Houston @ Cincinnati

Cincinnati have won 13 out of 16 games @ home against the Astros.
Taking the rubber for the Reds will be Mike Leake,whom is 3-0 in his five starts despite a 4.40 ERA this season, & tries for his 4th straight win. Leake is 2-1 with a 2.49 ERA in four career starts against Houston. He earned the win versus the Astros on April 5 when he allowed two earned runs and just three hits in six innings of an 8-2 Reds victory. Houston will send struggling starter J.A. Happ to the rubber. Happ,whom has dropped his L3 starts & is 1-4 with a 6.35 ERA and 1.52 WHIP, & Houston is 1-9 in his L10 starts . In 28.1 innings, he's allowed 29 hits (including five home runs) with 14 walks and 20 strikeouts. The left-hander has allowed 13 earned runs in two road starts this season, which included a season-high seven earned runs, seven hits and five walks in just four innings of work against the Reds on April 5. He's winless versus Cincy in two career starts and has surrendered 13 hits and 10 runs in 11 innings for an 8.18 ERA.

Carlos Lee for the Astros (.207, 3 HR, 18 RBI) is ? to play. The Reds are a whopping 24-10 (+14.5 Units) against the Astros in the past three seasons, including a 13-5 record at home. Cincy also has a majors-best stat line of .345 BA/.436 OBP/.576 SLG against left-handed pitching this year.


Mr Profits Picks: Cincinnati-1RL @ -131

Colorado @ Arizona

Taking the rubber for the Rockies will be Jorge De La Rosa where he's 4-0 with a 2.61 earned run average in five starts. He is riding a personal three-start win streak.
De La Rosa has lasted at least seven innings in back-to-back starts and is 2-0 in three road outings this season. He beat Arizona in his season debut on April 2 with 5 1/3 shutout innings and is 6-3 with a 2.04 ERA in 14 matchups (10 starts) with the D'Backs.

Joe Saunders (Arizona) is 0-3 with a 5.93 ERA in five starts, and has lost his last four decisions since Oct. 2, 2010.


Mr Profits Picks: Colorado-126 over Arizona