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Brad Wilton

My Saturday comp play winner is the O's-Jays "bird battle" to see some runs scored with Mike Wright and JA Happ doing the mound-work.

Thursday the teams combined for 11 runs and the Over.

Last night did hold Under the total, but the Orioles have still landed Over the posted price in 6 of their last 10, while the Blue Jays are 3-3-1 Over the total in their last 7 games.

Baltimore starter Mike Wright is coming off his best start in quite some time, as he worked 7 scoreless innings against Kansas City. Prior to that solid effort, the Over had connected in 5 straight Wright starts. Wright's road ERA stands at 5.91 for the season.

As for JA Happ, he just allowed 6 runs on 6 hits in his short 5 innings worked at Detroit. Happ also sports a home ERA of 4.50 with 4 of his 5 home starts at Rogers Centre this year playing Over the total.

Bats make contact this afternoon, Orioles-Blue Jays Over the total.

2* BALTIMORE-TORONTO OVER

 

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Gabriel DuPont

Complimentary play, I look to improve on my 67-58 run with free picks: Kansas City at CHICAGO (-1', +130).

The STORYLINE in this game today - I don't know what is going on with the Kansas City Royals, but they've fallen off since taking over first place in the American League Central, and once again are mired in an ugly losing streak. So tonight, I want to play the Chicago White Sox on the Run Line, as they're going to take advantage of the reeling champs.

The X-FACTOR in making this choice on this game - The Royals are hitting just .241 this month, the 11th-worst batting average in June. Funny thing is, the White Sox have the fifth-worst batting average, a .226 clip. But since Kansas City can't buy a win, and the Pale Hose are throwing Jose Quintana, I don't mind laying the run line.

1* WHITE SOX -1.5

 

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Chip Chirimbes

Indians at Angels
Play: Angels

The last 10 days have been totally different for these two clubs as the Indians have moved to 8-2 in June and the Angels have lost five straight and seven of their last nine. Los Angeles finds themselves nine games below .500 and 11 games behind Texas in the AL West. Matt Shoemaker (3-7, 5.40 ERA) who is 1-4 with a 5.51 ERA at home has had four straight quality starts losing his last two decisions but pitching to a 2.37 ERA with 37 strikeouts and no walks in that span. He is also 1-0 with a 1.29 ERA in his two career starts against Cleveland.