{"id":5312,"date":"2009-08-17T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-17T20:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/mlb-betting-tuesday-baseball-picks-3\/"},"modified":"2009-08-17T15:12:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-17T20:12:00","slug":"mlb-betting-tuesday-baseball-picks-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/mlb-betting-tuesday-baseball-picks-3\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Betting – Tuesday Baseball Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The NFL betting<\/a> preseason takes a day off on Tuesday, so it’s time to make some baseball picks. Can the Tigers and Dodgers retain their division leads?<\/p>\n

Seattle Mariners @ Detroit Tigers
<\/span><\/b>Tuesday, August 18, 7:05 p.m. ET
Felix Hernandez (12-4, 2.72) vs<\/span> Rick Porcello<\/span> (10-7, 4.34)<\/p>\n

Thanks to his impossible-to-hit stuff, Felix Hernandez is enjoying the best season of his career to date, and he’s a big reason why Seattle’s Wildcard hopes are (barely) intact. He really has Detroit’s number this year, going 2-0 with a 2.77 ERA and 14 strikeouts over 13 innings. Also worth noting: there may not be a better road pitcher in the game this season. King Felix is 8-1 with a 1.96 ERA away from SAFECO Field. Simply amazing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Interestingly, Tigers rookie Rick Porcello<\/span> is 2-0 against <\/span><\/font>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> this season. However, he’s been less picture-perfect, allowing three homers and six earned runs over 12 innings in those starts. There’s no point betting<\/a> against Felix. <\/p>\n

Best betting management pick: Mariners<\/p>\n

St. Louis<\/span><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Cardinals @ <\/span><\/b>Los Angeles<\/span><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Dodgers<\/span><\/b>
Tuesday, August 18, 10:10 p.m. ET
Mitchell Boggs (1-1, 3.78) vs<\/span> Chad Billingsley (11-6, 3.73)<\/span><\/p>\n

Can Mitchell Boggs do the unthinkable and down the mighty Dodgers in L.A.<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>? It’s a real crapshoot. He can’t hit the plate — 20 walks in 33 innings!? — but<\/span> he misses plenty of bats and finds a way to pitch out of jams. Chances are,<\/span> a good hitting group like L.A.<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> will punish his mistakes more than most teams. Then again, Boggs should get lots of run support. Matt Holliday is hitting an eye-popping .459 with five homers and 22 RBI in 21 games since the Cards acquired him. He also has three homers and five RBI in just 18 career at-bats against Chad Billingsley. With Boggs facing off against the ace Billingsley, the Dodgers will be big favorites at home. Why not take a baseball picks<\/a> flier on St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, one of the hottest teams in the majors right now? <\/p>\n

Best betting management<\/a> pick: Cardinals<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The NFL betting preseason takes a day off on Tuesday, so it’s time to make some baseball picks. Can the Tigers and Dodgers retain their division leads? Seattle Mariners @ Detroit Tigers Tuesday, August 18, 7:05 p.m. ET Felix Hernandez (12-4, 2.72) vs Rick Porcello (10-7, 4.34) Thanks to his impossible-to-hit stuff, Felix Hernandez is … Continue reading MLB Betting – Tuesday 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-5312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5312","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=5312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}