I went against the grain today. 11 bets, 5 moderate to heavy underdogs and only one vastly significant favorite. These are for the most part, series endings.
Couple of things to address here; The Twins lineup has never faced Talbot before. His 1st couple of innings to start the year were horrid, but i've observed that he has settled in, throwing a complete game his last start vs. the White Sox, and adjusting to the Tigers after getting rocked the 1st couple of times through that order. This is the final of a 3 game series, Minnesota expectedly taking the 1st 2. Today's starter Baker has had big success against this Indians lineup, but at the same time-I dont think Minnesota will hit Talbot too well, as they are unfamiliar with him. I'm not counting on the Twins sweep today, I think Cleveland will put up a good fight and has a good shot @ winning a close one. Both teams can hit, I think the pitching will neutralize this, and the Indians are semi-due for an offensive breakout.
Cleveland Indians (+180)
Texas Rangers @ Boston Red Sox (CJ Wilson @ C. Buchholz)
This is an interesting series thus far, Boston winning the 1st 2 games by 1 run each. There has been alot of hitting on both sides-notably, the Rangers destroyed Josh Beckett yesterday. This progressive east coast trip hasn't been kind to the Rangers, coincidentally starting in the midwest-@ Progressive Field in Cleveland, final game of that series-where the 6 game losing streak started. They got swept @ Yankee Stadium convincingly, and now, putting up a Green Monster fight in Fenway the 1st two games, but coming up short. Today the Rangers bats face Buchholz who's been able to hold his own against them in the past; nothing spectacular but they don't hit him particularly well. For Texas, CJ Wilson hasn't given up much ground in the starter role, and had an awesome spring training-so from a birds eye view, the sampling looks good over there. This losing streak could snap for the Rangers with authority today. Boston has a bit of a shoulder chip as well getting home swept by the Rays but as potent as the Red Sox lineup is, I could very well see them getting overwhelmed today.
Texas Rangers (+138)
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