Baseball Betting: Astros vs. Phillies Odds & Pick: September 29th 2009

Houston Astros vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Free Pick: Philadelphia Phillies -1.5 (-125 odds)
Tue September 29th 2009 7:05p
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The Phillies looked like they were going to walk away easily with the National League East Pennant. As the season grind gets grittier a once NL East powerhouse is emerging to the surface ready to take this division by storm. The Atlanta Braves are 86-70, 4 games back and riding a huge 7 game win streak. The late push has the Phillies on there toes as they have lost 4 of 10 and dropped game 1 at home to the lowly Houston Astros who are a terrible 5-22 LT27 travelling and 28-46 on the road overall. With the Astros getting to the Phillies Ace last night look for them to try to take it to lefty starter J.Happ. Philly 6-2 LT8 in Happ’s starts and 29-10 LT39 at home Philly will be pushing hard, desperately in need of a win where the Astros are 0-4 LT4 in GM2 of a series after winning game 1.

Traditionally teams that have been swept in a recent series come back stronger and win game 1 or 2. Houston beat Philly by a 1 run margin 3 games in a row last series and won 8-2 last night. Look for Philly to win this ballgame convincingly avenging 4 straight defeats to the Astros and make a statement to the Braves that they are the best in the NL east.

Free Pick Tuesday: Philadelphia Phillies -1.5