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vegas sports pics:
07/23
New York Mets (Martinez, 11-3, 2.60) - 1.5 (-110, 1 UNIT) over
LA Dodgers (Houlton, 4-3, 5.64)
(LAD is 7-16 last 23 road games, and 1-5 in fifth starter Houlton's
last 6 road starts. NYM is 30-21 at home, and 7-3 vs. the West.
Martinez is 4-0 last 5 home starts, allowing 4 runs over 29 innings
in the four wins.)
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St. Louis (Morris, 11-2, 3.12) - 1.5 (+105, 1 UNIT) over Chicago
Cubs (Williams, 2-3, 4.96)
(CHC is 2-4 in six Williams starts this season. SL is 10-2 last 12
Morris starts, and 8-2 over CHC last 10 meetings. Morris is 11-3 life
over CHC with a 3.82 ERA.)
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Houston (Backe, 8-6, 4.87) + 105 (2 UNITS) over Washington
(Armas, 4-4, 4.96)
(WAS is 3-11 last 14 games, and 1-4 last five Armas starts. HOU is
14-5 last 19 games, and 3-0 last three Backe starts, by a combined
23-8.)
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Atlanta (Hampton, 4-2, 2.51) - 115 (2 UNITS) over Arizona
(Halsey, 6-7, 4.11)
(ARZ is 6-9 last 15 games, and 2-6 last 8 Halsey starts. ATL is 9-6
last 15 games, and 7-3 last 10 games at ARZ. Hampton has allowed 2
runs or less in 7 of 10 starts this season.)