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[JohnnyMapleLeaf]

MLB YTD: 92-94, -38.79 Units


Cubs -178 (Zambrano) vs Padres
SD has won two straight...but that was at home against the equally bad Rockies...the top 3 of SD's rotation played in the Colorado series...time to fade the bottom half of their rotation...especially on the road against Zambrano. Cubs a great home team, Pads blow on the road. Wolf has been hit hard the past 3 weeks, and Chicago hits lefties well. Zambrano's as good as anyone in the NL. I'll lay the juice...

5 Units

[JohnnyMapleLeaf]

Astros/Giants OVER 7.5 -113 (Action)
A 7.5 with Zito pitching? huh? He had one OK start against the Pirates, but will still give up runs with his weak stuff...especially tonight against a hot-hitting Astros team who kill lefties (.300) this year. Houston has been one of the hottest hitting clubs in the NL...winning 9 of their last 11, mainly by scoring over 6 runs per game during that stretch...and are coming off a sweep of LAD where they smoked the Dodger pitching.

The low number is probably a result of Oswalt's name but he has been giving up runs all year...and even in his recent "turnaround" people talk about, he still has given 3 ERs in each of his last 4 starts...and we know that he is also traditionally weaker on the road over his career as well. SF's bats have been OK recently...so if you give SF 3 runs off Oswalt, that means we only need 5 more runs off Zito and both bullpens for the Over to hit?

This number is off by 1.5 runs, IMO...


3 Units

[Biff_Tannen]

Seems way low for Zito, and you got two weak bullpens to boot. I think this one shouldn't have much trouble. Good Luck today Johnny.

[JohnnyMapleLeaf]

Two winning nights in a row as both games tonight go exactly as expected...needed that...I think keeping it to under 3 plays per night might be the smart way to go from here on in...

And Marcum outduels Lee



Updating...MLB YTD: 94-94, -33.32 Units

[homedawg]

Originally Posted by JohnnyMapleLeaf

And Marcum outduels Lee

Shaun Marcum IP- 8.0 Runs-0 Pitches-Strikes - 114-75
Cliff Lee.......... IP-9.0 Runs-0 Pitches-Strikes - 117-78

[JohnnyMapleLeaf]

Originally Posted by homedawg

Shaun Marcum IP- 8.0 Runs-0 Pitches-Strikes - 114-75
Cliff Lee.......... IP-9.0 Runs-0 Pitches-Strikes - 117-78

Pitch/strike ratio. lol. Nice!

Well...I guess by outduel, I meant Jays got the win in the game, and Marcum had the (slightly) better line...

Marcum 8 IP - 2 H - 5 SO - 0 BB
Lee 9 IP - 7 H - 5 SO - 2 BB

7 less baserunners for Marcum. And if the Tribe RF doesn't make an amazing diving catch on a liner in the ninth, Lee loses 2-0 in regulation...

All in all....4 great pitching performances in the DH though....where were the under plays? lol.