Under 8? (-115) Houston Astros vs. New York Yankees
Under 8? (EVEN) Baltimore Orioles vs. Chicago White Sox
Milwaukee Brewers -153
1 unit bet wins 5.18
Good luck beats early rising!! :00hour :toast: :spotting:
Today is the 3rd anniversary of the best-timed parlay I ever won. Not the biggest, or the longest odds, but it came at the right last desperate hour!
I arrived in Las Vegas, Sept 2011 for a 7 day stay - but I ended up hanging there a month living off my tiny $200 bankroll! But all good things come to an end, I packed my bags, stuffed the car full, checked out of my rent-by-the-week kitchenette and drove off to the Red Rock Casino to hang with some buddies and put in this last ditch effort - which won! I ended up getting my room back and staying another two weeks!
$808 parlay win Las Vegas, 8/19/2011
2014 parlay record: 11-56, +27.49 units.....on various mixed sports....(1 unit bet each parlay)
Posted here was the first winning parlay of the year, and it was my biggest. Not long after that I didn't post for a few months (the unpredictable ends of NBA + NHL seasons, plus start of MLB, is the worst time of year for parlays), then had this small winner (only paid 1.58 as one game ppd and one total pushed) and Sunday, July 6 three-teamer, and July 14 four-teamer, July 25 4-teamer, with a push, that became a 3 teamer...then this 4 teamer July 29th...and 2-3 on bunch of smaller parlays I tried July 30th...a 3 teamer Aug 8th, and a 2 teamer Aug 9th...little 2 teamer Aug 12th...
ripped, stolen, cut and pasted from the internets:
'Blue Birds'
Toronto's 4-11 mark in August is the American League's worst for the month. At 64-61 overall, the Blue Jays aren't yet in hopeless territory but they're getting close to kissing postseason hopes goodbye. Next up for Blue Birds, a mini two game interleague series vs NL Central leading Milwaukee Brewers. Left-hander J.A. Happ toes the rubber for Toronto, entering the game with an 8-7 record, 4.20 ERA over 18 starts with a 10-8 team start record. In his last outing in Seattle, he was slammed for 2 yard-ball, 5 runs over 6 innings bringing his mark to 4-3 on the road with 5.26 ERA in 11 trips to the mound (5-6 TSR).
Happ trades pitches with righty Mike Fiers carrying a 2-1 record, 1.29 ERA over two starts, 4 relief appearance. The hurler has been light's out in the two starts allowing a single run over 14.0 innings of work. Offensively challenged Jays have a tough road ahead as they enter on a 1-8 road skid this month platting 2.67 runs/game with the pitching staff surrendering a whopping 6.33 per/contest. Jays are also 3-10 the past thirteen on the road vs a team with a winning record crossing just 2.77 per/contest. Jays 0-7 in their last seven road games swinging away at a right-handed starter the numbers clearly point to Brew Crew being the choice in this one.
#961 HOUSTON @ #962 NY YANKEES - 7:05 PM
?Astros LH Brett Oberholtzer (4-8, 3.87 ERA, WHIP: 1.318) - Oberholtzer suffered his first loss since July 3 despite yielding just one run on six hits in seven innings en route to a 3-1 setback to Minnesota on Wednesday. The 25-year-old has lowered his ERA after each of his last six starts, shaving nearly a full run in the process. Oberholtzer has dropped both career meetings with the Yankees, permitting three runs in 5 2/3 innings in his last encounter on April 3.
--KEY STAT: OBERHOLTZER is 9-1 UNDER (+7.8 Units) versus teams whose hitters strike out 7 or more times/game this season. (Team's Record)
The average score was OBERHOLTZER 2.9, OPPONENT 3.6.
