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Just a little heads up that Josh Hamilton (Texas) will not be in the lineup for Thursday's game, because his wife is expected to give birth he is heading back home to be with her.
any thoughts on the dodgers-phillies, has been a great seesaw battle, come from behinds and all, think the dodgers can sweep and claim first?
thoughts?
thanks in advance
Philly getting swept & SD winning would set up Philly beautifully for their SD weekend series (esp. the Sunday nighter, Baek vs Hamels).
won't be betting either game, but I've telegraphed what I see as setting up future bets.
Think different circumstances . LAA was returning home from a EAST Coast trip with no rest . Played Balt on Monday off two losses and lead throughout but almost blew it. Think 2nd home is always a nice flat spot for a team especially off a win back from a long trip. Also LAA struggled against another new LHP when Matt Harrison made his debut vs them. So it just asnt Waters
Litsch also is a location pitcher.. when this guy is on, he is very very difficult as he catches all his corners. I know he got lit his last starts before hitting the minors, but he can hit the corners like no other and walks hardly anybody. If detroit is going to get on base, it's going to have to be through hitting.. cant recall if they have a good day offense, can someone remind me? Thanks.
SportsNut (or anyone looking at the GIANTS-STROS game):
The Giants won't have Holm behind the plate, as he was sent down yesterday....along with John Bowker and Jose Castillo. The Giants have brought up 3 minor leaguers (1B Travis Ishigawa, 3B Ryan Rohlinger and C Pablo Sandoval) with the hopes of getting an offensive spark. The most notable of the 3 is Ishigawa who's described as a "smooth defensive first baseman" that's been tearing it up offensively in the minors.
Thinking along the same lines ATP.....but took the 1H under 3.5....hopefully we see a 2-0 final and we both hit.
SN, how about the over 4 1H in Oakland and under 3.5 in Diego?
Going with SD/MIL under 6.5. Really no trends or stats to back this play up. Just think both pitchers will bring their A game and we see a pitchers duel.
Trends ?
SD 15-6 UNDER at home when the total is 7 or less and 34-17 UNDER past 3 seasons:cheers: