Pick: Seattle Mariners -114
On Saturday the free MLB play is on the Seattle Mariners. Game 980 at 10:10 eastern. The Mariners fit a nice system here that cashes 75% of the time. Play on certain home teams off a 1 run home favored win if the total was 8 or less and both teams scored 2 or less runs and had 4 or less hits. The Indians are just 2-8 as a road dog from +100 to +125 this season. On the mound they have a struggling pitcher in Talbot who has a 7.47 era over his past 3 starts. Seattle hurler Pauley has a decent home era at home this season as well. Look for Seattle to get game 2 here tonight. On Saturday there are 4 Big games up. The big Double system Non Conference Game of the Month, the Triple Perfect Revenger and the 92% Dog with bite and the MLB System Game of the week which may not be close. Two games are late afternoon the rest are night games. We cashed the Top play on Friday and look to pick up where we left off, last year in Football. For the free play take the Seattle Mariners.
Pick: Pittsburgh Pirates -103
The Pirates took game 1 of their series with the Nationals on Friday night. Tonight’s game features a pair of struggling lefties from both teams. Washington’s John Lannan is 6-6 with a 4.95 ERA in 20 starts this season. On the road, he’s 4-3 with a 5.01 ERA striking out 19 while walking 25 batters. The southpaw is 0-3 with a 5.53 ERA in five starts against Pittsburgh. In an earlier start in Washington, Lannan gave up five runs and 10 hits in 4.7 innings pitched to the Pirates. Ronny Cedeno (4-12), Andy LaRoche (3-11), Lastings Milledge (4-10), Ryan Doumit (3-9), Andrew McCutchen (2-5), Jose Tabata (2-3), and Neil Walker (2-3) all hit Lannan well. Pittsburgh has won three straight games at home as they’ve found some offense scoring 38 runs in their last six games. The Nationals bullpen is 4-19 with an ERA over 4.00 this season. Pittsburgh’s Paul Maholm hasn’t been as bad at home as he has on the road. Maholm is 5-8 with a 5.44 ERA in 14 home starts. The lefty has yet to face the Nationals this season. Last year, he gave up five runs and 11 hits in 12.3 innings pitched in two outings against Washington. Adam Dunn (3-28), Wil Nieves (0-5), Nyjer Morgan (0-2), and Justin Maxwell (0-2) have poor numbers against Maholm. Washington is 23-47 on the road where they hit slightly over .240 as a team. They are 13-21 against southpaws this season. Pittsburgh’s bullpen is 13-3 at home with an ERA around 3.80. Pittsburgh is in good current form right now so we expect them to get another solid home win tonight.
Pick: Florida Marlins -134
The Marlins won 6-1 in Friday’s series opener, and I like them to take care of business again Saturday with ace Josh Johnson on the hill. Johnson has been nearly unhittable at home this season, going 7-2 (11-3 on the money line) with an ERA of 1.48 and a WHIP of 0.904. Plus, the Marlins are 5-2 in Johnson’s last 7 home starts vs. the Braves, and he is carrying a 2.57 lifetime ERA against Atlanta. We also can’t ignore that the Marlins are an impressive 25-8 in Johnson’s last 33 home starts. The Braves lost Jair Jurrjens’ only start against the Marlins this season. In addition, he is 0-4 with an ERA of 6.62 on the road this year. I also like the fact that Atlanta has dropped his last 4 Saturday starts. Florida gets the nod with the better starter on the hill Saturday.
Pick: Oakland Athletics -130
Cahill was rocked in his last start against the Yankees, but I expect that disappointing performance to leave him even hungrier Saturday. Cahill has been money in the bank all season, especially at home where he is 8-2 w/ a 1.84 ERA on the season. Plus, he has had a lot of success against the Angels, going 3-1 (5-1 on the money line) lifetime with an ERA of only 2.09. Weaver is one of the better pitchers in baseball, but he hasn’t been on his game lately. He’s 0-3 with an ERA of 5.21 over his last 3 starts. Plus, he has struggled on the road all season (4.60 ERA), and he is just 2-6 on the money line in his last 8 road starts against the A’s. Take Oakland.
On Saturday the free MLB play is on the Seattle Mariners. Game 980 at 10:10 eastern. The Mariners fit a nice system here that cashes 75% of the time. Play on certain home teams off a 1 run home favored win if the total was 8 or less and both teams scored 2 or less runs and had 4 or less hits. The Indians are just 2-8 as a road dog from +100 to +125 this season. On the mound they have a struggling pitcher in Talbot who has a 7.47 era over his past 3 starts. Seattle hurler Pauley has a decent home era at home this season as well. Look for Seattle to get game 2 here tonight. On Saturday there are 4 Big games up. The big Double system Non Conference Game of the Month, the Triple Perfect Revenger and the 92% Dog with bite and the MLB System Game of the week which may not be close. Two games are late afternoon the rest are night games. We cashed the Top play on Friday and look to pick up where we left off, last year in Football. For the free play take the Seattle Mariners.
Pick: Pittsburgh Pirates -103
The Pirates took game 1 of their series with the Nationals on Friday night. Tonight’s game features a pair of struggling lefties from both teams. Washington’s John Lannan is 6-6 with a 4.95 ERA in 20 starts this season. On the road, he’s 4-3 with a 5.01 ERA striking out 19 while walking 25 batters. The southpaw is 0-3 with a 5.53 ERA in five starts against Pittsburgh. In an earlier start in Washington, Lannan gave up five runs and 10 hits in 4.7 innings pitched to the Pirates. Ronny Cedeno (4-12), Andy LaRoche (3-11), Lastings Milledge (4-10), Ryan Doumit (3-9), Andrew McCutchen (2-5), Jose Tabata (2-3), and Neil Walker (2-3) all hit Lannan well. Pittsburgh has won three straight games at home as they’ve found some offense scoring 38 runs in their last six games. The Nationals bullpen is 4-19 with an ERA over 4.00 this season. Pittsburgh’s Paul Maholm hasn’t been as bad at home as he has on the road. Maholm is 5-8 with a 5.44 ERA in 14 home starts. The lefty has yet to face the Nationals this season. Last year, he gave up five runs and 11 hits in 12.3 innings pitched in two outings against Washington. Adam Dunn (3-28), Wil Nieves (0-5), Nyjer Morgan (0-2), and Justin Maxwell (0-2) have poor numbers against Maholm. Washington is 23-47 on the road where they hit slightly over .240 as a team. They are 13-21 against southpaws this season. Pittsburgh’s bullpen is 13-3 at home with an ERA around 3.80. Pittsburgh is in good current form right now so we expect them to get another solid home win tonight.
Pick: Florida Marlins -134
The Marlins won 6-1 in Friday’s series opener, and I like them to take care of business again Saturday with ace Josh Johnson on the hill. Johnson has been nearly unhittable at home this season, going 7-2 (11-3 on the money line) with an ERA of 1.48 and a WHIP of 0.904. Plus, the Marlins are 5-2 in Johnson’s last 7 home starts vs. the Braves, and he is carrying a 2.57 lifetime ERA against Atlanta. We also can’t ignore that the Marlins are an impressive 25-8 in Johnson’s last 33 home starts. The Braves lost Jair Jurrjens’ only start against the Marlins this season. In addition, he is 0-4 with an ERA of 6.62 on the road this year. I also like the fact that Atlanta has dropped his last 4 Saturday starts. Florida gets the nod with the better starter on the hill Saturday.
Pick: Oakland Athletics -130
Cahill was rocked in his last start against the Yankees, but I expect that disappointing performance to leave him even hungrier Saturday. Cahill has been money in the bank all season, especially at home where he is 8-2 w/ a 1.84 ERA on the season. Plus, he has had a lot of success against the Angels, going 3-1 (5-1 on the money line) lifetime with an ERA of only 2.09. Weaver is one of the better pitchers in baseball, but he hasn’t been on his game lately. He’s 0-3 with an ERA of 5.21 over his last 3 starts. Plus, he has struggled on the road all season (4.60 ERA), and he is just 2-6 on the money line in his last 8 road starts against the A’s. Take Oakland.
