Not much to say after a brutal 0-3 day on Sunday, just have to put my head down and get back to the grind. Treading lightly in terms of dollar amounts tonight to try and get back in the winners circle.

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: 87-94-11 (-$130)

MLB Plays

NY Mets ML (+113) $300 to win $339

Revenge time for New York after they were swept in Atlanta last week. Minor and Matzuzaka faced off in Game 2 of that series and while neither starter went more than five innings, it was the Braves who did enough damage early on to win 5-4. Not a single run was scored after the top of the 5th in that game so the bullpens did a great job, but this time aorund it’s going to be New York who comes out on top. The Braves just had a long nine-game winning streak snapped yesterday against the Diamondbacks and I love to fade a team in a spot like this after a long winning streak has been snapped.

NY Yankees/Cleveland  Under 9 (-107) $214 to win $200

Not a lot of love coming for spot starter Shane Greene tonight as he struggled in his lone relief appearance this year for New York. But he’s got the advantage of no Indians player having faced him before and that should be good enough to get through Cleveland’s order the first few times.

Justin Masterson hasn’t been up to par for Cleveland, but this is a guy who was a former ace for this team and can mow down any lineup on any given night. Cleveland is 3-8 O/U in Masterson’s last 11 starts at home against a winning team and they are 0-4 O/U the last five times he’s had a full five days of rest. 19 of the last 27 meetings between these two franchises in Cleveland have stayed below the total and with nearly 90% of the action coming in on the high side of this total because of the pitching matchup, I’m going against the masses here with this play.

Pittsburgh ML (+150) $200 to win $300

Big time reverse line movement on this play as the Pirates come in as the hotter team and we are getting tremendous value with them just cause Wainwright is on the hill. I’m not going to take anything away from the Cardinals starter as he’s been one of the best in the majors this year, but he’s not unbeatable and with the Cardinals having just dropped two of three to the Marlins over the weekend, I have no problem backing the hotter team.