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50 DIME
Phillies @ Padres 4:10 pm EST,
Blanton v. Garland
That’s a quick turnaround for these two after playing a tense important extra inning game last night. Phillies prevailed, barely. The improved offense production the Padres have acquired lately will and has helped Padres continue to surge towards the division crown, where most felt sooner or later the O in offensive was going to catch up with them.
While Blanton and the Phills, ironically, continue to struggle to get runs, granted Matos has that effect on many teams, but the Phillies have struggled lately against most teams. Howard and Holladay are out of sync and until they break out the Phills will not run down the Braves, and their struggling too, but that’s another story.
Blanton has 9 road starts and one win on those roads; it was his first road start May 15. Since then he’s had four losses, 4 ND’s and of those the Phillies won only one of them.
So is Blanton or the Phillies going to break a 2 and 7 trend with Blanton on the mound?
If they do it’ll have to be against Garland whose 2.49 at home, 7-2 and winning his last 4 of 5, coming home after pitching two gems on the road.
If San Diego misses this one, they and I will be completely surprised.
Thoughts on early action…
Minnesota @ Seattle 4 pm EST
Blackburn v. Fister
Blackburn is 9.30 on the road, (2-7), 7.51 during the day, and since May 27th, he has but 1 win. Fister is 3.41 at home, and had only 1 bad outing at home vs. Texas. His start against the Twins was OK giving only 2 ER’s while 3 were unearned.
This would be a great spot for the Mariners after a torrid road trip and dropping the first at home after returning against Baker who’s better than most, I see the Mariners regrouping today after shaking off the road and getting to Blackburn. Because it is Minnesota and they tend to buck the trends and are bearing down every game due to the pennant race, so walk with caution. But nothing tells me Minnesota wins this game through the first 7 innings, I just hope the pen holds the thin lead Fister gave them.
Detroit @ Toronto 1 pm EST
Figaro (change) v. Morrow
Bonderman gets shuffled back and Figaro goes for Detroit instead. Since Damon’s bold and unifying stand with Detroit, they won 6 of the last 10 but recently dropped 2 of 3.
Figaro has relieved mostly but has zero starts and wasn’t that great in 2009 with the starts he did get. So far in 2010 he’s given up 3 ER’s in 3 2/3 innings for a 5.79 era.
Toronto on the other hand, is one of the leagues best hitting teams and leads in HR’s, Morrow has a 4.29 era but at home is 2.84 and 7-1.
This should be Toronto easy, but the line is high at -160 which is at the edge what I am willing pay for a favorite, the RL is -110. If you don’t mind -160, the B-Jays are worth a shot and the RL for the gamers looking for better odds might be OK too.
Detroit can bang the ball around the field, and Morrow has had a few bad outing and the worst of those were on the road.
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50 DIME
Phillies @ Padres 4:10 pm EST,
Blanton v. Garland
That’s a quick turnaround for these two after playing a tense important extra inning game last night. Phillies prevailed, barely. The improved offense production the Padres have acquired lately will and has helped Padres continue to surge towards the division crown, where most felt sooner or later the O in offensive was going to catch up with them.
While Blanton and the Phills, ironically, continue to struggle to get runs, granted Matos has that effect on many teams, but the Phillies have struggled lately against most teams. Howard and Holladay are out of sync and until they break out the Phills will not run down the Braves, and their struggling too, but that’s another story.
Blanton has 9 road starts and one win on those roads; it was his first road start May 15. Since then he’s had four losses, 4 ND’s and of those the Phillies won only one of them.
So is Blanton or the Phillies going to break a 2 and 7 trend with Blanton on the mound?
If they do it’ll have to be against Garland whose 2.49 at home, 7-2 and winning his last 4 of 5, coming home after pitching two gems on the road.
If San Diego misses this one, they and I will be completely surprised.
Thoughts on early action…
Minnesota @ Seattle 4 pm EST
Blackburn v. Fister
Blackburn is 9.30 on the road, (2-7), 7.51 during the day, and since May 27th, he has but 1 win. Fister is 3.41 at home, and had only 1 bad outing at home vs. Texas. His start against the Twins was OK giving only 2 ER’s while 3 were unearned.
This would be a great spot for the Mariners after a torrid road trip and dropping the first at home after returning against Baker who’s better than most, I see the Mariners regrouping today after shaking off the road and getting to Blackburn. Because it is Minnesota and they tend to buck the trends and are bearing down every game due to the pennant race, so walk with caution. But nothing tells me Minnesota wins this game through the first 7 innings, I just hope the pen holds the thin lead Fister gave them.
Detroit @ Toronto 1 pm EST
Figaro (change) v. Morrow
Bonderman gets shuffled back and Figaro goes for Detroit instead. Since Damon’s bold and unifying stand with Detroit, they won 6 of the last 10 but recently dropped 2 of 3.
Figaro has relieved mostly but has zero starts and wasn’t that great in 2009 with the starts he did get. So far in 2010 he’s given up 3 ER’s in 3 2/3 innings for a 5.79 era.
Toronto on the other hand, is one of the leagues best hitting teams and leads in HR’s, Morrow has a 4.29 era but at home is 2.84 and 7-1.
This should be Toronto easy, but the line is high at -160 which is at the edge what I am willing pay for a favorite, the RL is -110. If you don’t mind -160, the B-Jays are worth a shot and the RL for the gamers looking for better odds might be OK too.
Detroit can bang the ball around the field, and Morrow has had a few bad outing and the worst of those were on the road.
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