Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Wednesday Night Dogs

Well, the Indians had plenty of opportunities to put that game away, and at least one horrible umpire's call at the plate on one of the White Sox' early runs. For tonight, all lines from Matchbook:

Astros +133, 1 unit to win 1.33 units

Well, the public apparently loves the Cards tonight, favoring them more than 2 to 1 over Houston, which always makes us lean the other way. Wandy is coming back from injury, but he had been pitching better than Wainwright before his trip to the DL, and the 'Stros hit right-handers better than St. Louis hits lefties. Cards hitters do not have a history of success facing Rodriguez. We'll take the underdog number here.

Giants +153, 1 unit to win 1.53 units

It seems like we're playing the Giants a lot lately, but the lines have been too ridiculous to resist (although that does give us some pause). Even with the crazy lines, the Joe Public bettor is all over the D-Backs tonight (77% at Wagerline, 91% [really?] at Sports Insights). The hitters in the Giants lineup have pounded Davis over the years, and although his cancer makes for a great story, it doesn't make him more difficult to hit. Sanchez has a K/BB ratio of almost 3 and his offense has been hitting better than the D-Backs, so we'll back the unfairly underrated Giants for the second day in a row. Good luck everybody.

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