Betting Baseball – The Hot Sheet: It Was a Blue Monday

We won’t mince words – Monday’s Baseball picks were horrible as we go 0-2 following a 9-2 run.  “Betting Baseball – The Hot Sheet” is a daily free picks column appearing on the Gambling911.com website so be sure to bookmark us and check out the daily Baseball picks here.

This play is for April 16, 2013. 

Pittsburgh +130 with Jonathan Sanchez starting is our play.  He’s 2-0 when starting against St. Louis with an ERA of 4.62 and a WHIP of 1.619.  His team's record is 4-1 in these starts. The OVER is 5-0.

It gets better.  St. Louis’ is 1-7 when starting against PITTSBURGH with an ERA of 5.91 and a WHIP of 1.687.  His team's record is 2-7 in these starts. The UNDER is 5-3.  His team's record is 4-1 in these starts. The OVER is 5-0.

They are 1-4 in Westbrook’s last 5 starts.

Pittsburgh lost yesterday’s home game against St. Louis.  Prior to last night’s game, the Pirates had won 3 of the last 4 games. 

The Pirates are 5-1 in their last 6 games vs. a right-handed starter.

We have to do the Philadelphia Phillies again Tuesday night as they are a +156 underdog.  This one is just too hard to resist. 

Homer Bailey is 0-3 when starting against Philadelphia with an ERA of 5.29 and a WHIP of 1.330.  His team's record is 1-5 (-3.6 units) in these starts.

Kyle Kendrick of the Phillies is 3-2 when starting against CINCINNATI with an ERA of 5.09 and a WHIP of 1.189.

Philadelphia is 6-4 in this series.  They are 7-2 in the last 9 meetings in Cincinnati.

The Phillies are 10-4 in their last 14 games as an underdog. and 6-1 in Kendrick's last 7 starts as an underdog.

The Reds are 2-6 in Bailey’s last 8 home starts.

- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com