A 1-1 night with my selections yesterday cost me a bit of juice but that's alright as I can always live with those days. You can't always win in this business so if you can maximize your good days and minimize your bad ones, you are on the right track and a 1-1 day with minimal juice lost is an outcome I can move on rather easily from. It's Canada Day up here though and the Jays are playing an afternoon game for the festivities, but it's a few of the games that go later tonight that I've got my eye on. I'm going to be passing over the Giants game although it's Tim Lincecum's next start after his no-hitter, but that's something to keep in mind should you be looking to get down on that game. All lines taken from Pinnacle Sports with bet amounts "to win" on favorites and flat on underdogs Play of the Day in Bold MLB YTD: 80-84-10 (+$760) MLB Plays Oakland/Detroit Over 9.5 (-107) $214 to win $200 Detroit won 5-4 on a walk-off grand slam last night to actually cost Drock a winner on his 'under' 9 runs in that game. Tonight should be a different story with a rookie on the hill for Oakland making his third start and Rick Porcello on the hill. Neither of these guys can be trusted to hold down two very good offenses and with Oakland being 4-0-2 O/U in their last six on the road against a righty and Detroit being 7-2 O/U after a win, we will see these two teams combine for 10+ runs tonight. Philadelphia/Miami Over 7.5 (+101) $300 to win $303 The Phillies and Marlins don't quite [...]

The time out in the sun was very much needed and I'm ready to attack tonight's small baseball board with a few winners for you. Since we are running short on time let's get right to the picks. All lines taken from Pinnacle Sports with bet amounts "to win" on favorites and flat on underdogs Play of the day in Bold MLB YTD: 79-83-10 (+$798) MLB Plays LAA/Chicago Over 9.5 (-110) $330 to win $300 Cleveland Indians ML (-119) $238 to win $200 San Diego ML (-108) $216 to win $200

A tough 1-2 day for me yesterday on the bases as that Atlanta/Houston total couldn't sneak over the number after it was 5-1 after the fifth inning. It's been a bad run for my Top plays of late but I had gone 9-0-1 prior to that so you know a bit of a regression was coming. Secondly, it's Canada Day long weekend up here in the great white north and that means some time for me out by the water relaxing with family and friends. Therefore I won't be posting Saturday or Sunday as I'll be out of town relaxing and recharging for the 2nd half of the baseball season. With July 4th just around the corner for those south of the border, there's no better time than now to get away from behind the computer screen tracking odds/lines/scores and enjoying the sunshine. However, I've put in my work for today and am looking to give you a few winners tonight. As a note, Tampa and Baltimore play a double header today and I would keep in mind this piece when you are looking at Game 2 of the twin bill. It's a day/night double header so there is a lot of time inbetween games to find some quality info. Onto the plays: All lines taken from Pinnacle Sports with bet amounts "to win" on favorites and flat on underdogs Play of the Day in Bold MLB YTD: 77-82-10 (+$546) NYM/Pittsburgh Over 8 (+104) $300 to win $312 Very favorable home plate ump behind the dish with Laz Diaz calling balls and strikes tonight. Diaz has a 10-3 O/U record in came's he's called this year and going back to last year he's on a [...]

It was a dead even night for me yesterday as my selections went 1-1-1 and I did not win or lose a dollar. Nelson Cruz's grand slam in the late innings helped me get that push on my top play with Baltimore Over 9, while the Yanks and Jays stayed under the total and the Twins didn't show up as a big dog. It's a small card in MLB today with a couple of afternoon tilts so lets get right to the plays. All lines taken from Pinnacle Sports with bet amounts "to win" on favorites and flat on underdogs. Play of the Day in Bold MLB YTD: 76-80-10 (+$855) Atlanta/Houston Over 8 (-103) $309 to win $300 We've got an afternoon contest for the series finale between these two as Houston hopes to avoid the sweep. But it's this total I'm playing after two straight 'unders' in the series. There are a few factors that favor this 'over' play as well. First off, we've got lefty Mike Minor going for the Braves and Houston is a much better hitting team against southpaws. They have a .258 team average against lefties this season (compared to .220 vs. righties) and Minor has had a rough go of it lately. Atlanta is 3-0 SU in Minor's last three starts but the starter has never factored into the decision thanks to a 7.31 ERA during that time. He's given up 29 hits in 16 innings of work (5.7 allowed/game) over his last three starts and Houston should be able to jump all over him early. Houston starter Jarred Cosart is no ace either with 4.1 runs allowed/game this year and numerous games where he's been knocked out of the [...]

A tough 1-3 day for me last night as I've become too reliant on blindly taking my strategy-based plays and not using them as strong guidelines when breaking down a game. I'm still up on the year though and that's all that matters, although I am anxious to get my percentage up around the 55% number by year's end. Again it's only MLB action for you tonight so let's get right to it. All lines taken from Pinnacle Sports with bet amounts "to win" on favorites and flat on underdogs. Play of the Day in Bold MLB YTD: 75-79-9 (+$855) MLB Plays NYY/Toronto Under 9 (-108) $216 to win $200 Using my strategies as a guideline, we've seen the first two games of this series sail over the total and the Yankees are looking to get out of town and get some rest after tonight. Yankees starter Kuroda  is 10-26-2 O/U in his last 38 road starts and he's also 5-14-1 O/U after only four days off between starts. He's gone 4-21-1 in his lat 26 against a winning opponent and he's also 5-12-3 O/U in his last 20 against an AL East rival. For whatever reason he knows how to shut down the hitters he sees the most and tonight will be no different. On the other side, Hutchinson has shown a strong ability to bounce back after a rough outing and his last start was against these same Yankees. There is no doubt in my mind that he will have a better plan of attack tonight and being at home always helps. With a 3-8 O/U record after a full five days of rest and a 2-8 SU mark in his last 10 [...]