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***$20 TUESDAY*** >> Rogers' Interleague ROUND TRIPPER!
(MLB) Arizona vs. Texas,
Money Line: -166.00 Arizona (Away)
Result: Win
Money Line: -166.00 Arizona (Away)
Result: Win
The set-up: This series features a couple of lop-sided mismatches on the mound and this is one of them. I think the talent-gap is so large in fact, that it makes this a price that I have no issues at all in laying. The visitors go with Patrick Corbin, while the home side goes with Yovani Gallardo.
The pitchers: Corbin is so far 9-4 with a 3.15 ERA. Corbin comes in on top form, having posted back-to-back dominant efforts, posting a whopping 19 strikeouts in that span. After a small scuffling patch, Corbin is back on track and there's no reason not to think that he can't carry that momentum over here (note as well that he's 3-1 with a 2.99 ERA on the road to this point.)
Gallardo is so far 7-1 with a 6.11 ERA. He most recently got a win over Baltimore on Thursday despite allowing five earned runs off nine hits over 5.1 innings. Gallardo has been terrible overall this year, having allowed multiple free-passes in six of his eight trips to the mound this season and to go along with his poor ERA, note that he also sports a sub-par 1.62 WHIP over 47 frames of work.
The pick: Corbin and the Diamondbacks are big road favorites in this one, but for good reason. Gallardo has been a disaster and I'm predicting another letdown here as well. Lay the price, play on Arizona.
The pitchers: Corbin is so far 9-4 with a 3.15 ERA. Corbin comes in on top form, having posted back-to-back dominant efforts, posting a whopping 19 strikeouts in that span. After a small scuffling patch, Corbin is back on track and there's no reason not to think that he can't carry that momentum over here (note as well that he's 3-1 with a 2.99 ERA on the road to this point.)
Gallardo is so far 7-1 with a 6.11 ERA. He most recently got a win over Baltimore on Thursday despite allowing five earned runs off nine hits over 5.1 innings. Gallardo has been terrible overall this year, having allowed multiple free-passes in six of his eight trips to the mound this season and to go along with his poor ERA, note that he also sports a sub-par 1.62 WHIP over 47 frames of work.
The pick: Corbin and the Diamondbacks are big road favorites in this one, but for good reason. Gallardo has been a disaster and I'm predicting another letdown here as well. Lay the price, play on Arizona.