As the UFC 101 odds approach, some of baseball’s top teams are slugging it out like two prize fighters in the octagon. Let’s have a look at some important MLB betting matchups for Wednesday.
Carlos Zambrano (6-4, 3.36) vs Jamie Moyer (9-6, 5.58)
Wednesday, July 22,
Tom Watson foiled everyone’s sports betting management with his improbable British Open run. Could 46-year-old Jamie Moyer draw inspiration? He’s alternated good and bad starts lately and there’s more to that fact than meets the eye; almost all the bad starts come at home, where Moyer sports a 6.79 ERA and has allowed a whopping 13 homers in 50 innings. He’s never lost to the Cubs, but that could change if Milton Bradley and Alfonso Soriano have anything to say about it. Bradley hits .350 lifetime against Moyer, while Soriano has four homers off him in 50 at-bats.
Carlos Zambrano has allowed more than three runs just twice in 17 starts this season and has a 2.91 road ERA. He also has pitched fairly well against the Phillies in his career, so he’ll be fine.
Daily MLB pick:
St. Louis Cardinals @
Chris Carpenter (8-3, 2.26) vs Roy Oswalt (6-4, 3.65)
Wednesday, July 22,
The marquee matchup of the day pits the sputtering Cardinals against the surging Astros with each team sending its ace to the hill. Chris Carpenter returned from the All-Star break with eight scoreless innings against
Roy Oswalt has been great in June and July but that Pujols guy owns him worse than the Vikings own Brett Favre in NFL betting, hitting .315 with five homers and 13 RBI in 73 career at-bats against him.
It’s safe to say (a) this will be a low-scoring game and (b) Pujols may be the only guy putting runs on the board for either team.
Daily MLB pick: Cardinals