Chris Volstad is 5-10 this year in his 15 starts. The Marlins are 10-26 their last 36 games as home underdogs. The Marlins are 1-8 in the last 9 starts made by Chris Volstad and they are 3-10 their last 13 games vs. righty starters. PLAY ON NY METS (Pelfrey vs. Volstad)

Pick: San Francisco Giants -114 (Robbie Gainous)
The Giants need a win here on Wednesday night and they will hang their hopes on Jonathan Sanchez who has struggled against the Dodgers in his career. This season he is 6-5 with a 3.03 ERA and a solid 5-2 at home with an ERA of 2.62. LA will counter with Vicente Padilla who is 1-2 on the season with a 6.09 ERA, which includes a record of 0-1 on the road, and an ERA of 8.10. The Giants are 17-3 in home games after having lost five or six of their last seven games over the last 2 seasons. We look for San Francisco to right the ship here and grab a victory in Game 3 of this series.

Pick: Cleveland Indians +121 (Info Plays)
System Play. We’ll Play Against – Road teams when the money line is +125 to -125 (TORONTO) – with a cold starting pitcher- ERA >= 7.50 over his last 3 starts, with an on base percentage of .310 or worse over their last 20 games. This is a 54-15 ML System hitting 78.3% over the last 5 seasons. Jesse Litsch is 0-2 with an 8.78 ERA and 1.800 WHIP this season for Toronto. He should not be favored against the Indians in this game. Aaron Laffey beat the Blue Jays in his only lifetime start against them. Laffey pitched 7 shutout innings to get the win in a 12-0 blowout victory. Toronto is just 2-7 in their last 9 games. Bet Cleveland at home as they look to win their 4th straight.

Pick: Chicago White Sox +108 (Craig Trapp)
As we always preach value is king in sports betting specially when playing baseball. Today all the value is on the hot CHW as they try and continue their 12-1 winning run. They turn to really hot Peavy as he goes for his 4th win in a row (3-0 L3 outtings with a 0.78 ERA). KC turns to last years cy young winner Grienke to settle today’s rubber match. He is not great againt the CHW in his career, 5-10 with a 4.46 ERA in 19 starts. Lets take the much hotter lineup verse what is a pretty even pitching matchup. Peavy once was thought of us best pitcher in league and Grienke is too erratic to be favored today.

Toronto Blue Jays vs. Cleveland Indians
Pick: Toronto Blue Jays -125 MLB line
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After losing the first two games of this series, look for the Blue Jays to get back in the win column tonight. Laffey has struggled in the pen and he struggled in his first start since getting called up from Triple-A. The Indians are now 0-7 in Laffey’s last 7 starts, 0-6 in his last 6 starts vs. a team with a winning record and 3-15 in his last 18 starts as an underdog. Toronto sends Litsch to the hill. He has been inconsistent in his return from Tommy John surgery, but he has showed glimpses. He looked great in a 3-0 shutout win over San Francisco on June 19 before getting shelled by Philly in his next start. I expect him to bounce back tonight, and it will be to his benefit that the Indians haven’t seen him. Toronto is 18-6 as a favorite of -110 or higher this season, winning by an average score of 6.3 to 3.0 in these games. It is also worth noting that the Indians are only 15-43 in their last 58 vs. a team with a winning record. Take Toronto in this bounce back spot.

Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins
Prediction: Detroit Tigers (Runline) MLB odds
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Detroit and Minnesota wrap up their series on Wednesday afternoon in Minnesota. The Tigers will send Andy Oliver to the hill for his second career start. First time out, he gave up two runs and five hits in six innings of work against the Braves. Oliver struck out four and walked one in that loss. Minnesota is only 14-12 against lefties this season, and also just 13-15 in daytime games. The Twins are in bad current form as well as they have just two wins in their last eight games.

Minnesota’s Kevin Slowey is 0-2 with a 12.40 ERA in his last three starts. The righty has given up 18 runs and 22 hits in 12.3 innings of work. Slowey is 4-0 with a 5.93 ERA in six career starts against Detroit, but he got a fortunate win in a less than solid effort earlier this season against the Tigers. In that one run victory, he gave up three runs and seven hits in 5.7 innings of work. Miguel Cabrera (4-13), Johnny Damon (4-12), Carlos Guillen (3-7), Ramon Santiago (2-5), Brennan Bosch (2-3), Austin Jackson (1-3), and Alex Avila (1-2) all hit Slowey well. Detroit is 22-11 in the daytime averaging almost five runs per game. They have won two of their last three games, and we expect another solid effort here and recommend taking the Tigers on the run line in today’s game with the Twins.

Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals
Pick: Under 7.5 Runs -110 MLB odds
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On Wednesday the free MLB Totals play is on the under in the Chicago at Kansas City game. Rotation numbers 927/28 at 8:10 eastern. This game fits an under system that pertains to short home favorites like KC that are off 1 run home dog losses, vs opponents that are off a road favored win, if both teams scored 4 or less runs. These two teams can be anemic on offense. This year 4 of the 5 games here have played under the total. Tonight’s game pits a pair of starters who have been pitching real well of late. J. Peavy makes the start for the Whitesox. Over his last 3 starts Peavy has a 0.78 era and has been moving the ball around much better than he was earlier in the year. KC Counters with Z. Greinke. Greinke has started to pick it up as well and he has a solid 2.62 era over his past few starts. Look for a low scoring game here tonight. On Wednesday I have the MLB Dog of the year. This dog is backed with a Powerful Dog system and a Big pitching edge. A dog with bite that wins outright. I also have an MLB Blowout system that has cashed 28 of 33 times. Tuesday card Swept the board as we continue to cash out in bases. For the free play tonight, take the under in the Whitesox at Royals game. RV

Texas Rangers vs. Los Angeles Angels
MLB Pick: Under 9.5 Runs -110 odds
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At 10:05 pm, our complimentary selection is on the Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers ‘under’ the total. When I saw that the Rangers were calling up a minor leaguer by the name of Omar Beltre to start this game my initial reaction was that Texas had gone to the well to bring up yet another in a long line of talented, YOUNG pitchers. But when I looked up Beltre’s history I saw that he’s been in the minors leagues since he was 18 years old and that was 10 years ago! He’s had stints at just about every level, including three seasons playing for the Rangers in the Dominican Summer League. The 28-year-old Dominican also has suspicious gaps in his professional resume, having missed every third year of professional ball since 2000. But the reality is that he’s actually a talented OLDER player. And the gaps in his resume were mainly due (I presume) to the reason he’s not made an appearance in the Majors: He actually was banned from the USA for five years after getting caught up in a human trafficking ring in the Dominican Republic! But Beltre’s now past that penalty, and the Rangers look like they have a solid talent. So, with both Rich Harden and Derek Holland still on the DL, the Rangers needed another starter tonight and Beltre gets the call. Unfortunately, despite the ripe age and the pro-ball experience that comes with it, Beltre couldn’t win a single game at AAA this year (0-5), despite 15 appearances and five starts. But his ERA was a solid 1.25 in those five starts, so the skills are there. Angels’ lefthander Scott Kazmir looked like he had turned things around when June came as the veteran southpaw pitched very well to start the month and won his first four starts before taking a step backward in his last outing on June 24 in inter-league play against the Dodgers. But Kazmir has a very good history against Texas (6-2 with a 2.37 ERA with 75 strikeouts in 68 innings) so he’s an excellent candidate to bounce back tonight against the biggest rival in the division. Take the ‘Under.’ As always, good luck…Al McMordie.

2010 World Cup Betting
Uruguay vs. Ghana
Betting Pick: Uruguay
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Uruguay last reached the semi-finals in 1970; its been pretty much smooth sailing for it up to this point, bolstered by an awesome defense.

It comfortably beat South Africa and Mexico, conceded a poor goal to South Korea, and then stuck it into high gear and have now advanced to the quarters.

On the other side of the pitch: Ghana is having to deal with significant injury and suspension issues heading into this quarterfinal matchup; star Asamoah Gyan joined the casualty list after taking a hit at training the other day.

Gyan has been pivotal for Ghana, the final African country left in this tournament; he scored against Serbia from a penalty; got the equalizer against Australia and got the extra-time strike against the US in the second round last weekend.

Kevin-Prince Boateng, the only other scorer for Ghana in the World Cup, suffered a hamstring injury in the USA clash as well; Samuel Inkoom and John Mensah are also on the injured list.

Ghana will also be without suspended defender Johathan Mensah and midfielder Andre Ayew.

Bottom line: Ghana has already accomplished what it set out to do in this tournament; to go farther than it did four years ago when it was eliminated in the final 16.

On the flip-side, failing to reach the semis for Uruguay would be considered a failure at this point.

Too many injuries for Ghana; great value here; you may want to consider a second look at Uruguay in this quarterfinal blockbuster!

Good luck gentlemen…N Parsons

2010 World Cup Betting
Uruguay vs. Ghana
Betting Pick: Uruguay
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Uruguay last reached the semi-finals in 1970; its been pretty much smooth sailing for it up to this point, bolstered by an awesome defense.

It comfortably beat South Africa and Mexico, conceded a poor goal to South Korea, and then stuck it into high gear and have now advanced to the quarters.

On the other side of the pitch: Ghana is having to deal with significant injury and suspension issues heading into this quarterfinal matchup; star Asamoah Gyan joined the casualty list after taking a hit at training the other day.

Gyan has been pivotal for Ghana, the final African country left in this tournament; he scored against Serbia from a penalty; got the equalizer against Australia and got the extra-time strike against the US in the second round last weekend.

Kevin-Prince Boateng, the only other scorer for Ghana in the World Cup, suffered a hamstring injury in the USA clash as well; Samuel Inkoom and John Mensah are also on the injured list.

Ghana will also be without suspended defender Johathan Mensah and midfielder Andre Ayew.

Bottom line: Ghana has already accomplished what it set out to do in this tournament; to go farther than it did four years ago when it was eliminated in the final 16.

On the flip-side, failing to reach the semis for Uruguay would be considered a failure at this point.

Too many injuries for Ghana; great value here; you may want to consider a second look at Uruguay in this quarterfinal blockbuster!

Good luck gentlemen…N Parsons