Sports Wagering Lines Texas Rangers vs New York Yankees

Filed Under (Sports) by steve on 25-08-2009

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joba chamberlainThe Texas Rangers (69-54) begin a key series at New York on Tuesday at 7:05 PM EST against the league leading N.Y. Yankees (78-46). Texas lost two of three at Tampa Bay to start this brutal nine-game road trip but they are very much in the Wild Card picture, especially with Boston struggling. It won’t be easy at New York against a Yankees team that is 27-9 since the All-Star break. SBG Global reports that the early sports wagering lines sees the public taking the Yankees at home as a -200 favorite with a total 9.5 over -115.

Texas is coming off a 4-0 win on Sunday against Tampa Bay. “We needed a well-pitched game, and we shut out a pretty good team," manager Ron Washington said. "I just think it showed the character and the resiliency in that clubhouse." The last time the Rangers went into New York was back in early June and they gave up 22 runs in the series and lost two of the three games. The Rangers send Kevin Millwood to the mound on Tuesday. He has been very good this season but has only one win in nine career starts against the Yankees. His ERA in his last five starts against New York is 2.84, yet he has only one win.
 
The Yankees send Joba Chamberlain to the mound on Tuesday. He is pitching for the first time in more than a week as the Yankees try and limit his pitch count. Chamberlain has not pitched well this month with a 6.75 ERA. He has also not pitched effectively against the Rangers in his career with a 7.11 ERA in three starts.
 
Take a look at the Wagering Lines stats for Tuesday’s game. The Rangers are 10-3 in their last 13 vs. the American League East. The Rangers are 4-1 in Millwood’s last 5 starts vs. the American League East. The Rangers are 9-27 in Millwood’s last 36 road starts. The Rangers are 9-25 in the last 34 meetings against the Yankees. The Yankees are 6-2 in their last 8 vs. the American League West. The Yankees are 44-17 in their last 61 games as a home favorite. The Yankees are 14-2 in Chamberlain’s last 16 home starts.
 
The Under is 22-6-1 in the Rangers last 29 games as a road underdog. The Under is 7-1 in Millwood’s last 8 road starts. The Under is 4-0 in Millwood’s last 4 starts vs. the Yankees. The Under is 5-1 in the Yankees last 6 home games. The Over is 5-1 in Chamberlain’s last 6 home starts.
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MLB Wagering: Dodgers Favored at Home Over Soaring Cardinals

Filed Under (Sports) by steve on 18-08-2009

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chris carpenterLast night’s St. Louis and Los Angeles contest had all the drama and intensity of a playoff game, with the Cardinals coming out on top 3-2 as -160 money line road favorites behind Chris Carpenter. This evening, the roles will be reversed, with the Dodgers the larger favorite and trying to find the magic formula that worked earlier this season. Early numbers show nearly 70% of bettors at Sportsbook.com are backing the host favorites.
 
The Dodgers (70-49, +11.2 units) have lost seven of 10 games, seeing their lead in the NL West dwindle to 4.5-games and now have the same amount of losses as Philadelphia in the National League, jeopardizing their hold of the best record in the senior circuit. Take away the two nine run explosions that resulted in victories and L.A. has totaled 20 runs in the other eight games (2.5 runs per outing). Matters have been made worse with the starting pitchers being mildly ineffective and injuries creeping up. Tonight’s starter, Chad Billingsley (11-6, 3.73 ERA) hasn’t pitched in 11 days due to left hamstring strain and will have to be watched cautiously. Billingsley hasn’t had much success against St. Louis with 0-2 record, with a 5.23 ERA in four starts, including being rocked for six runs and walking six in 5 2/3 innings of a 10-0 Redbirds whitewashing. The Dodgers have lost Billingsley’s last four home starts against teams with winning record.
 
St. Louis (68-52, +6.2 units) is making all those trade deadline pickups work and has won nine of its last 10 contests. Manager Tony LaRussa’s offense has been improved with Matt Holliday and Mark DeRosa, however the pitching has been brilliant in allowing just over three runs per game during this stretch. It was evident in last night’s contest that the confidence the Cardinals are playing with and tonight’s starter Mitchell Boggs (1-1, 3.78) has given the Cards a chance to win. Though he was roughed up in suffering his first loss of the season last week against Cincinnati, the 25-year old right-hander has kept his team in the game and they have won five of his six starts in 2009. Boggs would become a permanent part of the rotation, but as has been the case in the past, 20 walks in just over 33 innings has made him less than trustworthy.
 
