Congratuations to all our members on an incredible 22-6-1 run in Major League Baseball in our last 29 membership plays.  The month of July and so far into the first week of August have proven very profitable indeed.  Today we are hot on the ‘Run Total’  (8.5 runs) in the Red Sox (62-47) – Yankees (67-40) game today at 4:10 pm edt on FOX.

The American League East has been the benchmark for solid play this season as three of the best clubs in baseball are housed in that division. The Red Sox, however, have their backs against the wall sitting six games behind first-place New York.

Boston is on a bit of a run winning seven of its last 10 games, but the the loss of Kevin Youkilis for the remainder of the season with a torn muscle in his right thumb, lost the BoSox’s best bat against the Yankees.  Youkilis was hitting .462 with a pair of homers and nine runs batted in against the Yanks before his injury.

John Lackey (10-6, 4.48) had a lousy outing against the Indians on Aug. 2 (6 ER in 5.1 IP), but Lackey has looked quite sharp in his past two starts away from Fenway, pitching 15.1 innings and giving up two earned runs for wins against the Angels and Mariners. The right-hander also shut down the Yanks’ offense in his last outing against them…of course, that was back on April 7.

New York hit a snag recently while Alex Rodriguez was on his quest for his 600th home run, losing its first three games of the month. Now that A-Rod has put that honor to rest, the Yankees can continue their dogfight with Tampa Bay for the AL East lead.

C.C. Sabathia (13-5, 3.19) will get the nod today for the Yankees. The lefty has lost his last two starts, but he only had five earned runs in 13.2 innings of work. The problem there was that he got one run scored for him by his offense. Luckily for Yankees fans, Sabathia has been automatic at home this season, going 7-0 with a 2.69 ERA in 10 starts.

As you know we are hot on the ‘run total’ this afternoon.  The ‘over’ has cashed in the last 7 outings between these two clubs.  Boston has lost its last four games as a road pup in AL East battles this year with the ‘over’ going 3-1.  New York has won eight of its last 12 games as a home favorite against divisional foes.

So does the total come in over or under 8.5 runs today? The pros at FiveStarPick.com have the winning play.  Stop the guesswork and join forces with the professionals.  It’s not luck, but science.

Rick Riley-

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FiveStarPick looks to give its members another winning MLB Pick as we cover the spread in tonight’s National League showdown between the Colorado Rockies and the Philadelphia Phillies.  Las Vegas sportsbooks list the Phillies as -140 Money Line favorites with a total of 10.

The last time these two teams met was back in early April and the Phillies and Rockies were in different stages of their season.  Philadelphia was getting over the hangover that comes with being World Series Champions, while Colorado was trying to get out of their own way under former manager Clint Hurdle. Things have changed dramatically since then, with the Phillies cruising in the NL East, and the Rockies atop the NL Wild Card race by a ½ game over the Giants.

Philadelphia dropped three of four at San Francisco over the weekend, but the Phils will send out veteran southpaw Jaime Moyer (10-7, 5.32 ERA) to try and right the ship.  Moyer is coming off a victory in his last start at Arizona and to add to the case for Philadelphia tonight, they are a robust 6-1 in Moyer’s last seven trips to the hill.  In addition, the Phillies are averaging just over six runs a game in this seven game stretch. 

Jason Hammel (5-6, 4.66 ERA) has been an excellent on the road this season, especially for bettors playing the ‘under’.  Hammel has hit the ‘under’ in six of seven away starts.  Much of that is due to the Rockies providing Hammel with less than 2.5 runs/game in those outings. Despite allowing five earned runs in only 1.1 innings against the Mets his last time out, Hammel’s road ERA is a solid 2.67, while compiling quality outings in seven of nine away starts.

Who covers the spread in tonight’s game?  Let the pros at FiveStarPick.com analyze the stats and trends and take some of the pressure off you tonight.  This is our life and our living and FiveStarPick.com will take away the guesswork in betting MLB games and provide you with winning MLB Picks that beat the spread and get results.  We are consistently providing over 3000 members with MLB Picks that cover the spread.  If you’re skeptical, monitor our plays from our homepage and see if our talent for picking winners exceeds your expectations.  Or join for two days…it’s only $19.99.  Join our family today and start winning tonight.

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Another win for the good guys last night as the Dodgers squeaked out a win over the streaking Marlins to maintain the best record in the Bigs.  But regardless of our current win streak, we are only as good as our next win to our membership.  Today we will be giving our members the winner of the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles.  Las Vegas sportsbooks list the Red Sox as -170 Money Line Favorites with a total set at 10 runs.

The Sox seem to be coming back into form and now they’re hoping John Smoltz can get his old ass arm back into form as well.  The 42-year-old will try to lead Boston to a three-game home sweep of the Orioles today and it may help that the Orioles have lost their last 11 games at Fenway Park.

Boston’s five-game losing streak to close its road trip dropped the club 2.5 games behind the Yankees in the AL East, but the Red Sox (57-39) picked up a game Saturday with their second straight win over the last-place Orioles.  After a lackluster showing from their normally potent starting lineup, Boston’s bats finally showed some life in Saturday’s 7-2 victory.  David Ortiz hit a three-run home run and newbee Adam LaRoche pounded a two-run shot for his first ever hit with the team.  It was the first time the Red Sox had scored more than four runs since their 6-0 win over the Royals on July 12th.

