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00:00All right, Joe, tonight we have four games, of course, A's and Reds starts in about an

00:10hour.

00:11We talked about that one already, where you're going to get Ginn and Aguilar tonight with

00:15a very heavy total.

00:16But let's start with the Braves and the Phillies in Philadelphia.

00:19Remember, they met last week in Atlanta for three.

00:23Braves took two out of three from the Phillies, now a big four gamer, and the Braves are running

00:27out of opportunities.

00:29They have gotten it to five, Joe, coming into this weekend, which is the closest they've

00:35been in a very long time to Philadelphia.

00:38So they have a very big opportunity here to start things off.

00:42Charlie the Fisherman Morton will go against Christopher Sanchez tonight, minus $1.65 for

00:48the Phillies, plus $1.40 for the Braves, and an eight and a half here in the game.

00:56I mean, it's hard to believe, actually, given all the injuries and everything with Atlanta,

01:02that they're even in this spot to be heading into a weekend series in Philadelphia, where

01:07they could leave this series right on the heels and an opportunity to overtake Philadelphia

01:14for the National League East.

01:15It's kind of hard to believe, but they got to do it with Charlie Morton on the road.

01:20Not exactly inspiring a lot of confidence there.

01:24And I love the fact that Philadelphia is coming off a total you-know-what whooping

01:29yesterday by the Astros, 10-0, didn't get any hits.

01:35Not great.

01:36There are a lot of guys in this Philadelphia lineup that have great numbers against Charlie

01:41Morton and Christopher Sanchez for the Phillies, Carver.

01:45You and I both know you want to talk about serious home road splits.

01:50He is a guy you want to back at Citizens Bank.

01:52You want to avoid on the road.

01:55But at home, 7-3 this season here.

01:58I like Philadelphia.

01:59I don't necessarily love the bullpen, so I do like Philadelphia in the first five in

02:05this one.

02:06Yeah, you talk about it, Joe, 2-1-8 at home, and he's got a 5-4-3 on the road.

02:14That is a sizable difference.

02:15And yes, lots of guys with some great numbers, which I'll give you when we get to the Taters

02:20right after, because of course, Joe, I have one of those guys on the Phillies going after

02:25Charlie Morton tonight, as we should in such a spot like this.

02:30The Blue Jays and the Red Sox get together again in Boston tonight at Fenway.

02:36Cutter Crawford against the immortal Bowden Francis tonight, minus 150 for the Red Sox,

02:43plus a buck 25 for the Jays, and an 8-1-2, which I'm not going to lie to you, Joe, like

02:48the 8-1-2, it seems a little light with these two guys on the mound.

02:53I'm not going to lie.

02:54I know Crawford was good his last time out, but the five before that, he got shelled.

02:59I feel like this is a nice overnight.

03:01They played a dead-under last night.

03:03Maybe we can get some runs out of Bowden Francis and Cutter Crawford.

03:07Well, I'll tell you what I think we're going to get out of Bowden Francis, and which I

03:12hope is because I just laddered it up on his K-prop.

03:17I mean, look at what this kid has done here, folks.

03:20Twenty-eight years old, right?

03:22His third start last time out of career high, 12 strikeouts, third straight win, almost

03:29a no-hitter, and I have no idea why in the world he won't be able to get six, seven,

03:37eight, nine strikeouts here against this Red Sox team that is going in the wrong direction.

03:43I'm with you.

03:45The number feels a little light at eight and a half, but if this kid is going to be missing

03:50a lot of bats and barrels, Boston might not do their part here.

03:55I still like Toronto in this one.

03:57I think they're the better team.

03:59They've been the better team since the All-Star break.

04:01The bullpen of Boston has fallen apart, but I like his Bowden strikeout prop.

04:08Just ladder it up in the alternate market as high as you can go because I think he might

04:12have double-digit strikeouts in himself tonight.

04:15Yep.

04:1612, seven, eight, and seven his last four times out, and to be fair, and I always like

04:22going after him, Joe, because he had given up a lot of homers if he lost his last two

04:26or three starts.

04:28Not as many his last two or three starts, so it's possible that he's found a little

04:32bit out there for the Jays.

04:34All right.

04:35Next one we got for you.

04:37We will go Houston, where me and you were discussing this one before.

04:40The Royals and the Astros getting together.

04:43Brady Singer and Hunter Brown, minus $1.60 for Houston, plus $1.35 for the Royals and

04:51a $7.50 as they start a big four-game series.

04:55Yeah.

04:56Love the pitching matchup, and it's ironic, too, because Hunter Brown and Brady Singer

05:02are really the two guys that have carried their respective teams to this point.

05:08The reason that they are as good as they have been is because of these two guys.

05:13Brady Singer, it did—I mean, look at his numbers a year ago compared to this year.

05:17He has really been a lifesaver for a rotation there that Lugo's kind of on the decline.

05:24You know what you're going to get from Waka, but Singer has been steady, Eddie here.

05:29I went with a first five under in this one simply because I think this is going to be

05:34a great pitchers' battle.

05:35It was four-and-a-half earlier today.

05:39It's probably down to four, but I don't see a whole lot of runs early.

05:43I do worry about that Royals' bullpen, but to me, I think this is an old-fashioned pitchers'

05:49battle in a ballpark that doesn't see an awful lot of overs.

05:54And outside of that 10 runs the last game for Houston, not exactly a whole lot of confidence.

05:58They hadn't been playing exactly great baseball, so under in the first five for me in this

06:03one.

06:04There you go.

06:05A little under action for Joe tonight there.

06:08And finally, the late-night game, only one tonight on the left coast, is the Orioles

06:13and the Dodgers out in LA.

06:16Cade Povich and Bobby Miller going tonight.

06:20Neither have been sharp.

06:22I guess like, you know, this is eight-and-a-half.

06:25This is too light also, Joe, to be quite honest with you.

06:28Eight-and-a-half for these two, minus $1.55 for the Dodgers, plus $1.30 for the O's.

06:34I think if there's a game the O's are going to get out there, Joe, it's tonight in LA.

06:38I am looking very forward to hearing what your dingers are here tonight, because I have

06:46a feeling there might be one or two in this game.

06:50I think whoever you like to win, bet their team total over.

06:54I think that's how you correlate this game here.

06:57One of these two teams is going to score eight runs, so you figure out which one it is.

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