The Dodgers are 12-3 avenging a one run loss this season and sports bettors have moved the Dodgers from -160 money line favorites at Sportsbook.com to -180, with the total Un8.5. L.A. has won 60 of last 86 games as a home favorite and is 12-4 OVER after allowing four runs or less in four straight games this season. St. Louis is a decided underdog, yet is 14-3 on the road when the total is 8 to 8.5 and has the same record when they have an on-base percentage of .375 or better over their last five games this season.
 
This battle of division leaders is set for 7:10 Pacific and is available for viewing in local markets with the Cards 16-6 UNDER after a win by two runs or less this season.
 
StatFox Power Line – L.A. Dodgers -188
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MLB Wagering: Heavenly Angels are Money-Makers

Filed Under (Sports) by steve on 04-08-2009

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los angeles angels stadiumThe Los Angeles Angels quietly moved ahead of more well-known teams like Boston and the New York Yankees, to be the best team in the American League with a 63-40 record. On Tuesday they’ll head to Chicago to start a 3-game set with the White Sox, and are backed by nearly 80% of early bettors at Sportsbook.com.

The Angels lead the Major Leagues in hitting with a .290 average. With the high batting average, they are also the No.1 scoring offense at 5.7 runs per game, helped dramatically by hitting .308 with runners in scoring position.

Manager Mike Scioscia’s team plays its own version of merry-go-round, with 94 more total hits than the average AL team to this point of the season. The Halos are second in baseball in all important on-base percentage to the Yankees and are third in slugging percentage, despite hitting 40 less home runs than the Bronx Bombers (154 homers) and 45 less than second place Texas (159 homers).

To understand just how good Los Angeles has been playing, consider on June 12, they were 29-29 on the season. Since then, L.A. is 34-11, having picked up +21.65 units of profit in just over seven weeks. Over what is a quarter of the season during this stretch, the Angels are AVERAGING over seven runs per game. That includes not having two of their biggest sluggers, Torii Hunter and Vladimir Guerrero in the lineup since before the All-Star break.
 
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Just this past weekend, L.A. traveled to Minnesota, who was just off a sweep of the Chicago White Sox and feeling pretty spry. All the Angels did was outscore the Twins 35-15, collecting at least 15 hits in each game, becoming just the second American League team since the 1938 Red Sox (Sept. 4-5) to score more than ten runs with at least 15 base hits in each of three straight games.

The Angels remarkable offense plays in the Windy City starting Tuesday against the White Sox. The domination of this newer Big Red Machine shows up in several other key areas. A test of a team’s strength is how they preside over other opponents. Scioscia’s squad leads the major’s in running from first to third and this dizzying pace has them at 27-12 in games decided by four or more runs. They are 14-7 (+14.6) as underdogs and one game behind Philadelphia for the best road record (31-20) in baseball, having won 15 of last 18 as visitors.

Are the Angels than true World Series contenders? Probably not, unless the offense can continue at near the same pace, this is unlikely to occur in the postseason. The Angels’ pitching staff does not strike fear into opposing hitters with an ERA of almost five. John Lackey’s pitching has improved as the season has progressed, but he is no longer the hard thrower he was when the Halos won the World Series in 2002. Jered Weaver has started to pitch like a No. 4 starter again, after throwing like an ace early in the season. Joe Saunders is hitting a lot of bats and Ervin Santana is a shell of former self since coming back from injury.

The bullpen has gotten better after carrying ERA of 5.5 or worse into June, but could hardly be described as reliable. The Angels front office acted like a salesperson working without leads and did nothing to help out current team, despite many working parts in the minor leagues.

That is something to concern with later; right now the Angels are stuffing bankrolls. MLB parlay wagers on them with the OVER mean serious return on investment, with Los Angeles 61-37-5 OVER (No.1).  Totals players can’t believe their great fortune with L.A. on 13-0 OVER run. Since July 1, the Angels and OVER has won on parlays 18 times.

It’s not always fun to follow the crowd and do what everyone else is doing, nevertheless, when money is ripe to be taken, playing these Angels and the total is heavenly at Sportsbook.com.
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