MLB Baseball Betting Free Picks - Athletics vs. Indians
Will the real C.C. Sabathia please stand
up?
The Cleveland
Indians, (20-19, 19-20 RL) pleasantly
watched crafty left-hander C.C. Sabathia,
(2-5, 6.55 ERA) win last season’s
American League Cy Young award but
have wondered for the majority of this
sports betting season, where their
dominating hurler has gone after watching
Sabathia struggle in the early going
of the 2008 regular baseball betting
season.
Despite
his personal struggles on the mound
this season, the Indians have gotten
some downright spectacular starting pitching
recently as no starter has allowed a
single earned run in 34 innings, a streak
started by Sabathia himself in his last
outing when he shut down the Oakland
A’s last Thursday, limiting them
to one run on six hits with nine strikeouts
in seven innings.
"It's a
friendly competition, (between the starters).
(They) try to keep one-upping one another," Indians
manager Eric Wedge said. "... All
we ask is to give us a chance to win,
but they're going above the call of duty."
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The
Oakland Athletics, (23-17, 23-17 RL)
come into tonight’s
online betting contest off Tuesday’s
4-0 loss to the Indians, the team’s
third loss in their last four games in
the BetUS Sportsbook, all after a solid
four-game winning streak last week.
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Oakland
will hand the ball to Opening Day starter,
veteran right-hander Joe Blanton, (2-5,
3.82). While the A’s
lead the AL in team ERA, (3.32), Blanton
has not been a big part of their success
as he has the worst ERA among Oakland’s
five starters.
Sabathia on the other hand, is finally
starting to throw like the dominating
pitcher he can be, lasting at least six
innings in each of his last four outings.
"He's pitching with confidence," Wedge
told his team's official Web site. "He's
throwing the ball where he wants to throw
it and making adjustments when he needs
to."
Here
is a look at tonight’s key
trends, followed by my analysis and MLB
Betting Picks.
The Athletics
are 6-2 in Blanton’s
last eight starts vs. a team with a winning
record.
The Athletics
are 3-7 in Blanton’s
last ten starts with the total set at
7.0-8.5.
The Indians
are 4-1 in Sabathia’s
last five starts when their opponent
scores two runs or less in their previous
game.
The Indians
are 6-2 in Sabathia’s
last eight starts following a Quality
Start in his last appearance.
The Under
is 8-3-1 in Blanton’s
last 12 starts during game two of a series.
The Under
is 9-2 in Sabathia’s
last eleven starts following a Quality
Start in his last appearance.
The Athletics
are 2-5 in Blanton’s
last seven starts vs. Indians.
The Indians
are 1-8 in Sabathia’s
last nine starts vs. Athletics.
Analysis:
Oakland starter Joe Blanton has looked
horrific all season long while Cleveland’s Sabathia is starting
to round into midseason form. Take the
Indians to roll to victory by pounding
Blanton and getting a fine performance
from ‘C.C. Rider.’
MLB Free
Picks: Indians 5 A’s
2
07:05 PM EST MLB Odds
Oakland Athletics
Joe Blanton - R +1½ -145
Cleveland Indians
C.C. Sabathia - L -1½ +125
Over 8 EV
Under 8 -120
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