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Zito & Giants Continue Set With Miami Marlins
Three true southpaws and one hurler believed to be a bit left-brained square off in a pair of National League contests on Wednesday night. One's a getaway game a little after noon Pacific time at Coors Field and the other is a prime-time left coast broadcast from the Bay Area.
A quick update on April totals betting is in order before we get to those contests. The first 338 games on the 2012 schedule finished in favor of 'under' bettors by a 173-154 margin along with 11 'pushes.' The low side of totals closed the month 26-14 during the final three days of action.
'Overs' have had their day, no doubt, and that day was Friday to be exact when betting the high side was at its peak in April (27-22-4 'over/under/push'). It's worth mentioning that a couple of the 154 'overs' in the first month were in San Diego on April 21-22 in which the Padres and Phillies combined for 13 runs, just beating a 5½-run total on Saturday and 6½-run scoreboard hurdle on Sunday.
Four clubs finished April hitting 'overs' at better than a 60 percent clip. Houston led the way at 16-7 'over' followed by Boston (14-7-1), Milwaukee (15-8) and Arizona (14-9). Eight teams registered 'under' wins at 60 percent or better, led by Pittsburgh's amazing 17-4-1 mark to the low side of totals (81%).
Kershaw & Pomeranz Close Set In Denver
An interesting matchup of young southpaws will finish off the series in Colorado between the Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers. Though there is only nine months difference in their ages, there's a huge disparity in experience as LA's Clayton Kershaw will be making his 122nd big league start while Colorado's Drew Pomeranz makes just his eighth trip to a major league mound in the afternoon affair (3:10 p.m. ET).
Colorado struck first in the series on Monday with a 6-2 triumph as -130 chalk. Rockies relievers hurled three no-hit innings in support of the win. Game 2 on Tuesday was still pending with the Rocks an ever-so-slight favorite and most Las Vegas outlets listing a 9½-run total for the pitching matchup between the Dodgers' Ted Lilly and Colorado's Jhoulys Chacin.
The Rockies will be attempting to do what no team has done so far this year, and that is beat LA with Kershaw on the mound. Five trips to the bump have each ended in victory for the Dodgers with Kershaw posting a stellar 1.78 ERA and 4:1 K/BB ratio in his 30+ innings. He's also allowed just one homer to date, that coming off Adam LaRoche's bat in his last start vs. the Nationals at home. It was one of just three hits he gave up, and Kershaw worked a season-high eight innings in the 3-2 LA win.
Jim Tracy would be happy if he could get just six innings out of Pomeranz on Wednesday. The former Ole Miss star has worked deep into counts in his three 2012 assignments, walking eight in 13-1/3 innings with opponents batting just over .300. Pomeranz has yet to go past the fifth inning this season.
While this will be Pomeranz's first go at the Dodgers, Kershaw has had plenty of experience against the Rockies. Los Angeles is 10-6 in his previous assignments vs. Colorado, Kershaw's ERA at 3.97 in 90+ innings. The Dodgers are just 4-5 in his nine starts at Coors Field where Kershaw's ERA bloats to 5.87.
Zito & Zambrano Match Up In San Fran
Carlos Zambrano will be looking for his first win with the Marlins when Miami and the San Francisco Giants continue their series at AT&T Park on Wednesday (10:15 p.m. ET). His counterpart on the mound for San Fran will be Barry Zito who has come out of the gates strong with a 1.67 ERA in four starts, three of which ended in Giants victories.
The series was set to get underway Tuesday night with the Giants -150 behind Matt Cain. Ricky Nolasco was scheduled to pitch for Miami and the total was six runs ('over' 115).
The unpredictable Zambrano has pitched well enough to have won at least two of his four starts for the Marlins, but has received no help from his offense with Miami being shut out in each of his last two assignments. He's been particularly stingy in his first two road games, holding batters to a measly .133 average and striking out 12 against just two walks.
Facing the Giants and pitching at AT&T Park might be the remedy to his winless beginning with the Fish. Zambrano posted a 0.86 ERA in his last four starts vs. San Francisco while pitching for the Cubs who were 1-1 in his two assignments in San Francisco (14 IP, 2 ER).
Zito was a big question mark coming out of spring with a 7.91 ERA and allowing five homers to go with a .405 batting average. That was on the heels of an injury-marred 2011 campaign that saw the lefty post a career-high 5.87 ERA in just 53-2/3 innings.
None of that has carried over in the regular season, however, starting with the complete game shutout he tossed in Colorado right out of the gate. Despite his struggles the past few seasons with the Giants, Zito has performed well against the Marlins with a 3-1 record in his last four starts vs. the club and a 1.69 ERA.
