Comps
Chris Jordan
Kansas City at TAMPA BAY (-180)
Tampa Bay will destroy the Royals today ? it?s that simple. Starting right-hander Matt Garza is in triple revenge against Kansas City (none of the losses were this season), and he comes in off two dominating performances, including last Tuesday?s seven-inning, scoreless performance against the defending champion Red Sox. He?s given up just one earned run over his last two starts, spanning 16 innings, and he?s 5-1 at home with a 2.16 ERA there.
We lay the run and a half against a team that has now lost seven of nine after getting drilled by the Rays yesterday. Kansas City is sending Gil Meche to the hill with a 3-5 road record, and 4.29 ERA to go along with it. He is 0-1 in his last three starts against the Rays, and has given up nine earned runs spanning 20 innings. The right-hander comes in off a loss at Baltimore, which tapped him for four earned runs in six frames.
With the Rays on absolute fire once again ? they?ve won seven in a row and 10 of 11 ? I?ll lay this run line with no problem today.
3♦ DEVIL RAYS RUN LINE
Bobby Maxwell
L.A. Angels (-125) at TEXAS
We're 21-17 with our last 38 days of FREE plays and today we're going with the red-hot Angels as they take on the Rangers in Arlington.
Ervin Santana seems to have put it all together this season and was named to his first All-Star game Sunday and he'll show why the Rangers.
Santana (9-3, 3.28 ERA) has won only once in his last five starts but he's one of the AL leaders in strikeouts with a106. In those last four starts, he's allowed two earned runs in two of them but his offense has let him down.
For his career he is 5-4 in 11 starts against the Rangers and gave up three runs in seven innings of a 7-4 victory on April 14 as the Angels swept a two-game series in Texas.
Los Angeles' offense has been producing lately, scoring 32 runs and winning four of the last five games. And in the series finale Sunday against Toronto the Angels pounded out 11 hits in the 7-1 victory.
Texas has the offense but they have trouble keeping the opposition off the board. The Rangers are averaging six runs a game at home but they are only 21-18 in front of the home crowd. Luis Mendoza (1-2, 4.64) goes for Texas and he is 0-2 with a 6.91 ERA in four starts this season. At New York on Wednesday he gave up six runs in 4 2/3 innings of an 18-7 loss.
Let's play the Angels and their All-Star starter Ervin Santana in this one. Take Los Angeles.
4♦ L.A. ANGELS
James Patrick Sports
Marlins vs. Padres 10:05 p.m. est.
Greg Maddux is 5-2 in his home starts and his opponent Nolasco and the Fish are just 5-13 in Monday action. This puts us on #908 San Diego Padres as our Monday complimentary selection in Major League Baseball.
Marc Lawrence
Play On: LA Dodgers w/Kuroda
Note: The Dodgers host the Braves in the first of a three game series in Los Angeles Monday night as they look to avenge a three game series weep suffered at Atlanta in April earlier this year. Mondays have been good to the Dodgers as evidenced by their 13-5 mark of late, including 5-1 their last six at home. With Hiroki Kuroda 4-2 at home with a 3.00 ERA, as opposed to 3-6 away with a 4.29 ERA, we'll stay at home with Kudoda and the Dodgers here tonight.
Big Al McMordie
Angels vs. Rangers (MLB) - Jul 7, 2008 8:05 PM EDT
Play: Under Title: Big Al's FREE Monday Baseball Winner.
At 8:05pm our complimentary selection is on the Los Angeles Angels and the Texas Rangers 'over' the total. The Angels head into the week before the break with the second best record in the American League behind only the red-hot Tampa Bay Rays. But the Angels may in fact be the best team in the league with more experience than their younger AL East counterpart. One way that experience shows is on the road where the Angels have by far the best record in the league at 27-15 to go with their 25 wins in their home park. Los Angeles also has the best closer in baseball in Francisco "K-Rod" Rodriguez, who is on pace to break the all-time Major League saves record. The Texas Rangers look to head into the break with a winning record and surprisingly if they do, it would be the fourth time in the last five years that they have been able to do so. But although Texas has one of the best offenses in baseball, their pitching is once again extremely suspect. Their relief pitching in particular has been very unreliable lately, and with their ugly 11-10 win on Sunday, this team has now given up double-digit runs in three of their last four games, and an unbelievable total of 41 runs during this time. The Rangers have gone over the total in 35 of 59 games vs. right-handed starters, and the Angels have gone 'over' in 24 of Ervin Santana's last 36 road starts.
Take the 'over'.
