Sunday's best MLB bets
Baltimore Orioles at Chicago White Sox (-230, 9.5)
Will someone tell the Baltimore Orioles they are 27 games out of the American League East and don?t have a prayer at landing the Wild Card spot.
Baltimore has risen from the dead and taken it to its last two opponents. On Thursday, the O?s hung on to an 8-7 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. And Friday, the team won their first back-to-back contests since the end of July with a 5-1 victory against the White Sox.
The catalyst for this sudden offensive jolt is second baseman Brian Roberts, who has an 11-game hit streak going including knocking four home runs in his last three games. Roberts is hitting .354 in August with 15 RBIs.
"I know my job and my role," he said. "It doesn't really change no matter who's on this team. We could add Albert Pujols and Matt Holiday and that wouldn't change what my role is. My job is not to try to pick up the homers that Aubrey left off. That's for sure. I just try to do the same thing every day and see what happens."
Heading into Saturday?s game, Baltimore has a 13-12 record versus the AL Central ? it?s only winning record in the American League. The Orioles are 4-3 against Chicago this season.
Pick: Baltimore +212
New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox (-110, 9)
These AL East rivals kept the scoreboards at Fenway working overtime in the first two games of this series. New York and Boston combined for 46 total runs on 62 hits Friday and Saturday.
Now with staff aces C.C. Sabathia and Josh Beckett on the bump, the total for Sunday?s finale is set at an inflated 9 runs. While the BoSox and Bronx Bombers can put runs on the board, these two aces deserve more respect than that. The total opened at 8.5 before Game 2 Saturday but has climbed with the amount of action at the plate influencing total bettors.
Beckett is coming off one of his rockiest starts of the season earlier this week. But in August, the crafty right-hander has been stellar, posting a 3.08 ERA and a strikeout-to-walk count of 22-to-6. Against New York, Beckett hasn?t given up an earned run in his last two starts and has a team win record of 7-3 during his career.
Sabathia is one of the hottest pitchers in baseball. He has a 2.35 ERA this month and hasn?t lost a start since the end of July. In his most recent start, the chunky southpaw struck out seven batters while allowing just two earned runs in eight innings versus Oakland.
Pick: Under 9
Baltimore Orioles at Chicago White Sox (-230, 9.5)
Will someone tell the Baltimore Orioles they are 27 games out of the American League East and don?t have a prayer at landing the Wild Card spot.
Baltimore has risen from the dead and taken it to its last two opponents. On Thursday, the O?s hung on to an 8-7 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. And Friday, the team won their first back-to-back contests since the end of July with a 5-1 victory against the White Sox.
The catalyst for this sudden offensive jolt is second baseman Brian Roberts, who has an 11-game hit streak going including knocking four home runs in his last three games. Roberts is hitting .354 in August with 15 RBIs.
"I know my job and my role," he said. "It doesn't really change no matter who's on this team. We could add Albert Pujols and Matt Holiday and that wouldn't change what my role is. My job is not to try to pick up the homers that Aubrey left off. That's for sure. I just try to do the same thing every day and see what happens."
Heading into Saturday?s game, Baltimore has a 13-12 record versus the AL Central ? it?s only winning record in the American League. The Orioles are 4-3 against Chicago this season.
Pick: Baltimore +212
New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox (-110, 9)
These AL East rivals kept the scoreboards at Fenway working overtime in the first two games of this series. New York and Boston combined for 46 total runs on 62 hits Friday and Saturday.
Now with staff aces C.C. Sabathia and Josh Beckett on the bump, the total for Sunday?s finale is set at an inflated 9 runs. While the BoSox and Bronx Bombers can put runs on the board, these two aces deserve more respect than that. The total opened at 8.5 before Game 2 Saturday but has climbed with the amount of action at the plate influencing total bettors.
Beckett is coming off one of his rockiest starts of the season earlier this week. But in August, the crafty right-hander has been stellar, posting a 3.08 ERA and a strikeout-to-walk count of 22-to-6. Against New York, Beckett hasn?t given up an earned run in his last two starts and has a team win record of 7-3 during his career.
Sabathia is one of the hottest pitchers in baseball. He has a 2.35 ERA this month and hasn?t lost a start since the end of July. In his most recent start, the chunky southpaw struck out seven batters while allowing just two earned runs in eight innings versus Oakland.
Pick: Under 9