Three true southpaws and one hurler believed to be a bit left-brained square off in a pair of National League contests on Wednesday night. One's a getaway game a little after noon Pacific time at Coors Field and the other is a prime-time left coast broadcast from the Bay Area.
A quick update on April totals betting is in order before we get to those contests. The first 338 games on the 2012 schedule finished in favor of 'under' bettors by a 173-154 margin along with 11 'pushes.' The low side of totals closed the month 26-14 during the final three days of action.
'Overs' have had their day, no doubt, and that day was Friday to be exact when betting the high side was at its peak in April (27-22-4 'over/under/push'). It's worth mentioning that a couple of the 154 'overs' in the first month were in San Diego on April 21-22 in which the Padres and Phillies combined for 13 runs, just beating a 5½-run total on Saturday and 6½-run scoreboard hurdle on Sunday.
Four clubs finished April hitting 'overs' at better than a 60 percent clip. Houston led the way at 16-7 'over' followed by Boston (14-7-1), Milwaukee (15-8) and Arizona (14-9). Eight teams registered 'under' wins at 60 percent or better, led by Pittsburgh's amazing 17-4-1 mark to the low side of totals (81%).
Kershaw & Pomeranz Close Set In Denver
An interesting matchup of young southpaws will finish off the series in Colorado between the Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers. Though there is only nine months difference in their ages, there's a huge disparity in experience as LA's Clayton Kershaw will be making his 122nd big league start while Colorado's Drew Pomeranz makes just his eighth trip to a major league mound in the afternoon affair (3:10 p.m. ET).
Colorado struck first in the series on Monday with a 6-2 triumph as -130 chalk. Rockies relievers hurled three no-hit innings in support of the win. Game 2 on Tuesday was still pending with the Rocks an ever-so-slight favorite and most Las Vegas outlets listing a 9½-run total for the pitching matchup between the Dodgers' Ted Lilly and Colorado's Jhoulys Chacin.
The Rockies will be attempting to do what no team has done so far this year, and that is beat LA with Kershaw on the mound. Five trips to the bump have each ended in victory for the Dodgers with Kershaw posting a stellar 1.78 ERA and 4:1 K/BB ratio in his 30+ innings. He's also allowed just one homer to date, that coming off Adam LaRoche's bat in his last start vs. the Nationals at home. It was one of just three hits he gave up, and Kershaw worked a season-high eight innings in the 3-2 LA win.
Jim Tracy would be happy if he could get just six innings out of Pomeranz on Wednesday. The former Ole Miss star has worked deep into counts in his three 2012 assignments, walking eight in 13-1/3 innings with opponents batting just over .300. Pomeranz has yet to go past the fifth inning this season.
While this will be Pomeranz's first go at the Dodgers, Kershaw has had plenty of experience against the Rockies. Los Angeles is 10-6 in his previous assignments vs. Colorado, Kershaw's ERA at 3.97 in 90+ innings. The Dodgers are just 4-5 in his nine starts at Coors Field where Kershaw's ERA bloats to 5.87.
Zito & Zambrano Match Up In San Fran
Carlos Zambrano will be looking for his first win with the Marlins when Miami and the San Francisco Giants continue their series at AT&T Park on Wednesday (10:15 p.m. ET). His counterpart on the mound for San Fran will be Barry Zito who has come out of the gates strong with a 1.67 ERA in four starts, three of which ended in Giants victories.
The series was set to get underway Tuesday night with the Giants -150 behind Matt Cain. Ricky Nolasco was scheduled to pitch for Miami and the total was six runs ('over' 115).
The unpredictable Zambrano has pitched well enough to have won at least two of his four starts for the Marlins, but has received no help from his offense with Miami being shut out in each of his last two assignments. He's been particularly stingy in his first two road games, holding batters to a measly .133 average and striking out 12 against just two walks.
Facing the Giants and pitching at AT&T Park might be the remedy to his winless beginning with the Fish. Zambrano posted a 0.86 ERA in his last four starts vs. San Francisco while pitching for the Cubs who were 1-1 in his two assignments in San Francisco (14 IP, 2 ER).
Zito was a big question mark coming out of spring with a 7.91 ERA and allowing five homers to go with a .405 batting average. That was on the heels of an injury-marred 2011 campaign that saw the lefty post a career-high 5.87 ERA in just 53-2/3 innings.
None of that has carried over in the regular season, however, starting with the complete game shutout he tossed in Colorado right out of the gate. Despite his struggles the past few seasons with the Giants, Zito has performed well against the Marlins with a 3-1 record in his last four starts vs. the club and a 1.69 ERA.
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