?Yankees LH Chris Capuano (1-3, 4.13 ERA, WHIP: 1.376) - Capuano will be pitching on his 36th birthday and would love to give himself a nifty present by notching his first victory with his new team. The veteran fell to 0-2 with a 3.60 ERA in four starts with New York after allowing four runs on six hits in as many innings en route to an 11-3 loss versus Baltimore on Aug. 11. Capuano owns an impressive 7-4 mark with a 3.15 ERA in his career against Houston.
--KEY STAT: CAPUANO is 23-39 (-21.2 Units) against the money line versus teams whose hitters strike out 7 or more times/game in the second half of the season since 1997. (Team's Record)
The average score was CAPUANO 4.2, OPPONENT 5.0.
--CAPUANO is 29-12 UNDER (+15.9 Units) after a game where he did not walk a batter since 1997. (Team's Record)
The average score was CAPUANO 3.6, OPPONENT 4.0.
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#969 BALTIMORE @ #970 CHI WHITE SOX - 8:10 PM
?Orioles RH Chris Tillman (9-5, 3.68 ERA, WHIP: 1.257) - Tillman pitched well enough to win his third consecutive start, but settled for a no-decision despite allowing two runs on five hits in seven innings against the Yankees on Wednesday. The 26-year-old keeps a tidy 6-0 mark away from home, although his ERA on the road is a full run higher (4.68) than his 2014 total. Tillman improved to 2-1 in his career versus the White Sox after limiting them to just one hit in seven scoreless innings in his last meeting.
--KEY STAT: TILLMAN is 15-4 (+10.5 Units) against the money line versus teams whose hitters draw 3 walks or less/game over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
The average score was TILLMAN 4.7, OPPONENT 2.9.
--TILLMAN is 28-16 (+12.9 Units) against the money line versus teams whose hitters strike out 7 or more times/game over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
The average score was TILLMAN 4.7, OPPONENT 3.5.
--TILLMAN is 29-13 (+16.0 Units) against the money line in night games over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
The average score was TILLMAN 5.0, OPPONENT 3.5.
?White Sox LH Jose Quintana (6-9, 3.14 ERA, WHIP: 1.228) - Quintana deserved a better fate in his last outing, but San Francisco scored its first run on a controversial replay review in the seventh before exploding on the bullpen. The 25-year-old Colombian was charged with four runs on as many hits to suffer his second straight loss. Quintana improved to 1-2 versus Baltimore in his career after allowing one run on six hits in seven innings en route to a 4-2 victory on June 24.
--KEY STAT: QUINTANA is 15-4 UNDER (+10.4 Units) versus an American League team with a batting average of .265 or worse in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
The average score was QUINTANA 2.9, OPPONENT 4.1.
--QUINTANA is 15-3 UNDER (+11.5 Units) versus an American League team with an on base percentage .320 or worse in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
The average score was QUINTANA 2.8, OPPONENT 4.1.
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Toronto @ MILWAUKEE
MILWAUKEE -1? +144 over Toronto
On August 7, J.A. Happ struck out 12 Orioles. Five days later he struck out one batter in Seattle in six innings. Over his last four starts, Happ has had two strong games and two poor ones. His dominant start/disaster start split this season, and his entire career, nicely summarizes his feast-or-famine ways. As a fly-ball pitcher with shaky control, it's hard to see the disasters suddenly stopping. It is best to stay clear of him, especially at this hitter?s park against the heating up again Brewers.
Milwaukee just swept the Dodgers in Los Angeles and defeated Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw in the process. The Brewers scored 16 times in that three game set and that?s quite an accomplishment when you consider the venue and the starters. Mike Fiers has made a splash in his two starts since joining the rotation, striking out 14 in just six innings in his last start. He has displayed these skills before, as in 2012 he had a 3.37 xERA to go along with 9.5 K?s/9 in 22 starts. At AAA-Nashville this season, he had 11.3 K?s/9 Dom in 17 starts. Fiers comes along at precisely the right time for the Brewers and he?ll now face a Blue Jays team that has lost five of six, that is without the services of a DH and that has averaged only 2.9 runs per game in August, which is the worst mark in MLB.
Under 8? (EVEN) Baltimore Orioles vs. Chicago White Sox
Milwaukee Brewers -153
1 unit bet wins 5.18
Good luck beats early rising!! :00hour :toast: :spotting:
Today is the 3rd anniversary of the best-timed parlay I ever won. Not the biggest, or the longest odds, but it came at the right last desperate hour!
I arrived in Las Vegas, Sept 2011 for a 7 day stay - but I ended up hanging there a month living off my tiny $200 bankroll! But all good things come to an end, I packed my bags, stuffed the car full, checked out of my rent-by-the-week kitchenette and drove off to the Red Rock Casino to hang with some buddies and put in this last ditch effort - which won! I ended up getting my room back and staying another two weeks!
$808 parlay win Las Vegas, 8/19/2011
2014 parlay record: 11-56, +27.49 units.....on various mixed sports....(1 unit bet each parlay)
Posted here was the first winning parlay of the year, and it was my biggest. Not long after that I didn't post for a few months (the unpredictable ends of NBA + NHL seasons, plus start of MLB, is the worst time of year for parlays), then had this small winner (only paid 1.58 as one game ppd and one total pushed) and Sunday, July 6 three-teamer, and July 14 four-teamer, July 25 4-teamer, with a push, that became a 3 teamer...then this 4 teamer July 29th...and 2-3 on bunch of smaller parlays I tried July 30th...a 3 teamer Aug 8th, and a 2 teamer Aug 9th...little 2 teamer Aug 12th...
ripped, stolen, cut and pasted from the internets:
'Blue Birds'
Toronto's 4-11 mark in August is the American League's worst for the month. At 64-61 overall, the Blue Jays aren't yet in hopeless territory but they're getting close to kissing postseason hopes goodbye. Next up for Blue Birds, a mini two game interleague series vs NL Central leading Milwaukee Brewers. Left-hander J.A. Happ toes the rubber for Toronto, entering the game with an 8-7 record, 4.20 ERA over 18 starts with a 10-8 team start record. In his last outing in Seattle, he was slammed for 2 yard-ball, 5 runs over 6 innings bringing his mark to 4-3 on the road with 5.26 ERA in 11 trips to the mound (5-6 TSR).
Happ trades pitches with righty Mike Fiers carrying a 2-1 record, 1.29 ERA over two starts, 4 relief appearance. The hurler has been light's out in the two starts allowing a single run over 14.0 innings of work. Offensively challenged Jays have a tough road ahead as they enter on a 1-8 road skid this month platting 2.67 runs/game with the pitching staff surrendering a whopping 6.33 per/contest. Jays are also 3-10 the past thirteen on the road vs a team with a winning record crossing just 2.77 per/contest. Jays 0-7 in their last seven road games swinging away at a right-handed starter the numbers clearly point to Brew Crew being the choice in this one.
#961 HOUSTON @ #962 NY YANKEES - 7:05 PM
?Astros LH Brett Oberholtzer (4-8, 3.87 ERA, WHIP: 1.318) - Oberholtzer suffered his first loss since July 3 despite yielding just one run on six hits in seven innings en route to a 3-1 setback to Minnesota on Wednesday. The 25-year-old has lowered his ERA after each of his last six starts, shaving nearly a full run in the process. Oberholtzer has dropped both career meetings with the Yankees, permitting three runs in 5 2/3 innings in his last encounter on April 3.
--KEY STAT: OBERHOLTZER is 9-1 UNDER (+7.8 Units) versus teams whose hitters strike out 7 or more times/game this season. (Team's Record)
The average score was OBERHOLTZER 2.9, OPPONENT 3.6.
?Yankees LH Chris Capuano (1-3, 4.13 ERA, WHIP: 1.376) - Capuano will be pitching on his 36th birthday and would love to give himself a nifty present by notching his first victory with his new team. The veteran fell to 0-2 with a 3.60 ERA in four starts with New York after allowing four runs on six hits in as many innings en route to an 11-3 loss versus Baltimore on Aug. 11. Capuano owns an impressive 7-4 mark with a 3.15 ERA in his career against Houston.
--KEY STAT: CAPUANO is 23-39 (-21.2 Units) against the money line versus teams whose hitters strike out 7 or more times/game in the second half of the season since 1997. (Team's Record)
The average score was CAPUANO 4.2, OPPONENT 5.0.
--CAPUANO is 29-12 UNDER (+15.9 Units) after a game where he did not walk a batter since 1997. (Team's Record)
The average score was CAPUANO 3.6, OPPONENT 4.0.
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#969 BALTIMORE @ #970 CHI WHITE SOX - 8:10 PM
?Orioles RH Chris Tillman (9-5, 3.68 ERA, WHIP: 1.257) - Tillman pitched well enough to win his third consecutive start, but settled for a no-decision despite allowing two runs on five hits in seven innings against the Yankees on Wednesday. The 26-year-old keeps a tidy 6-0 mark away from home, although his ERA on the road is a full run higher (4.68) than his 2014 total. Tillman improved to 2-1 in his career versus the White Sox after limiting them to just one hit in seven scoreless innings in his last meeting.
--KEY STAT: TILLMAN is 15-4 (+10.5 Units) against the money line versus teams whose hitters draw 3 walks or less/game over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
The average score was TILLMAN 4.7, OPPONENT 2.9.
--TILLMAN is 28-16 (+12.9 Units) against the money line versus teams whose hitters strike out 7 or more times/game over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
The average score was TILLMAN 4.7, OPPONENT 3.5.
--TILLMAN is 29-13 (+16.0 Units) against the money line in night games over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
The average score was TILLMAN 5.0, OPPONENT 3.5.
?White Sox LH Jose Quintana (6-9, 3.14 ERA, WHIP: 1.228) - Quintana deserved a better fate in his last outing, but San Francisco scored its first run on a controversial replay review in the seventh before exploding on the bullpen. The 25-year-old Colombian was charged with four runs on as many hits to suffer his second straight loss. Quintana improved to 1-2 versus Baltimore in his career after allowing one run on six hits in seven innings en route to a 4-2 victory on June 24.
--KEY STAT: QUINTANA is 15-4 UNDER (+10.4 Units) versus an American League team with a batting average of .265 or worse in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
The average score was QUINTANA 2.9, OPPONENT 4.1.
--QUINTANA is 15-3 UNDER (+11.5 Units) versus an American League team with an on base percentage .320 or worse in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
The average score was QUINTANA 2.8, OPPONENT 4.1.
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Toronto @ MILWAUKEE
MILWAUKEE -1? +144 over Toronto
On August 7, J.A. Happ struck out 12 Orioles. Five days later he struck out one batter in Seattle in six innings. Over his last four starts, Happ has had two strong games and two poor ones. His dominant start/disaster start split this season, and his entire career, nicely summarizes his feast-or-famine ways. As a fly-ball pitcher with shaky control, it's hard to see the disasters suddenly stopping. It is best to stay clear of him, especially at this hitter?s park against the heating up again Brewers.
Milwaukee just swept the Dodgers in Los Angeles and defeated Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw in the process. The Brewers scored 16 times in that three game set and that?s quite an accomplishment when you consider the venue and the starters. Mike Fiers has made a splash in his two starts since joining the rotation, striking out 14 in just six innings in his last start. He has displayed these skills before, as in 2012 he had a 3.37 xERA to go along with 9.5 K?s/9 in 22 starts. At AAA-Nashville this season, he had 11.3 K?s/9 Dom in 17 starts. Fiers comes along at precisely the right time for the Brewers and he?ll now face a Blue Jays team that has lost five of six, that is without the services of a DH and that has averaged only 2.9 runs per game in August, which is the worst mark in MLB.
