4 Unit Play. Take Under 7.5 between the Atlanta Braves @ Houston Astros (Wednesday @ 8:05pm est). The Braves are reeling currently. They are only four games above .500 and they just cannot make a stretch run here to get into the playoffs. As the Phillies have made a nice run as well as the Marlins, the Braves are eight games back of the division and also trail considerably in the wildcard chase as well. Tommy Hanson has not picked up a win in his last two outings and will help alleviate this outing. The young man has put together four quality starts prior to that and with the Braves needing a quality start, similar to Vasquez yesterday, I expect him to provide it. Wandy has been lights out at home. Something about the Houston air as Rodriguez has always pitched well at home. His home/away splits continue to be stark differences from each other. He comes off another shutout performance over the Philies not yielding a run in seven innings and in fact, he is 4-0 over his last four home starts yielding just 1 run in 32 innings - 0 runs in the last 25 innings (over three starts). The Under is 5-1 for the Braves as Underdogs of late and the Under is 7-1 for the Astros following a loss.
4 Unit Play. Take Cincinnati Under 9.5 between the Reds @ Colorado Rockies (Wednesday @ 8:40pm est). I don't know who had a conversation with Bronson Arroyo about a couple months ago, but he has turned his season around. Since July 28th, he has recorded eight straight quality starts. He has given up just five runs over the last 38 innings and has been very consistent. He last faced the Rockies at home and his team fell short 4-6 as he picked up a no-decision in the contest going 7 innings and giving up three runs. I expect another strong performance from him today as he looks for the win. Hammel has been pitching well of late and his last three starts have yielded no decisions. I look for a strong outing for Hammel as he looks to pick up a win finally over his last four starts and he is quite capable of going 6-7 innings and giving up three runs today. I believe Arroyo will help raise Jason's game a bit here and bear in mind the Rockies need quality starts from their pitchers if they hope to continue to stay pace in the wild card chase. The Under is 5-0 for the Reds on the highway of late and the Under is 7-3 for the Rockies when the total is set at this range.
Good luck,
IC
4 Unit Play. Take Cincinnati Under 9.5 between the Reds @ Colorado Rockies (Wednesday @ 8:40pm est). I don't know who had a conversation with Bronson Arroyo about a couple months ago, but he has turned his season around. Since July 28th, he has recorded eight straight quality starts. He has given up just five runs over the last 38 innings and has been very consistent. He last faced the Rockies at home and his team fell short 4-6 as he picked up a no-decision in the contest going 7 innings and giving up three runs. I expect another strong performance from him today as he looks for the win. Hammel has been pitching well of late and his last three starts have yielded no decisions. I look for a strong outing for Hammel as he looks to pick up a win finally over his last four starts and he is quite capable of going 6-7 innings and giving up three runs today. I believe Arroyo will help raise Jason's game a bit here and bear in mind the Rockies need quality starts from their pitchers if they hope to continue to stay pace in the wild card chase. The Under is 5-0 for the Reds on the highway of late and the Under is 7-3 for the Rockies when the total is set at this range.
Good luck,
IC
