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AMERICAN LEAGUE TOTAL OF THE MONTH! [ MLB ]
At 7:05pm our selection is on the Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians 'under' the total. With both Jake Westbrook (elbow) and Fausto Carmona (hip) out for Cleveland, 23 year-old lefthander Aaron Laffey has filled in very well and has definitely earned the right to stay in the Indian rotation. You may notice that his ERA in his last three starts is 5.60, but this is very misleading, as he had a very bad start two outings ago at Texas, but that is actually his only bad start of the entire season (since his first start back on April 28 against the Yankees). Laffey is not really an overpowering strikeout pitcher, but rather a control specialist, and he has yet to give up more than two walks in a game all season. He gets the perfect assignment to keep it going tonight vs. the Twins, as Minnesota has had serious problems scoring runs lately. Livan Hernandez, the ageless wonder, will oppose Laffey, and he continues to pay big dividends as the Twins have won ten of his fourteen starts this year. Oddly enough, although Hernandez seems to have been pitching in the Majors forever, he has not faced Cleveland since the 1997 World Series. The 'under' is 13-5 in Cleveland's last eighteen home games, and 21-8-2 in the last 31 meetings of these two teams. AL Total of the Month on the 'under'.
Free Pick
Date/Time: 6/12/2008 3:05PM EST
Pick: Giants
Reason: At 3:05pm our complimentary selection is on the San Francisco Giants over the Colorado Rockies. San Francisco's AT&T Park may be one of the nicest Major League venues in which to watch a baseball game, but the Giants probably don't mind getting out of there as they are the only team in Major League Baseball to have a significantly better record on the road than at home. Fresh off their four game sweep against the Nationals in DC, the Giants have lost two road games in a row at Coors Field to begin this series against the Rockies, the last one being a real heartbreaking 1-0 loss with their ace Tim Lincecum on the mound Wednesday night. The good news for tonight's game is that they get to face a starter in 22 year-old righthander Greg Reynolds who has some of the ugliest rookie stats I've seen in quite some time. When you look at Reynolds' strikeouts and walks numbers it is not a misprint. In just over 34 innings pitched this season, Reynolds has just nine strikeouts to go with 20 free passes. This does not bode well for facing Major League hitters. Reynolds will have his hands full this afternoon at home against a team that has really been hitting the snot out of the ball lately. In their last nine games the Giants have failed to score at least five runs on only three occasions. Take the Giants.
AMERICAN LEAGUE TOTAL OF THE MONTH! [ MLB ]
At 7:05pm our selection is on the Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians 'under' the total. With both Jake Westbrook (elbow) and Fausto Carmona (hip) out for Cleveland, 23 year-old lefthander Aaron Laffey has filled in very well and has definitely earned the right to stay in the Indian rotation. You may notice that his ERA in his last three starts is 5.60, but this is very misleading, as he had a very bad start two outings ago at Texas, but that is actually his only bad start of the entire season (since his first start back on April 28 against the Yankees). Laffey is not really an overpowering strikeout pitcher, but rather a control specialist, and he has yet to give up more than two walks in a game all season. He gets the perfect assignment to keep it going tonight vs. the Twins, as Minnesota has had serious problems scoring runs lately. Livan Hernandez, the ageless wonder, will oppose Laffey, and he continues to pay big dividends as the Twins have won ten of his fourteen starts this year. Oddly enough, although Hernandez seems to have been pitching in the Majors forever, he has not faced Cleveland since the 1997 World Series. The 'under' is 13-5 in Cleveland's last eighteen home games, and 21-8-2 in the last 31 meetings of these two teams. AL Total of the Month on the 'under'.
Free Pick
Date/Time: 6/12/2008 3:05PM EST
Pick: Giants
Reason: At 3:05pm our complimentary selection is on the San Francisco Giants over the Colorado Rockies. San Francisco's AT&T Park may be one of the nicest Major League venues in which to watch a baseball game, but the Giants probably don't mind getting out of there as they are the only team in Major League Baseball to have a significantly better record on the road than at home. Fresh off their four game sweep against the Nationals in DC, the Giants have lost two road games in a row at Coors Field to begin this series against the Rockies, the last one being a real heartbreaking 1-0 loss with their ace Tim Lincecum on the mound Wednesday night. The good news for tonight's game is that they get to face a starter in 22 year-old righthander Greg Reynolds who has some of the ugliest rookie stats I've seen in quite some time. When you look at Reynolds' strikeouts and walks numbers it is not a misprint. In just over 34 innings pitched this season, Reynolds has just nine strikeouts to go with 20 free passes. This does not bode well for facing Major League hitters. Reynolds will have his hands full this afternoon at home against a team that has really been hitting the snot out of the ball lately. In their last nine games the Giants have failed to score at least five runs on only three occasions. Take the Giants.
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