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Game: San Diego at Pittsburgh (7:05 PM Eastern)
Pick: 2 units on Pittsburgh -1.5 runs +163 (runline) (risk 2 to win 3.3)
The Pirates have been a .600 team in their last 40 home games with a 25-15 record. They have also been on a bit of a run lately where they have now won their last four by outscoring the opponent 34-13. Zack Duke has not pitched well lately, but over his career has been a much better pitcher than Cha Seung Baek, where the Padres have amassed a 3-6 road mark in his nine starts outside of San Diego. The Padres are a bad team playing poorly with just one win to show for their last 10 games. In their last 17 losses the Padres have gone down by two runs or more in 13 of them, and in 24 of their last 33 on the road. We like the Pirates to come away with another easy win over the Padres.
Game: Los Angeles at Baltimore (7:05 PM Eastern)
Pick: 2 units on Los Angeles -133 (moneyline) (risk 2 to win 1.5)
The Angels own the best record in baseball and are red hot. The Angels are winners of seven of their last eight. They also own the best road record by far at 31-18, and have been destroying LHP to the tune of a 19-6 record. The Orioles hung in their for a while, but are now on a 4-12 run and have been playing rather poorly even at home where they are now just 3-7 over their last 10 home games. Joe Saunders is on his way to a potential 20-win season, and the Angels are 14-5 in his first 19 starts as Saunders has not allowed more than three runs over his last six starts. After a good start and ERA of 3.18 into late May, Brian Burres has pitched to a 7.28 ERA over his last 10 starts and has been highly ineffective. We like the Angels to take the opener here.
Game: Texas at Oakland (10:05 PM Eastern)
Pick: 2 units on Texas +110 (moneyline) (risk 2 to win 2.2)
The A's are quickly playing themselves out of wildcard contention and are now just 1-7 over their last eight as the offense has gone stone cold. Outside of an eight-run outburst against Tampa Bay, they have produced a total of 12 runs in the other seven games during this eight-game stretch. They will face Vicente Padilla who has pitched the Rangers to a 14-5 mark over his 19 starts including a league-best 10-2 on the road. The Rangers are a much improved team with a high-octane offense, especially against RHP where they are 41-29 on the season. We like the Rangers in this one.
(wnba)
Game: Seattle at Phoenix (10:05 PM Eastern)
Pick: 2 units on Seattle +4.5 (-110) (risk 2 to win 1.8)
Outside of a 3-6 mark at midseason Seattle has gone 14-3 otherwise, and is currently the hottest team in the WNBA. Seattle has claimed victory in eight of their last nine contests, and has gone 2-0 against the Mercury already this season winning at Phoenix and at home in Seattle. Phoenix has been opposite Seattle in the fact that they have surrounded a midseason 8-3 run with a 3-11 mark before and after and the current run is 3-7. Although this team scores at will, so do their opponents, and all too often at a much higher rate. The Storm is just a half game behind San Antonio for the lead in the west, and we expect a big effort from them in this game.
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