Chris Jordan
Kansas City at TAMPA BAY (-180)
Tampa Bay will destroy the Royals today ? it?s that simple. Starting right-hander Matt Garza is in triple revenge against Kansas City (none of the losses were this season), and he comes in off two dominating performances, including last Tuesday?s seven-inning, scoreless performance against the defending champion Red Sox. He?s given up just one earned run over his last two starts, spanning 16 innings, and he?s 5-1 at home with a 2.16 ERA there.
We lay the run and a half against a team that has now lost seven of nine after getting drilled by the Rays yesterday. Kansas City is sending Gil Meche to the hill with a 3-5 road record, and 4.29 ERA to go along with it. He is 0-1 in his last three starts against the Rays, and has given up nine earned runs spanning 20 innings. The right-hander comes in off a loss at Baltimore, which tapped him for four earned runs in six frames.
With the Rays on absolute fire once again ? they?ve won seven in a row and 10 of 11 ? I?ll lay this run line with no problem today.
3♦ DEVIL RAYS RUN LINE
Bobby Maxwell
L.A. Angels (-125) at TEXAS
We're 21-17 with our last 38 days of FREE plays and today we're going with the red-hot Angels as they take on the Rangers in Arlington.
Ervin Santana seems to have put it all together this season and was named to his first All-Star game Sunday and he'll show why the Rangers.
Santana (9-3, 3.28 ERA) has won only once in his last five starts but he's one of the AL leaders in strikeouts with a106. In those last four starts, he's allowed two earned runs in two of them but his offense has let him down.
For his career he is 5-4 in 11 starts against the Rangers and gave up three runs in seven innings of a 7-4 victory on April 14 as the Angels swept a two-game series in Texas.
Los Angeles' offense has been producing lately, scoring 32 runs and winning four of the last five games. And in the series finale Sunday against Toronto the Angels pounded out 11 hits in the 7-1 victory.
Texas has the offense but they have trouble keeping the opposition off the board. The Rangers are averaging six runs a game at home but they are only 21-18 in front of the home crowd. Luis Mendoza (1-2, 4.64) goes for Texas and he is 0-2 with a 6.91 ERA in four starts this season. At New York on Wednesday he gave up six runs in 4 2/3 innings of an 18-7 loss.
Let's play the Angels and their All-Star starter Ervin Santana in this one. Take Los Angeles.
4♦ L.A. ANGELS
James Patrick Sports
Marlins vs. Padres 10:05 p.m. est.
Greg Maddux is 5-2 in his home starts and his opponent Nolasco and the Fish are just 5-13 in Monday action. This puts us on #908 San Diego Padres as our Monday complimentary selection in Major League Baseball.
Marc Lawrence
Play On: LA Dodgers w/Kuroda
Note: The Dodgers host the Braves in the first of a three game series in Los Angeles Monday night as they look to avenge a three game series weep suffered at Atlanta in April earlier this year. Mondays have been good to the Dodgers as evidenced by their 13-5 mark of late, including 5-1 their last six at home. With Hiroki Kuroda 4-2 at home with a 3.00 ERA, as opposed to 3-6 away with a 4.29 ERA, we'll stay at home with Kudoda and the Dodgers here tonight.
Big Al McMordie
Angels vs. Rangers (MLB) - Jul 7, 2008 8:05 PM EDT
Play: Under Title: Big Al's FREE Monday Baseball Winner.
At 8:05pm our complimentary selection is on the Los Angeles Angels and the Texas Rangers 'over' the total. The Angels head into the week before the break with the second best record in the American League behind only the red-hot Tampa Bay Rays. But the Angels may in fact be the best team in the league with more experience than their younger AL East counterpart. One way that experience shows is on the road where the Angels have by far the best record in the league at 27-15 to go with their 25 wins in their home park. Los Angeles also has the best closer in baseball in Francisco "K-Rod" Rodriguez, who is on pace to break the all-time Major League saves record. The Texas Rangers look to head into the break with a winning record and surprisingly if they do, it would be the fourth time in the last five years that they have been able to do so. But although Texas has one of the best offenses in baseball, their pitching is once again extremely suspect. Their relief pitching in particular has been very unreliable lately, and with their ugly 11-10 win on Sunday, this team has now given up double-digit runs in three of their last four games, and an unbelievable total of 41 runs during this time. The Rangers have gone over the total in 35 of 59 games vs. right-handed starters, and the Angels have gone 'over' in 24 of Ervin Santana's last 36 road starts.
Take the 'over'.