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Here is your free baseball pick for June 19, 2010 from Pregame.com.
The Boston Red Sox host the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight in a battle of two teams with World Series aspirations. Both teams have been especially hot over the past month, so tonight's game should be a treat. Boston is a -145 favorite, with a total of 10.5 runs expected tonight. This game begins at 4:10 EDT.
This is an anticipated series, as it's the return of Manny Ramirez, and it's a series amongst two of the hottest teams in the game. Boston has won 5 of their past 6 games, and are 40-28 SU for the year. Boston trails the Yankees and the Rays by 2 games in the ultra competitive American League East standings. The Red Sox are +2.93 and -3.70 units both SU and on the RL this year. P Tim Wakefield will make the start for Boston tonight, as he is 2-5 with an ERA of 5.42 and a WHIP of 1.29 this year. The Red Sox are 43-11 in their last 54 interleague home games against a right-handed starter. Boston is 8-3 in their last 11 games against a starter with a WHIP greater than 1.30. The Red Sox are 14-3 in Wakefield's last 17 interleague starts overall. Boston is 1-5 in Wakefield's last 6 starts against a team with a winning record. The Red Sox are 0-5 in Wakefield's last 5 home starts coming into tonight's contest.
The Red Sox are 9-2 in their last 11 games a team with a winning record. The Over is 6-1 in their last 7 games against a team with a winning record.
Center-fielder Jacoby Ellsbury has been ruled out tonight with injured ribs.
Los Angeles is tied with San Diego for the hotly contested National League West division lead. The Dodgers are 38-28 SU, the 2nd best record in the National League. Los Angeles is +3.22 and -3.09 units respectively both SU and on the RL this year. The Dodgers have lost 4 of their last 6 games as they are in the middle of a brutal stretch of games in their schedule. It's been 6 years since the Dodgers have faced off against the Red Sox. Right-hander Vicente Padilla will take the mound today, as he looks to turn around his season. Once the ace of this staff, Padilla has struggled this year going 1-1 with an ERA of 6.65 and a WHIP of 1.43. The Dodgers are 8-3 in their last 11 road games against a right-handed starter. The Dodgers are 8-23 in their last 31 interleague road games against a right-handed starter. Los Angeles is 4-1 in Padilla's last 5 starts against a team with a winning record. Los Angeles is 0-4 in Padilla's last 4 road starts overall.
The Dodgers are 5-1 in their last 6 road games against a team with a home winning percentage greater than .600%. The Under is 7-2 in their last 9 road games against a team with a winning record. Shortstop Rafael Furcal has been ruled Out tonight with personal issues.
Pregame.com projects the final score to be 7-6 in favor of the Boston Red Sox. The Over 10.5 is the Total of the Day!
Johnny Detroit, Gambling911.com
