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Friday, April 7
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Hot lines: Friday's best MLB bets
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New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox (-125, 10)
Oh, it’s going to be an interesting afternoon at Fenway Park.
The Red Sox stumble back to Beantown for their home opener after losing their first six games of the season – not exactly the start the World Series favorite was looking for.
Thursday’s loss was especially tough. Tied 0-0 in the eighth inning, Cleveland’s Asdrubal Cabrera pulled off a squeeze bunt to score Adam Everett for the only run of the game, spoiling a seven-inning shutout effort from Jon Lester.
"The slate's not really clean," Boston manager Terry Francona told reporters. "The record is what it is, but I don't want us to have a hangover. We need to pick it up. We're going to play a good team now. We haven't done a very good job to this point. I don't want us to be trying to win for this week because we can't do that."
The Sox can’t do much of anything right at this point and we’re not backing them until they break out of this funk. Phil Hughes is struggling with his velocity right now but John Lackey got rocked in his first start of the year too.
Give us the Yanks.
Pick: Yankees
Florida Marlins at Houston Astros (+110, 8)
The Houston Astros became the last team in the National League to get into the win column on Thursday against the Reds in dramatic fashion.
Matt Downs cracked a double in the ninth inning to score Brett Wallace and Brandon Lyon survived another adventurous appearance in the bottom of the frame to push the Astros to a 3-2 victory over the previously unbeaten Reds.
"It's going to be nice to go home and get into a routine at home," manager Brad Mills told the Astros' official website. "Being there for 10 games will be nice. And obviously, we want to play well at home and start off by playing good, consistent baseball."
Ricky Nolasco looked good in his first trip to the hill for Florida, but both of these clubs are hammering the over right now and that’s where the value is in this matchup.
Pick: Over
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Friday, April 7
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Hot lines: Friday's best MLB bets
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New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox (-125, 10)
Oh, it’s going to be an interesting afternoon at Fenway Park.
The Red Sox stumble back to Beantown for their home opener after losing their first six games of the season – not exactly the start the World Series favorite was looking for.
Thursday’s loss was especially tough. Tied 0-0 in the eighth inning, Cleveland’s Asdrubal Cabrera pulled off a squeeze bunt to score Adam Everett for the only run of the game, spoiling a seven-inning shutout effort from Jon Lester.
"The slate's not really clean," Boston manager Terry Francona told reporters. "The record is what it is, but I don't want us to have a hangover. We need to pick it up. We're going to play a good team now. We haven't done a very good job to this point. I don't want us to be trying to win for this week because we can't do that."
The Sox can’t do much of anything right at this point and we’re not backing them until they break out of this funk. Phil Hughes is struggling with his velocity right now but John Lackey got rocked in his first start of the year too.
Give us the Yanks.
Pick: Yankees
Florida Marlins at Houston Astros (+110, 8)
The Houston Astros became the last team in the National League to get into the win column on Thursday against the Reds in dramatic fashion.
Matt Downs cracked a double in the ninth inning to score Brett Wallace and Brandon Lyon survived another adventurous appearance in the bottom of the frame to push the Astros to a 3-2 victory over the previously unbeaten Reds.
"It's going to be nice to go home and get into a routine at home," manager Brad Mills told the Astros' official website. "Being there for 10 games will be nice. And obviously, we want to play well at home and start off by playing good, consistent baseball."
Ricky Nolasco looked good in his first trip to the hill for Florida, but both of these clubs are hammering the over right now and that’s where the value is in this matchup.
Pick: Over
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