Aloha Gang!.......How ya all doing?........I hope you are ALL in good health and spirits.........Yesterday was a dissappointing day for me and it also seem to have been equally dissappointing for many as well........What started out to be so sweet, only in the end turned sour in a blink of an eye......Yesterday left me posting a
3W-7L day......That brought my combined record for the week to
18W-16L= -1.24 Units.......
Anyways, "Mama said, that there would be days like this....There will be days like this my Mama said".....lol.....So I gotta suck it up!......Plus, seems like it was bound to happen after I spanked the "Bitch" for 3 consecutive winning days.....Still, the Co-Captain has a bit of freakyness in himself and I always seem to come back with a lot more pressure on that "Bitches" neck....lol.....Gotta go for the throat Baby! and dont let up!.........Today I will do just that as I release my First Big 5 Unit Game of the Month Play........Enough talk already......LETS TURN THIS MUTHA OUT!
**BIG 5 UNIT GAME OF THE MONTH PLAY ON:
Cleveland Indians -130
-The bottom line is that the Indians are surging and the Devil Rays are slumping......This one is not so much a tale of the Pitchers for me, as it is more so a tale of who is better at the plate and on Offense.......Yes I know that defense wins games, but today, it will be a combination of both Offense and Defense of the Indians that should bring this Big Play on home for All of us today.....
Cleveland is stroking RHP's at home averaging
.310 vs them.....Overall for the year, this average is a bit higher......Hell Yeah!.....TB, on the other hand, on the road vs RHP's are ONLY hitting
.219 vs them....Oh Boy!
Still here are other advantages and differences between the two teams I like in this one.....Cleveland is the 3rd ranked hitting team in the League.....TB is ranked 2nd to last at the plate in the League, only above the Expose......While Cleveland ranks #3 in the League in hitting %, they also are ranked #1 in the League in OBP, whereas TB ranks again at 2nd to last in the League in these catergories......In addition, Cleveland is ranked 6th in Runs scored in the League with (187)......TB is once more ranked 2nd to last in the League in Runs Scored with just (125)....
Westbrook will take the hill for the Indians today, and in his starts where he has gotten the W's going 2-0, has pitched superby......He took out both Boston and Detroit's guns in 15 innings(1 complete game), allowing just 8 hits, and 2 runs....WOW!...His only bad outing was his last one vs Balt. where he got a ND, but was hit for 10, and gave up 6 ER's.....But again, Balt is the #3 ranked hitting team in the land tied with Cleveland, and the Devil Rays are not...
Other stats of interest favoring the Indians today are:
-Cleveland is 14-6 vs TB in their last 20 meetings.....More currently Cleveland have won the last 5 of 7 games between them....
-TB is 1-4 in Zambrano's last 5 starts....
-This will be Zambrano's 5th straight game pitching on the road, where he has not won a decision yet....At home Victor Z is a solid 3-1, but he gets no Love away from home sweet home....
-TB is ONLY 3-15 away from Home Sweet Home...
I feel that teams get pumped up to face him because he was looked upon by some to be the Great Yankee Killer.....ashe beat the Yankee's Allstar Guns twice this year.......Still, that was in his first 2 starts on the year that were way back in March and the beginning of April.....Since then, the only thing consistant about his game seems to be that his ER allowed is going up with each start, and that he gives up a HR per a game......as his last 4 starts can atest to......Not Good!
Cleveland is still behind the .500 mark by 4 games, and they would like nothing more than to get it even or above the .500 mark by the Allstar break.....Today they face a team that they have dominated in the past and one which should help in them take a step closer to getting that mark......One intangible that may also work in the Indians favor today is that the Devil Rays after last nights come from behind game, may be very emotionally and physically drained a bit after expending all their energies ONLY to fall short by 1 run.....I think this unknown factor will only help the Indians cause and provide them with a much easier win in todays game...
**TOP 3 UNIT PLAY ON:
Detroit +133
-The Tigers 5-2 in Robertson's last 7 starts.......Texas seems to be struggling a bit hitting lefties away and in their last 10 games at .248.....Detroit is much better at hitting LHP's at .284
Robertson already beat Rogers and the Rangers on May 9 in Texas, by a 5-3 margin.....In that one, he pitched a little over 7 innings, allowed just 3 hits, 1 ER, got 7 K's, and gave up 2 walks.....OUTSTANDING!.......Rogers, on the other hand, also lasted a little over 7 innings, but allowed 5 hits, 5 runs, and gave up 2 HR's......
Today, I stick with the Younger Buck and fading the Gambling Veteran.....Go Tigers!
**2 UNIT PLAYS ON:
NY Yankees -138
Boston RS -121
**Ok Gang......Lets hit the "Bitch" hard with these BAD BOYS!.....I will have my late night set up a little later, so you all are welcome to check back for them if interested.....Lets have a good one today......Good luck to All today....and Gang, LETS GO GET EM! ALOHA CC..
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