8/27/05 Saturday's MLB Pick (3) Pretty good run we are having. We were lucky to get that over in the Mariners game but a win is a win. That is what the bookies get for putting up such a low total for an AL game. There had been too much hype on the Hernandez kid for Seattle but for good reason. He's got game.

Three plays for today.

Philadelphia Phillies -110 over Arizona Diamonbacks (1.50 Units) Count your blessing to get these Phillies at -110. Every game forward for them will be like a playoff game. They have had so much hype for so many years and now they are coming up. I am backing Lieber up again. We went 1-1 this past week on these Phillies even though the Phillies are smoking it as of late. The Diamonbacks, on the other hand, suck. We went against them with the Mets and got a winner this past week. They just cannot hit. In their past 5 games, they score 1 run 3 times and a total of 7 runs in the other two games. They are also giving up double digit runs. That does not bode well for yet another time as we see these motivated and talented Phillies make a mockery of the Dbacks. Remember, the Phillies are 22-7 against the NL West. Being only 11 games over 500 on the year, believe me, they know they got to win these games against the Dbacks, etc. Take this game Action.

New York Yankees -330 over Kansas City Royals (1.0 Units) This is a whole lot of juice here today on this play but we still see a big performance from these Yankees. I am following the same 112-43 system that we used to back the Cubs against the Braves that lost. It did not end up counting because the Braves changed the pitcher at the last moment. Anyways, early morning game on the road, and these Royals have already gotten the media off their backs regarding the consecutive game losing streak. The Yankees, on a Playoff roll, only 2.5 games back in the NL East will be playing hard. It also helps to notice that Sheffield bats .340 versus lefties. Matsui posts similar numbers. And sandwiched between them is the MVP of that team A. Rod. Listed pitcher for both teams.

Cleveland Indians -150 over Toronto Blue Jays (1.0 Units) 41-9 system telling us to back these Indians along with the same 112-43 system backing the Yankees. The Indians are averaging more than 7 runs per game in their past 6 outings versus lefties. They are smoking lefties and with playoffs implications for them as well, we like backing them to keep up the pace with the Yankees. Listed pitcher for Scott Downs of the Blue Jays only.