Looking back Washington was the right side. Houston was not reasonable with Backe. I simply did not look carefully. These are Backe's last 3 home games
1. April 12 5 inn. 5 hits, 5 walks and he gave up 0 runs.
2. April 22 7inn. 3 runs, 2 walks This was the bad hitting Padres
3. May 3 5.2 inn. 5 hits, 5 walks and he only gave up 2 runs.
This is just crazy. On April 12 he figures to give up 4.5 runs with 10 men on base in 5 innings. April 22 was reasonable. May 3rd another 10 men on base in 5.2 call it slightly over 4 runs but he gave up only 2. This guy has been living largely on pure luck. It ran out. Houston was a sucker bet and even the normally sound under bet very suspect with this guy pitching. Big mistake not doing my due diligence.
Very sound stuff Tuck and I agree my lack of due diligence did in me in as well. I did have the over and .5 unit on the ML but really this game looked easy on the surface but was far from it. Also factor Houston is one of the top 5 lineups vs LHP .
What I was saying was everything on the surface made Houston look easy or right . You had Backe a guy with a good track record @ home compared to the road in his young career
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You had a young LH that I think is pretty good but has had 2 bad starts one of which just happened last time out for him. I wouldnt consider Lannan a known commodity . Nats were 4-12 away this year and Houston had won 8 straight at home. The Astros have one of the better avg vs LHP and I think they are top 5 in the majors....
So everything looks like Houston advantages and the game is hovering around even money ? Really hang around -120 all day? So that alone to me is a tip to check out whats going on with the other side...and as you said Backe has been fortunate walking 5 at home twice in 3 starts , getting good run support but the flip was Lannan had been basically excellent 4 of 6 times and Wash was real close in this series in games 1 and 2 .....which holds weight with me..and was one of the reasons earlier I had played Colorado...basically I was thinking tomyself why didnt Houston open at -130 here ? and while I was right it was like a slap in the face compared to the MILW outcome...
Thats why I really like to hear your thought process . Of course we dont always see eye to eye but we do agree on alot of things and you at times help me realize I am not reading to much into a situation...
I fucked up badly om that Milw game but its not like they didnt have there chances so my fault was just puuting so much stock into what was thinking in that on eparticular situation...I was dead wrong and paid for it there.....
Look forward to chatting again tmrw the card...not sure I will be around later :cheers::shake: