MLB Lines – Free Pick: Rays vs. Orioles

Talk about getting lucky.  We managed an OVER last night thanks to 5 runs being scored in the final inning of the A’s vs. Astros game, thus dodging a bullet and bringing our August Baseball record up to 19-14.  Today’s picks and lines appear below the day’s top trends.

Pitchers –

Travis Wood of the Cubs is 1-5 when starting against Cincinnati with an ERA of 3.68 and a WHIP of 1.130.

Arizona's Trevor Cahill is 6-2 when starting against the LA Dodgers with an ERA of 3.18 and a WHIP of 1.330.

Boston’s Rubby De La Rosa is 0-2 when starting against Toronto with an ERA of 8.10 and a WHIP of 2.200.

Tampa Bay's Alex Cobb is 4-1 when starting against Baltimore with an ERA of 1.89 and a WHIP of 1.132.

Teams –

Toronto is 10-4 vs. Boston this season.

The UNDER is 4-0 in the Yankees/Lions series this season.

Free Pick –

Rays/Orioles UNDER 7.5 - Rays RH Alex Cobb (9-6, 3.01 ERA) has only allowed four runs and 30 hits over 41 innings while not surrendering a homer and has been outstanding against Baltimore in the past.  He has a 1.89 ERA in six career starts against Baltimore.

The Orioles LH Wei-Yin Chen (13-4, 3.76) did yield five runs in his last outing vs. the Rays.   He is 3-4 with a 3.51 ERA in 11 lifetime starts against them.  Chen has won six of seven decisions over his last eight starts overall while posting a 2.98 ERA during that time period.  We will just hope that Chen was having an off time during his last appearance against Tampa Bay.

While the last three games in this series have gone OVER the current number, the UNDER is 7-3-1 in Baltimore’s last eleven games and 11-4-2 in Tampa Bay’s last seventeen games.

The UNDER is 5-0 in Cobb's last 5 starts with the total set at 7.0-8.5 and is 6-0 in his last 6 starts overall.

The UNDER is 13-3-1 in Chen's last 17 starts as a home favorite of -110 to -150.