Free MLB Baseball Betting Picks: July 19th 2009: ATS Consultants

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San Francisco -115 over Pittsburgh:
Excellent pitching matchup today to close out this series in Pittsburgh. Matt Cain goes for the Giants while Zach Duke takes the hill for the Buccos. Cain (10-2, 2.38) was an All Star last week and deservedly so. He and Tim Lincecum have led the resurgence of the Giants and allowed them to stay in playoff contention in the National League. He’s allowed just 8 runs in his last 30 1/3 innings pitched while striking out 27 in that span. Can’t really take anything away from Zach Duke either. Duke is 8-8 with a very good 3.29 ERA and has been the Pirates ace all year. As well as he’s pitched lately, the team can’t seem to score any runs for him. He’s just 1-4 in his last 5 starts despite a 3.82 ERA in that time frame. Each game in this series has been close, and I expect more of the same today, but like the Giants in a close one.

Detroit +125 over New York Yankees:
New York has gotten the best of the Tigers so far in this series, winning the first two in close fashion. Today, with All Star Edwin Jackson (7-4, 2.52) on the mound, expect the Tigers to finally win one in Yankee Stadium. Jackson has had a breakout season after years of disappointing teams with his potential. He bounced around the league for years before finally finding a home in Detroit. He and Justin Verlander have done a great job all year and are the main reasons that the Tigers find themselves in first place as we hit the second half aof the 2009 season. Yankees starter Joba Chamberlain (4.2, 4.25) really needs to go back to the bullpen, where I feel he’d be a dominant set up man. It looks like the Yankees figured it out with Phil Hughes, why wouldn’t do the same for Joba? He’s been brutal in his last few efforts, allowing 10 runs on 27 hits in his last 13 1/3 innings pitched. Maybe he’s getting tired, who knows, but the Yankees really need to figure out how to use him and his dominant stuff correctly.

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