{"id":4773,"date":"2009-06-26T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/mlb-betting-saturday-baseball-picks\/"},"modified":"2009-06-26T14:40:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-26T19:40:00","slug":"mlb-betting-saturday-baseball-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/mlb-betting-saturday-baseball-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Betting – Saturday Baseball Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you like interleague<\/span> baseball lines<\/a>, you have to get your bet on before it’s too late, as this weekend marks your last chance for 2009. Let’s have a look at a few of the top games to bet on this Saturday.<\/p>\n

Saturday, June 27, <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/font>4:10 p.m. ET<\/span><\/b><\/st1:time>
Tim Wakefield (4.47) vs<\/span> Javier Vazquez (5-6, 3.18)<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Javier Vazquez’s stats look a lot like Johan Santana’s this season, don’t they? He’s especially strong at Turner Field this season, posting a 3.21 ERA and whiffing 68 batters in just 53.1 innings. He’s in tough against the Red Sox\u2014especially against J.D. Drew, who hits .417 off him with four homers in 24 at-bats. I still like the Braves to win this game, though. Wakefield<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> hasn’t pitched well away from Fenway<\/span> park<\/span> this season and he has trouble getting Garret Anderson out. Anderson<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has five homers and 15 RBI against him in 69 career at-bats. Go with the better pitcher here.<\/p>\n

Sportsbook pick: Braves<\/p>\n

Saturday, June 27, <\/span><\/b>7:05 p.m. ET<\/span><\/b><\/st1:time>
Barry Zito<\/span> (4-7, 4.54) vs<\/span> Seth McClung (3-1, 3.24)<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/b>Barry Zito<\/span> has to be frustrating if you make MLB predictions. He pitched well in may (3.35 ERA) yet went 1-4; in June, he has a 6.10 ERA yet is 3-1. It’s thus hard to forecast San Francisco’s fate when Zito<\/span> starts\u2014at least, it usually is. On Saturday, we know what we’re getting. Zito<\/span> gets lit up every time he visits Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. He has a 10.05 ERA in three starts and has lasted just 14.1 total innings over that span. Three Brewers regulars\u2014Ryan Braun, Corey Hart and Bill Hall\u2014have a lifetime OPS over 1.000 against Zito<\/span>.<\/p>\n

You could try to argue that Seth McClung is too unproven to trust, but your typical sportsbook software<\/a> should show you that the numbers are overwhelmingly against San Fran here. Go with the Brew Crew.<\/p>\n

Sportsbook<\/a> pick: Brewers<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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If you like interleague baseball lines, you have to get your bet on before it’s too late, as this weekend marks your last chance for 2009. Let’s have a look at a few of the top games to bet on this Saturday. Saturday, June 27, 4:10 p.m. ET Tim Wakefield (4.47) vs Javier Vazquez (5-6, … Continue reading MLB Betting – Saturday Baseball Picks<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}