jeff benton saturday
1-1 yesterday plus 10 dimes or plus $90...overall, 83-105-3 MINUS 445 dimes.
Saturday's Winners ...
20 DIME seleation on <b>HOUSTON ASTROS</b> over Milwaukee in the second game of a weekend series in Houston. This is a pick-em game both here in Vegas and offshore. Not that Wandy Rodriguez (Astros) and Dave Bush (Milwaukee) must go torday or this play is VOID!
<b>Astros</b>
In Wandy Rodriguez I trust.
After a rough start to the season – he was 3-10 with a 6.09 ERA as of June 18, Rodriquez has turned his season around in a big way, posting a 5-1 record and a 2.31 ERA in his last six trips to the mound. And if you eliminate a five-run, six-inning performance against the Cubs at Wrigley Field – he won that game 11-5 after Houston staked him to an 8-0 run lead in the third inning, giving Rodriguez the green light to serve up fastball after fastball – he surrendered just five runs in his other five starts covering 33 innings (1.36 ERA).
Rodriguez is coming off a dominating 4-0 home victory over the Reds – and when I say dominating, I mean Cincinnati managed just one run and two walks while striking out seven times in seven innings. In fact, the southpaw’s strikeout-to-walk ratio during his 5-1 run is 34-9!
Rodriguez is just 6-6 with a 4.48 ERA in his career against Milwaukee (16 games, 15 starts), but those numbers are pretty misleading. For one thing, he schooled the Brew Crew in Wisconsin back on June 30, rolling to a 5-1 win after yielding just a run and seven hits in seven innings. For another thing, he’s been lights out against the Brewers in Houston the last few years, giving up just two runs in 19 innings in three starts.
As much as I trust Houston’s starting pitcher in this contest, I do not trust Milwaukee’s Dave Bush. He’s been walking a tightrope all season. As a matter of fact, he’s lucky that he’s ONLY just 5-8 with a 4.27 ERA on the season, as he’s got a 1.51 WHIP and his batting average-against is .285 (meaning he’s not missing many bats).
Finally, the Astros are swinging the better sticks, batting .275 over its previous 10 games (including .288 against right-handed pitchers), while the Brewers are hitting just .246 over a 10-game stretch (.222 vs. lefties). Also, Milwaukee had dropped three straight and is just 2-7 in its last nine games against left-handed starters, while Houston has won three in row and four of five.
1-1 yesterday plus 10 dimes or plus $90...overall, 83-105-3 MINUS 445 dimes.
Saturday's Winners ...
20 DIME seleation on <b>HOUSTON ASTROS</b> over Milwaukee in the second game of a weekend series in Houston. This is a pick-em game both here in Vegas and offshore. Not that Wandy Rodriguez (Astros) and Dave Bush (Milwaukee) must go torday or this play is VOID!
<b>Astros</b>
In Wandy Rodriguez I trust.
After a rough start to the season – he was 3-10 with a 6.09 ERA as of June 18, Rodriquez has turned his season around in a big way, posting a 5-1 record and a 2.31 ERA in his last six trips to the mound. And if you eliminate a five-run, six-inning performance against the Cubs at Wrigley Field – he won that game 11-5 after Houston staked him to an 8-0 run lead in the third inning, giving Rodriguez the green light to serve up fastball after fastball – he surrendered just five runs in his other five starts covering 33 innings (1.36 ERA).
Rodriguez is coming off a dominating 4-0 home victory over the Reds – and when I say dominating, I mean Cincinnati managed just one run and two walks while striking out seven times in seven innings. In fact, the southpaw’s strikeout-to-walk ratio during his 5-1 run is 34-9!
Rodriguez is just 6-6 with a 4.48 ERA in his career against Milwaukee (16 games, 15 starts), but those numbers are pretty misleading. For one thing, he schooled the Brew Crew in Wisconsin back on June 30, rolling to a 5-1 win after yielding just a run and seven hits in seven innings. For another thing, he’s been lights out against the Brewers in Houston the last few years, giving up just two runs in 19 innings in three starts.
As much as I trust Houston’s starting pitcher in this contest, I do not trust Milwaukee’s Dave Bush. He’s been walking a tightrope all season. As a matter of fact, he’s lucky that he’s ONLY just 5-8 with a 4.27 ERA on the season, as he’s got a 1.51 WHIP and his batting average-against is .285 (meaning he’s not missing many bats).
Finally, the Astros are swinging the better sticks, batting .275 over its previous 10 games (including .288 against right-handed pitchers), while the Brewers are hitting just .246 over a 10-game stretch (.222 vs. lefties). Also, Milwaukee had dropped three straight and is just 2-7 in its last nine games against left-handed starters, while Houston has won three in row and four of five.
