Dan Kaiser - Betting Expert

The Houston Astros held on to beat the lowly Colorado Rockies 6-5. The Astros are 7-1 in their last eight games. Hunter Brown gets the start fir the Astros. He is 8-3, with a league-leading 1.74 ERA and a 0.89 WHIP. He went seven scoreless innings against the Phillies last time out. The Astros have won his last six starts. Another close loss for the Rockies, but a loss nonetheless. Colorado has lost five of their last six. Austin Gomber gets the start for the Rockies. This will be his fourth start of the season. He is 0-1 with a 6.14 ERA and a 1.43 WHIP. 

Over their last eight games, the Astros have allowed 3.6 runs per game during. Over Browns last six starts, he has posted a 1.24 ERA and is facing a team that hasn’t been hitting right-handers well. This should be an easier win than yesterday’s win. 

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The St. Louis Cardinals are 21-23 on the road this season. The Cardinals rank eighth in baseball in total runs scored this season. They have posted a 3.95 team ERA. Sonny Gray takes the mound for the Cards. He has posted a 3.36 ERA in 16 starts. The Pittsburgh Pirates are 25-21 at home and have five-straight wins coming into this one. They rank 10th in baseball in team ERA with a 3.73 team ERA, but just 26th in runs scored. They did put up 30 in three games against the Mets. Mitch Keller takes the mound for the Pirates. He has an ERA of 3.90. There has been a total of just eight runs scored in the first two games of the series with the Cards being shut out twice. They have played eight games this season with six games seeing less than 8 runs scored. For the Cardinals, the under sits at 7-3 in their last 10 overall games. The Pirates are 5-5 in their last 10 but that includes the three blowouts of the Mets. Keller has given up two or fewer runs in his last three starts. I like this game to stay UNDER THE NUMBER.

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The Dodgers easily took game one of the series, 6-1. The White Sox are 30th in batting average and 20th in team ERA at 4.10. Sean Burke will look to even the series when he takes the mound. He is 4-7 with a 4.22 ERA. He went 5 scoreless innings against the Angels last time out. Clayton Kershaw will go for the Dodgers. He is 4-0 with a 3.03 ERA in 8 starts this season. He allowed one run in six innings in his last start. He is 2-1 with a 2.90 ERA in his career against the White Sox. LA ranks 23rd in team ERA of 4.22, and first in batting average. I am not going to overthink this. The Dodgers are by far the better team and it shows in the price. Kershaw has been pitching well, especially over his last four starts. I have no problem taking the Dodgers on the run line. The Bullpen scares me a bit, but they are facing a poor hitting White Sox team.

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These teams played three times last season, the Indians picked up a three-game home sweep. The Cubs are at home for this series, where they have gone 25-15 this season. They will have their best pitcher in Shota Immanaga. He is 4-2, 2.54 ERA this season. Cleveland will go with Tanner Bibee on the mound. He has gone 7-9 this season. He’s gone 0-4 with a 4.42 ERA over his last six starts. Bibee has struggled on the road, going 2-5 with a 4.96 ERA. The Cubs are putting up 5.39 runs per game compared to the Guardians 3.70. The Cubs pen has been strong and with a strong outing from Immanaga, the Cubs bats will score enough of Bibee to pick up a win.

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