jeff benton tuesday
0-1 yesterday...minus 15 dimes or $187 on the oakland A's..overall, 63-68-3 for minus 45 dimes....yes he was positive FOR ONE DAY...now the inconsistent Benton continues backwards......and he has not put together one of his streaks.
Tuesday's Winners ...
20 DIME selection on the L.A. ANGELS over the L.A. Dodgers in the opener of a three-game Freeway Series at Angel Stadium. As I pubaish today’s plays at approximately 12:20 p.m. Eastern time, the Angels are a home underdog ranging from +110 to +120 around Vegas and offshore. NOTE: When making your wageer, list Ervin Santana as the Angels’ starting pitcher. If Santana does NOT start, this play is VOID!
10 DIME selection on the BOSTON RED SOX on the run line (-1½ runs) over the Colorado Rockies. As I publish today’s plays, the Red Sox are +105 to +110 underdog on the run line. NOTE: All run-line plays in baseball requore listing starting pitchers, so Boston’s Jon Lester and Colorado’s Jhoulys Chacin must start this game, or this play is VOID!
Angels
Don’t get me wrong – I absolutely love Dodgers lefty Clayton Kershaw, and he’s been outstanding both overall (7-3, 2.96 ERA) and on the road (3-1, 2.25 ERA). And he’s given up three earned runs or fewer (and a total of 11 earned runs) in his last eight starts.
I’m also aware that Angels right-hander Ervin Santana is coming off two losses while posting a 9.00 ERA.
All this said, it is impossible to ignore just how horrific the Dodgers have been against the American League in recent years. They’ve lost seven straight interleague games this year and 55 of 81 against the A.L. going back to the 2005 season. Even worse, they’re 14-43 in their last 57 games in A.L. balaparks. Just 10 days ago, Joe Torre’s team got swept at home by these Angels by scores of 10-1, 4-2 and 6-5, and in the series the Halos hit .315 while the Dodgers batted .196 while striking out 26 times.
Going back several years, the Angels are 17-6 against their big brothers to the north, and they’re 19-7 in the last 26 meetings in Anaheim. And the Angels’ interleague success isn’t just limited to their city rivals. The Halos have won 47 of their last 68 against the National League, going 27-8 in their last 35 against N.L. West opponents and 14-5 when facing N.L. left-handers (Kershaw comes from the left side).
The Angels come into this game as the team playing much better baseball, too. Although they got spanked by the Cubs at Wrigley Field on Sunday, the won the first two games of that series and are 16-6 in their last 22 games overall. On the other hand, the Dodgers’ series against the Angels started a current 2-7 freefall, including four losses in a row (all on the road) coming into this one.
The Dodgers are in further funks of 3-10 after a day off, 0-5 versus A.L. West and 1-9 in Kershaw’s last 10 starts when opening a series.
Finally, back to the Angels’ Santana: Yes, he got beat up pretty good in his last two outings, but prior to that, he delivered five consecuetive quality starts (seven earned runs allowed in 35 innings). More important than that, he hasn’t had three straight bad performances all season. What’s more, the Angels haven’t lost three straight Santana starts all season.
Throw in the fact the Dodgers played the late game in Boston on Sunday then took a red-eye back to L.A. (so they really didn’t get to enjoy their day off) and I’ll take a shot with the hotter team (and the home team) at a pick-em price.
Red Sox (-1½ runs)
There is no hotter team in baseball than the Red Sox, who have won six in a row and 24 of 32 overall. And there is no hotter pitcher in baseball than Jon Lester, who is 8-0 with a 2.01 ERA in his last 11 starts. So with Lester opening this three-game series at Coors Field, why not play Boston here, espocially since the Rockies are just a .500 baseball team that just lost its best player (shortstop Troy Tulowitzki) for six to eight weeks?
Tulowitzki broke his wrist in Thursday’s 2-1 loss at Minnesota, and he took with him a .306 batting average, nine home runs, 34 RBIs and a legitimate Gold Glove at shortstop. It’s an enormous loss for a club that’s been mediocre at best offensively – Colorado bats just .256 as a team and averages only 4.5 runs per game. By comparison, the Red Sox rank second in the big leagues in batting average at .278 (Kansas City is first at .279) and they have scored a league-high 390 runs (5.5 per game).
Back to Lester: His was a mess in his first three starts of the season, giving up 15 runs in 16 innings. Since then, he’s surrendered a total of 18 runs (17 earned) in 76 innings. If you take away one bad start in his last 11 trips to the mound (six runs in six innings at Cleveland), the southpaw has allowed just 11 earned runs in 70 innings, good for 1.41 ERA!
The thing about Lester is when he pitches well and leads the Red Sox to victory, the games are rarely close. In fact, going back to May 1 of last year, Boston has won 28 games with Lester starting, and 26 have been by multiple runs. Well, tonight Lester is facing a Tulowitzki-less offense that has not hit left-handers very well this season (.258 average) and has been downright awful against lefties lately (.215 average last 10 games).
What about Colorado’s starting pitcher Jhoulys Chacin? Here’s all you need to know: He’s 3-6 with a 4.00 ERA overall, 0-4 with a 5.32 ERA in his last three starts, 1-3 with a 6.17 ERA in four starts at Coors Field and the Rockies score just 3.8 runs per game when Chacin starts.
Finally, not only do the Red Sox win big when Lester starts, they win big period. Of their last 22 victories, 19 have been by more than one run.
