Thanks to the Astros imploding in the 7th inning, my 2-1 day turned into a 1-2 day in a hurry. If the Astros had come through it would have been a nice payday with the big dog, and even if Melky Cabrera is called safe at home in the 8th during the review I’d have had a better chance of cashing that total as well.

Now that I’ve got that little rant out of the way, it’s time to turn to today’s action and there are a few later plays on the card that I like.

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: 87-91-11 (+$697)

Colorado ML (+113) $200 to win $ $226

The Rockies got over the hump against the Dodgers yesterday as it was their first win in seven straight games against L.A. Colorado’s bats finally woke up by putting eight runs on the board and offensively the Rockies are a streaky team. They get to face one of the weaker pitchers in the Dodgers rotation today in Josh Beckett and he;s a guy they’ve avoided for most of the series’ with L.A. The lone time they did face Beckett the Dodgers righty got a no-decision in a 5-4 Rockies win and L.A actually has a 2-9 SU record in Beckett’s last 11 starts against division opponents. I’m riding that run today as Colorado finds a way to finish this four-game set with a split.

Toronto/Oakland Over 7.5 (-107) $321 to win $300

Tampa/Detroit Under 7.5 (-102) $306 to win $300

Both of these games fit into our methods here at DRock sports about chasing a flip-flop result with totals after at least two games have cashed the same way. What makes both of these plays strong is the fact that both are actually four-game sets with three straight “same results” and i’ts why I’m on both today.

For the Jays, they have to be happy that Oakland made that Samardzija trade simply for the fact that he’s not a southpaw. Toronto is a league worst offensive team against lefties and they’ve been shut down the last two games against lefties. Samardzija has some great stuff, but Toronto is more reliable with the bats against righties. Oakland should be able to do some damage against Drew Hutchinson as well as we’ll see our first high-scoring game of this series.

In Detroit, David Price gets the nod for Tampa and he’s been on fire the past month or so. He and the Rays won yesterday, but they aren’t a good offensive team and Price should be able to keep the Tigers bats down as well. Tampa is 0-5 O/U in Price’s last five starts as a favorite and the Rays are also 4-10 O/U in their last 14 on the road against a righty. Porcello is starting to come into his season and with a 0-5 O/U record in his last five against Tampa, this game will stay low.