Boston has won five straight at Fenway and got a strong performance from left-hander Jon Lester on Saturday.  Smoltz is 1-3, with a 6.31 ERA in his first five starts with his new club and has often struggled to prevent a big inning since coming off the disabled list June 25th of this year. In his last outing Monday at Texas he allowed one run through the first five innings, then gave up five runs in the sixth.

The Red Sox have won 15 of their last 17 against Baltimore, including the last 11 meetings at Fenway Park.  The Orioles (41-55) has also lost five straight games overall to fall to an AL-worst 15-34 on the road. They will turn to rookie David Hernandez (2-2, 3.55) to try to snap their losing streak.  Hernandez is coming off three straight quality starts.  He gave up one run and three hits in six innings Monday at Yankee Stadium and he retired 16 of the final 17 batters he faced in that game, resulting in a 2-1 Orioles loss.

Who covers the spread in tonight’s game?  Let the pros at FiveStarPick.com analyze the stats and trends and take some of the pressure off you tonight.  This is our life and our living and FiveStarPick.com will take away the guesswork in betting MLB games and provide you with winning MLB Picks that beat the spread and get results.  We are consistently providing over 3000 members with MLB Picks that cover the spread.  If you’re skeptical, monitor our plays from our homepage and see if our talent for picking winners exceeds your expectations.  Or join for two days…it’s only $19.99.  Join our family today and start winning tonight.

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The pros at FiveStarPick.com are on another hot streak winning 13 of our last 14 MLB Picks and tonight should be no different as we give our members the winner of the NL matchup between the scrappy Florida Marlins and the Major League’s best record Los Angeles Dodgers.  Las Vegas sportsbooks list the Dodgers as -160 Money Line Favorites with the total hovering around 9.5 runs.

A 4-game winning streak will be on the line for the Florida Marlins on Saturday as they give the ball to starter Rick Vanden Hurk.  The right-hander is 1-0 this season with a 3.00 ERA. Vanden Hurk’s opponent is right-hander Hiroki Kuroda who has a 4.37 ERA to go along with a 3-5 record this season.

The Marlins pounded out 14 hits as they cruised past the Dodgers 6-3 on Friday as +140 underdogs. The game’s nine runs went OVER the closing total (7).  Josh Johnson improved to 9-2 with the victory, and Leo Nunez closed out the ninth with his seventh save.

Wes Helms had three hits and drove in one run for the Dodgers, but James McDonald gave up the winning run in relief to suffer the loss.

A few trends to consider:
Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Florida is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers
Florida is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
LA Dodgers are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games at home
LA Dodgers are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games
LA Dodgers are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Florida

Who covers the spread in tonight’s game?  Let the pros at FiveStarPick.com analyze the stats and trends and take some of the pressure off you tonight.  This is our life and our living and FiveStarPick.com will take away the guesswork in betting MLB games and provide you with winning MLB Picks that beat the spread and get results.  We are consistently providing over 3000 members with MLB Picks that cover the spread.  If you’re skeptical, monitor our plays from our homepage and see if our talent for picking winners exceeds your expectations.  Or join for two days…it’s only $19.99.  Join our family today and start winning tonight.

Jimmy the Geek – FiveStarPick.com

FiveStarPick.com looks forward to the MLB All Star Game every year because it means there is only two more months until the start of football season.  But seeing that baseball is America’s pastime, we do what we can to keep your interest through a grueling 160 game season.  Today we give our members another MLB All Star Game winner.  Here is an amazing stat…FiveStarPick.com is 11-0-1 in money line winners for our membership over the last 12 MLB All Star games.  Las Vegas sportsbooks list the American League as -111 money line favorites with the total of 9.5 runs.

It used to be that America really looked forward to the MLB All-Star Game. The best players from the National and American Leagues joined forces to put on a mid summer show.  Today, while we still see top shelf players, the buzz circling the All Star Game has been diminished due to interleague play, free agency and performance enhancing drugs.  Back in 2003 Bud Selig tried to add some meaning to the contest by awarding Wold Series home-field advantage to the winning club. That’s helped to a degree, but something is still not right.

As far as satisfying our gambling problem is concerned, this is always a tough game to handicap.  Should you back the home league? What about riding the side with the league’s best record?  Is it really worth playing the total?

If you’re going to be betting just on what you read in history books, then you’ll be wagering on the National League tonight. In the past 79 installments of the “Midsummer Classic,” the Senior Circuit holds a 40-37-2 edge. But looks can be deceiving.

The majority of the NL’s wins in this game came between 1950 and 1987. During that stretch, the National Leaguers posted a 33-6-1 record. I know you’re thinking my math is a bit off there with 40 games being played in 37 years. But there was a stretch there from 1959 and 1962 that there were two games All-Star Games played (one in each league).

Unfortunately for fans of the Senior Circuit, all they have is the past to look at for glory. The American League has won 11 straight exhibitions, with the tie in 2002.

So does the American League or the National League win the 2009 MLB All Star Game?  Let the pros at FiveStarPick.com analyze the stats and trends and take some of the pressure off you tonight.  This is our life and our living and FiveStarPick.com will take away the guesswork in betting MLB games and provide you with winning MLB Picks that beat the spread and get results.  We are consistently providing over 3000 members with MLB Picks that cover the spread.  If you’re skeptical, monitor our plays from our homepage and see if our talent for picking winners exceeds your expectations.  Or join for two days…it’s only $19.99.  Join our family today and start winning tonight.

Jimmy the Geek – FiveStarPick.com