0-1 yesterday...minus 15 dimes or $187 on the oakland A's..overall, 63-68-3 for minus 45 dimes....yes he was positive FOR ONE DAY...now the inconsistent Benton continues backwards......and he has not put together one of his streaks.
Tuesday's Winners ...
20 DIME selection on the L.A. ANGELS over the L.A. Dodgers in the opener of a three-game Freeway Series at Angel Stadium. As I pubaish today’s plays at approximately 12:20 p.m. Eastern time, the Angels are a home underdog ranging from +110 to +120 around Vegas and offshore. NOTE: When making your wageer, list Ervin Santana as the Angels’ starting pitcher. If Santana does NOT start, this play is VOID!
10 DIME selection on the BOSTON RED SOX on the run line (-1½ runs) over the Colorado Rockies. As I publish today’s plays, the Red Sox are +105 to +110 underdog on the run line. NOTE: All run-line plays in baseball requore listing starting pitchers, so Boston’s Jon Lester and Colorado’s Jhoulys Chacin must start this game, or this play is VOID!
Angels
Don’t get me wrong – I absolutely love Dodgers lefty Clayton Kershaw, and he’s been outstanding both overall (7-3, 2.96 ERA) and on the road (3-1, 2.25 ERA). And he’s given up three earned runs or fewer (and a total of 11 earned runs) in his last eight starts.
I’m also aware that Angels right-hander Ervin Santana is coming off two losses while posting a 9.00 ERA.
All this said, it is impossible to ignore just how horrific the Dodgers have been against the American League in recent years. They’ve lost seven straight interleague games this year and 55 of 81 against the A.L. going back to the 2005 season. Even worse, they’re 14-43 in their last 57 games in A.L. balaparks. Just 10 days ago, Joe Torre’s team got swept at home by these Angels by scores of 10-1, 4-2 and 6-5, and in the series the Halos hit .315 while the Dodgers batted .196 while striking out 26 times.
Going back several years, the Angels are 17-6 against their big brothers to the north, and they’re 19-7 in the last 26 meetings in Anaheim. And the Angels’ interleague success isn’t just limited to their city rivals. The Halos have won 47 of their last 68 against the National League, going 27-8 in their last 35 against N.L. West opponents and 14-5 when facing N.L. left-handers (Kershaw comes from the left side).
The Angels come into this game as the team playing much better baseball, too. Although they got spanked by the Cubs at Wrigley Field on Sunday, the won the first two games of that series and are 16-6 in their last 22 games overall. On the other hand, the Dodgers’ series against the Angels started a current 2-7 freefall, including four losses in a row (all on the road) coming into this one.
The Dodgers are in further funks of 3-10 after a day off, 0-5 versus A.L. West and 1-9 in Kershaw’s last 10 starts when opening a series.
Finally, back to the Angels’ Santana: Yes, he got beat up pretty good in his last two outings, but prior to that, he delivered five consecuetive quality starts (seven earned runs allowed in 35 innings). More important than that, he hasn’t had three straight bad performances all season. What’s more, the Angels haven’t lost three straight Santana starts all season.
Throw in the fact the Dodgers played the late game in Boston on Sunday then took a red-eye back to L.A. (so they really didn’t get to enjoy their day off) and I’ll take a shot with the hotter team (and the home team) at a pick-em price.
Red Sox (-1½ runs)
There is no hotter team in baseball than the Red Sox, who have won six in a row and 24 of 32 overall. And there is no hotter pitcher in baseball than Jon Lester, who is 8-0 with a 2.01 ERA in his last 11 starts. So with Lester opening this three-game series at Coors Field, why not play Boston here, espocially since the Rockies are just a .500 baseball team that just lost its best player (shortstop Troy Tulowitzki) for six to eight weeks?
Tulowitzki broke his wrist in Thursday’s 2-1 loss at Minnesota, and he took with him a .306 batting average, nine home runs, 34 RBIs and a legitimate Gold Glove at shortstop. It’s an enormous loss for a club that’s been mediocre at best offensively – Colorado bats just .256 as a team and averages only 4.5 runs per game. By comparison, the Red Sox rank second in the big leagues in batting average at .278 (Kansas City is first at .279) and they have scored a league-high 390 runs (5.5 per game).
Back to Lester: His was a mess in his first three starts of the season, giving up 15 runs in 16 innings. Since then, he’s surrendered a total of 18 runs (17 earned) in 76 innings. If you take away one bad start in his last 11 trips to the mound (six runs in six innings at Cleveland), the southpaw has allowed just 11 earned runs in 70 innings, good for 1.41 ERA!
The thing about Lester is when he pitches well and leads the Red Sox to victory, the games are rarely close. In fact, going back to May 1 of last year, Boston has won 28 games with Lester starting, and 26 have been by multiple runs. Well, tonight Lester is facing a Tulowitzki-less offense that has not hit left-handers very well this season (.258 average) and has been downright awful against lefties lately (.215 average last 10 games).
What about Colorado’s starting pitcher Jhoulys Chacin? Here’s all you need to know: He’s 3-6 with a 4.00 ERA overall, 0-4 with a 5.32 ERA in his last three starts, 1-3 with a 6.17 ERA in four starts at Coors Field and the Rockies score just 3.8 runs per game when Chacin starts.
Finally, not only do the Red Sox win big when Lester starts, they win big period. Of their last 22 victories, 19 have been by more than one run.
