Colorado Rockies at Pittsburgh Pirates (-110, 8)
The Rockies have won three straight series, and right fielder Michael Cuddyer is a big reason why. His two-run double lifted Colorado to a 4-1 win in Milwaukee on Sunday. He leads the team with a .345 average and 11 RBIs.
They'll send 49-year-old Jamie Moyer against the Pirates, who are pathetic offensively. Pittsburgh has scored two or fewer runs in 11 of its 14 games.
Kevin Correia gets the nod for the Pirates. He got a couple extra days of rest after dealing with discomfort in his left side.
Correia will have to face a hot Troy Tulowitzki. The shortstop went 6 for 14 with three runs scored and three RBIs in the weekend series in Milwaukee.
Colorado has won four of its last five games in Pittsburgh.
Pick: Rockies ppd
Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins (140, 8.5)
Mother Nature must be a Boston Red Sox fan because apparently she couldn’t bear to watch them play the New York Yankees again. The Red Sox start a seven-game trip with a three-game set against the Minnesota Twins on Monday and got a head start to Minneapolis after their series finale with the Yankees on Sunday was rained out.
Boston (4-10), which has lost five straight, is still stinging from its 15-9 loss Saturday when it blew a 9-0 lead and allowed seven runs in each of the seventh and eighth innings.
Starter Daniel Bard walked seven, including one with the bases loaded, in a 1-0 loss to Tampa Bay on April 16. He allowed four hits and struck out seven in 6 2/3 innings. Bard has appeared in four games against the Twins, permitting one run and six hits in 6 1/3 innings. The current Minnesota roster is 0-for-12 against him, with only Joe Mauer (RBI) and Justin Morneau (two walks) having any success at all.
Minnesota isn’t much better than the Sox at 5-11, and enters having lost two of three at Tampa Bay. Minnesota’s Jason Marquis is set to make his second American League start. His debut resulted in a 6-5 victory over New York at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday when he allowed four runs and seven hits in five innings.
Adrian Gonzalez is 6-for-19 with six walks against Marquis. The Red Sox went 5-2 against the Twins last year, including taking two of three at Target Field.
Pick: Red Sox +++
MLB PICKS bigs:
New York Mets +145 ---
Colorado +100 ppd
New York Yankees +115 +++
Milwaukee -200 +++
Boston Red Sox – 151 +++
Philadelphia +105 ---
Chicago White Sox -108 +++
LA Dodgers -130 +++
The Rockies have won three straight series, and right fielder Michael Cuddyer is a big reason why. His two-run double lifted Colorado to a 4-1 win in Milwaukee on Sunday. He leads the team with a .345 average and 11 RBIs.
They'll send 49-year-old Jamie Moyer against the Pirates, who are pathetic offensively. Pittsburgh has scored two or fewer runs in 11 of its 14 games.
Kevin Correia gets the nod for the Pirates. He got a couple extra days of rest after dealing with discomfort in his left side.
Correia will have to face a hot Troy Tulowitzki. The shortstop went 6 for 14 with three runs scored and three RBIs in the weekend series in Milwaukee.
Colorado has won four of its last five games in Pittsburgh.
Pick: Rockies ppd
Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins (140, 8.5)
Mother Nature must be a Boston Red Sox fan because apparently she couldn’t bear to watch them play the New York Yankees again. The Red Sox start a seven-game trip with a three-game set against the Minnesota Twins on Monday and got a head start to Minneapolis after their series finale with the Yankees on Sunday was rained out.
Boston (4-10), which has lost five straight, is still stinging from its 15-9 loss Saturday when it blew a 9-0 lead and allowed seven runs in each of the seventh and eighth innings.
Starter Daniel Bard walked seven, including one with the bases loaded, in a 1-0 loss to Tampa Bay on April 16. He allowed four hits and struck out seven in 6 2/3 innings. Bard has appeared in four games against the Twins, permitting one run and six hits in 6 1/3 innings. The current Minnesota roster is 0-for-12 against him, with only Joe Mauer (RBI) and Justin Morneau (two walks) having any success at all.
Minnesota isn’t much better than the Sox at 5-11, and enters having lost two of three at Tampa Bay. Minnesota’s Jason Marquis is set to make his second American League start. His debut resulted in a 6-5 victory over New York at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday when he allowed four runs and seven hits in five innings.
Adrian Gonzalez is 6-for-19 with six walks against Marquis. The Red Sox went 5-2 against the Twins last year, including taking two of three at Target Field.
Pick: Red Sox +++
MLB PICKS bigs:
New York Mets +145 ---
Colorado +100 ppd
New York Yankees +115 +++
Milwaukee -200 +++
Boston Red Sox – 151 +++
Philadelphia +105 ---
Chicago White Sox -108 +++
LA Dodgers -130 +++
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