Kansas City Royals vs. Oakland Athletics
MLB Pick: Oakland -130 odds (May 18th 2013)
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This is a Free play on the Oakland Athletics.

The A’s won Game 1 in a pitcher’s duel between James Shields and Jarrod Parker. Adam Rosales hit an eighth inning home run to seal the deal for Oakland, as they came from behind for the victory.

Oakland will send Tommy Milone to the mound in Game 2, and he’s coming off a loss to Seattle his last time out. Tommy has always been a better pitcher in his home park, and this season is no exception, posting a 2.63 ERA at O.co Coliseum compared to a 4.93 ERA on the road. He’s also been good against the Royals, posting an ERA of 1.20 in his last two starts.
Kansas City will hand the ball to Ervin Santana, who’s been slipping up after a good start to the season. Santana (3-2, 2.79 ERA) allowed four runs on eight hits over 6 1/3 innings in a 4-2 loss to the Mets his last time out. Prior to that he took the decision in a 4-3 loss to Baltimore.

Yoenis Cespedes is 2-for-6 lifetime versus Santana, but both of those hits went out of the ballpark. John Jaso also hasn’t been fooled, he’s 7-for-14 with a home run versus the veteran right-hander.

Oakland appears to have quite a favorable matchup here at home, and the price is very reasonable.

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MLB Picks: May 9th 2013
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MLB Pick: Kansas City Royals +104
The Kansas City Royals should not be an underdog to the Baltimore Orioles tonight given the edge they have on the mound. Baltimore will be starting the washed-up Freddy Garcia, who is no more than a spot starter in this league. Kansas City gives the ball to Jeremy Guthrie, who is one of the most underrated starters in the game. He had a monster second half last year, and that has carried over into 2013. Guthrie is 4-0 with a 2.39 ERA and 1.113 WHIP through six starts this year. While Guthrie has never faced Baltimore, Garcia has gone up against Kansas City 28 times in his career. He’s gone just 10-13 with a huge 5.73 ERA and 1.543 WHIP over those 28 starts. The Royals are 15-2 in Guthrie’s last 17 starts overall. Kansas City is 8-0 in Guthrie’s last 8 starts when working on 4 days of rest. The Royals are 9-2 in Guthrie’s last 11 starts as an underdog. Bet Kansas City Thursday. -Jack Jones

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MLB Pick: Boston Red Sox -158
On Thursday the Free MLB System play is on Boston. Game 912 at 7:10 eastern. The Sox were blitzed early by Minnesota on Wednesday falling behind 11-6 after 2 innings. Look for them to bounce back here. They are too heavy a favorite for unit rating but for a free play they fit the criteria of a nice play. Certain home favorites off a home favored loss by 5 or more runs while scoring 5 or more runs have won 31 of 41 times since 2004 vs an opponent off a +140 or higher road dog win by 5 or more runs if they scored 10 or more runs. Minnesota has Correia going and he has a 5.10 road era and may struggle here with this vaunted Boston lineup. Lackey goes for the Sox and he has allowed 5 earned runs in his last 3 starts vs the Twins spanning 22+ innings. Boston is 15-5 vs losing teams and the Twins have lost 10 of 15 at night. Look for Boston to bounce back here tonight. On Thursday we have another Solid card led by the 5* NHL Game of the Month led by a Tremendous Sequence scenario situation. NHL on a 4-0 run. In MLB Action another 5* This one is the Triple Perfect Game of the week. The Game has a Perfect system, an 11-0 Pitching Indicator and a 100% Angle. MLB Sweeps for 3rd straight night now on an 8-0 run. Jump on and cash out again tonight. For the free play take Boston. -Rob Vinciletti

Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals
MLB Pick: Under 7 runs -110 odds (May 6th 2013)
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Preview: The finale of this three-game series sets up as a beauty with both teams sending their aces to the mound – Chris Sale for the White Sox and James Shields for the Royals. Pitcher’s duels often look good on paper but fizzle on the field. I don’t expect that to be the case here, however.

Sale knows the importance of this start, as his White Sox have dropped the first two games in this series, and are in danger of falling a full seven games back of the A.L. Central lead, with four teams to chase. The left-hander has been sharp over his last three outings, allowing just two earned runs over seven innings in each start. He’s allowed just 14 hits over those 21 innings of work, which has helped negate the fact that he’s issued seven walks and allowed a pair of home runs over that stretch.

Chicago owns a slim 4-3 edge in Sale’s seven career starts against the Royals, but it’s interesting to note that it was favored in all seven of those games. The shoe is on the other foot here.

James Shields will counter for the Royals. After pitching well, but coming up empty in the win column in back-to-back outings, Shields has gotten it right over his last two starts, working 15 innings and allowing only five earned runs, with the Royals winning both of those games. The opposition has scored four runs or less in five of Shields’ six starts so far this season. He’s certainly looked comfortable pitching here at Kauffman Stadium, posting a 2.81 ERA and an even more impressive 0.69 WHIP.

After getting lit up by the White Sox in his first start against them last season, Shields has settled down, holding them to three earned runs over 12 1/3 innings in his last two outings versus the Sox.

I have a lot of confidence in both of these bullpens, but we saw them struggle in Sunday’s ball game, with the Royals relief corps giving up four runs and the White Sox allowing three, all after recording two outs in the ninth inning. Expect a bounce-back performance (that is if the ‘pens are even needed today). Be sure to get ALL of Sean Murphy’s MLB picks for May 6th 2013 at Touthouse.com each day.

The last time Sale and Shields met, the result was a 1-0 White Sox victory on Opening Day. We might see a little more offense today, but I’m confident the winner will top out at four runs, assuring us of at least a ‘push’ and hopefully a win. Take the under (1*).

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Kansas City Royals
MLB Pick: Under 7 -110 odds (April 30th 2013)
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We have two great pitchers taking the mound in today’s game featuring the Rays and Royals. For Tampa Bay the start has been given to Alex Cobb who has a 1.82 ERA and 1.045 WHIP this season. Cobb is also averaging 7.4 innings per start. For the Royals James Shields will take the mound. Shields has 32 strikeouts in 5 games and brings with him a 3.09 ERA on the season.

Neither one of these teams is batting well this season and going against these two stud pitchers means this should be a very low scoring game. Tampa Bay is batting .225 on the road this season while the Royals are at .245 in their last 7 games. Those averages translate to 3.8 runs per game for Tampa Bay while the Royals average just 3.7 runs per game at home. With the lack of offensive production and both teams having solid pitchers starting we have a low scoring game in the making.

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