Baseball is such a grueling season...Yesterday I went 2-2 and should have been 4-0 IMO. The Indians booted the ball all around the infield and gave up 3 unearned in the one inning. Another play that the Rays scored on could have been called an error also. I really do not call it a moose though- As defense is an important part of capping...and the Tribe is consistantly at the bottom of the league- I just hate losing that way. My other game was the under in the La/Pitt game. 3-2 with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth(something like that). HR is hit to send the game into extra innings. GS in extras pushes the game way over the total- but hey thats baseball.....
Onto today:
I see a lot of value on this card. I see 2 totals that I am hitting pretty hard:
SD/COL UNDER 10 (8.8-8)
10! Are you serious, 10? I am waiting for Ashton to pop out and say we are getting punked here. How is this game slated higher than 9? Is it because of Coors Field?
Greg Maddux will be on the bump for SD. He is quietly, starting to put together another great season. His command and control is still right on point. He comes in after 3 starts with a 3.86 ERA and a WHIP of 1.164! Since 97 he has a 4.32 ERA and a WHIP of 1.245 against Colorado...
Jason Hirsh will also get his fourth start of the season. He comes in with a 3.37 ERA and a WHIP of 1.232! In his 10.7 innings against SD, he has given up 5 runs. He has a career 4.22 ERA against the Pads...
So both of these pitchers have solid numbers and decent pasts against these teams...why is the price on the total jacked then? It has to be the offenses...lets take a look
Colorado is hittin .244 against lefties and is averaging 3.7 runs per game. San Diego, surprisingly has been hitting the ball well this year. They are getting 4.6 per game and 5.2 on the road. They are only averaging 4.4 against righties though.
How are the staffs? Both teams have excellent stats as a staff this year. Colorado is giving up 4.7 runs per for the season- they are averaging 3.7 per themselves. At home they are giving up 6 per and scoring 4 per....San Diego only gives up 3.9 per game and scores 4.6...On the road this escalates to giving up 4.7 per and scoring 5.2...
L7?
This is where many of the over backers seem to be feasting on....SD is giving up 5.6 per in their L7 and are scoring 6 per.... COL is giving up 6.4 but are only scoring 3 per...
So what does all this mean?
I like the under for a few reasons....when you get a total this high BOTH teams need to hit. Sure you can have a 9-2 game but I dont think it is likely that a team gets 9 in this game. So we have 2 "decent"(and I use that lightly) staffs with 2 solid starters. Say that Maddux gives up 4 runs in 5 innings and gets pulled- well then you get the SD pen that is very good. Also, I do not see both starters getting shelled in this game....
5-2
BOL will have more in a second:cheers: