Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Mercury Hosts Storm to Start WNBA 2nd Half

Phoenix Mercury Basketball

Mercury Look to Get on Winning Track



The Seattle Storm and the Phoenix Mercury will kick off the unofficial start of the WNBA 2nd half on Tuesday. They meet at Talking Stick Resort Arena.

Oddsmakers opened the Storm as 0-point favorites versus the Mercury, while the game's total opened at 166. The line is now Phoenix -3.5 and the total is at 167.

The Mercury were Losers of six of their last seven games. That included three straight at home to end the first half of the season. Phoenix is now just thinking about survival in their WNBA playoff hunt.

Before their recent skid the Mercury were 14-5 and challenging the Seattle Storm for the best record in the WNBA. It is no coincidence the skid coincides with losing power forward Sancho Lyttle to a season-ending knee injury June 30.

The Mercury are now 15-11 and only one game ahead of the No. 8 (and final playoff) team Connecticut.

Mercury Has Most of Starters Back



The Mercury lost their last game. It was a 101-87 setback against Chicago. They were without veteran guard Diana Taurasi, who served a one-game suspension for excessive technical fouls. Fellow All-Star Brittney Griner also ejected in the third quarter of the game.

Taurasi, Griner and All-Star forward DeWanna Bonner will be together again for the matchup against Seattle. The Storm sit atop the WNBA with a 19-7 record.

The Mercury on Monday signed 28-year-old forward Devereaux Peters to a seven-day contract. They hope to make up for the loss of Lyttle. Peters was originally selected with the third overall pick of the 2012 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx.

Peters will make her 2018 WNBA debut with the Mercury as she enters into her sixth WNBA season.

Storm Look to Take Control of West



Last time out for Seattle, they were a 92-72 winner as they battled the Indiana Fever on the road. The Storm covered in the match as a -11-point favorite. The 164 combined points moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.

Seattle is 1-1 against the Mercury this season. This includes an 87-71 win in Phoenix on May 23. They are preparing to face a hungry team with only eight regular-season games remaining.

Storm forward Breanna Stewart leads the WNBA averaging 22.8 points a game.



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Mercury Hosts Storm to Start WNBA 2nd Half

Phoenix Mercury Basketball

Mercury Look to Get on Winning Track



The Seattle Storm and the Phoenix Mercury will kick off the unofficial start of the WNBA 2nd half on Tuesday. They meet at Talking Stick Resort Arena.

Oddsmakers opened the Storm as 0-point favorites versus the Mercury, while the game's total opened at 166. The line is now Phoenix -3.5 and the total is at 167.

The Mercury were Losers of six of their last seven games. That included three straight at home to end the first half of the season. Phoenix is now just thinking about survival in their WNBA playoff hunt.

Before their recent skid the Mercury were 14-5 and challenging the Seattle Storm for the best record in the WNBA. It is no coincidence the skid coincides with losing power forward Sancho Lyttle to a season-ending knee injury June 30.

The Mercury are now 15-11 and only one game ahead of the No. 8 (and final playoff) team Connecticut.

Mercury Has Most of Starters Back



The Mercury lost their last game. It was a 101-87 setback against Chicago. They were without veteran guard Diana Taurasi, who served a one-game suspension for excessive technical fouls. Fellow All-Star Brittney Griner also ejected in the third quarter of the game.

Taurasi, Griner and All-Star forward DeWanna Bonner will be together again for the matchup against Seattle. The Storm sit atop the WNBA with a 19-7 record.

The Mercury on Monday signed 28-year-old forward Devereaux Peters to a seven-day contract. They hope to make up for the loss of Lyttle. Peters was originally selected with the third overall pick of the 2012 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx.

Peters will make her 2018 WNBA debut with the Mercury as she enters into her sixth WNBA season.

Storm Look to Take Control of West



Last time out for Seattle, they were a 92-72 winner as they battled the Indiana Fever on the road. The Storm covered in the match as a -11-point favorite. The 164 combined points moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.

Seattle is 1-1 against the Mercury this season. This includes an 87-71 win in Phoenix on May 23. They are preparing to face a hungry team with only eight regular-season games remaining.

Storm forward Breanna Stewart leads the WNBA averaging 22.8 points a game.



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NameRecordATSOffenseDefenseDiffATS HomeATS AwayOU RecordOU HomeOU Away
Seattle19-716-1087.0079.507.57-79-313-12-16-7-17-5
Phoenix15-1115-1183.3881.621.764-711-413-135-68-7





Power Stats


















Assists Turnovers
NameAssistsTurnoversRatio
SEA20.4612.921.58
PHO19.7313.311.48


















Rebounding
NameOffenseDefenseTotal
SEA8.5426.5835.12
PHO6.9624.8531.81


















ShootingPercentage
NameOffenseDefenseDifferential
SEA46.8443.013.83
PHO44.7942.682.11





Head To Head Summary



































TeamrecordATSO/UAVGAVG ½FG%REB3PTsteals
Seattle4-64-66-479.3040.0043.7332.7076/1926.60
Phoenix6-46-46-481.6043.9043.9831.8071/1925.70





Head To Head Detail


































































































































































































































































DateAwayaway scoreHomehome scorelineATSTotalO/UFG% EdgeReb Edge3PT EdgeAway Half ScoreHome Half ScoreAway FG%Home FG%Away ReboundsHome ReboundsAway Three PointersHome Three PointersAway StealsHome Steals
May 23, 2018SEA87PHO71-5.5SEA155.5OSEASEASEA463351.843.833237/185/1675
May 20, 2018PHO87SEA82-2PHO155.5OPHOSEASEA463646.737.928376/1510/2767
Sep 6, 2017SEA69PHO79-4.5PHO163.5UPHOPHOPHO313234.938.631386/207/1874
Aug 27, 2017PHO75SEA71-5PHO164.5USEASEAPHO363439.741.733347/154/1156
Aug 12, 2017SEA98PHO89-5SEA164OSEAPHOSEA535356.346.3303310/208/1794
Jun 23, 2017PHO85SEA82-5PHO160.5OSEAPHOSEA504346.447.531258/259/2285
Sep 15, 2016SEA62PHO86-6.5PHO162UPHOPHOPush29503547.832355/165/17410
Jun 3, 2016PHO81SEA956SEA168.5OSEASEASEA444947.150.826377/1912/24710
May 20, 2016SEA81PHO80-11.5SEA163USEASEASEA37434037.539329/238/2456
Aug 12, 2015SEA66PHO83-13.5PHO148OPHOPHOPHO425242.444.829394/1110/2662





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Team Last 5 Games




Seattle Storm













































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalATS Resultfield goal percentagefree throw percentagethree pointersLocation
Jul 24, 2018IND92-72W-11166W/U50.7072.7312A
Jul 22, 2018ATL74-87L-2.5163L/U40.8577.789A
Jul 20, 2018CON78-65W2.5176W/U42.65100.0011A
Jul 18, 2018CHI101-83W-8.5177W/O53.5287.5011A
Jul 14, 2018DAL91-84W-4.5175W/P41.5674.077H





Phoenix Mercury













































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalATS Resultfield goal percentagefree throw percentagethree pointersLocation
Jul 25, 2018CHI87-101L-6.5172.5L/O40.0085.198H
Jul 21, 2018MIN75-80L-3.5160.5L/U38.1095.247H
Jul 19, 2018LAV82-85L-9.5172L/U35.1491.678H
Jul 15, 2018IND101-82W-9.5162.5W/O54.2966.6711A
Jul 13, 2018CON87-91L5.5169W/O51.7282.618A



Next up:
Seattle home to Minnesota Friday, August 3
Phoenix at Las Vegas Wednesday, August 1

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Pirates Host Cubs Tuesday Evening

Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball

Lester Faces Taillon on Tuesday as Pirates and Cubs Clash



The Pittsburgh Pirates will host the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday in what should be the most interesting pitching matchup of the night. Jon Lester will be on the mound for the Cubs, while the Pirates will counter with Jameson Taillon.

The Pirates have climbed to the fringes of the National League playoff race. They have a chance to put another dent in the deficit. The Pirates are winners of 15 of their last 19. The Pirates host the first-place Chicago Cubs for two critical games starting Tuesday.

The Cubs are clinging to a 1 1/2-game lead over second-place Milwaukee in the NL Central entering the week. The Pirates have clawed within seven games of the lead.

TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, NBCS Chicago, AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh

PITCHING MATCHUP: Cubs LH Jon Lester (12-3, 3.06 ERA) vs. Pirates RH Jameson Taillon (7-8, 3.73)

ODDS: Both teams are -105 on the moneyline right now. The total is 7.5.

Tuesday’s game will be the 10th meeting of the season between these teams. The Cubs have a 5-4 edge in the head-to-head season series so far.

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Lester has been absolutely dominant for Chicago this season. Heading into Tuesday’s start, he has a 12-3 record and 3.06 ERA. He had a rare off night against the St. Louis Cardinals on July 20. Lester bounced back with a solid Lester-like outing.

Lester allowed just one earned run on four hits over 6.0 innings of work in a 2-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Lester is 7-1 with a 3.16 ERA in 10 road starts this season.

A couple Cubs will be excited to face Jameson Taillon for the first time this season. Javier Baez is 6-for-10 with a homer and Anthony Rizzo is 8-for-13 with two homers against the right-hander.

Anthony Rizzo has homered in three of his past four games since ending a 25-game drought.

David Bote has multiple hits in three of his past five contests.

Pirates Need Quality Outings from Starters



Pittsburgh will hope that Taillon will match Lester’s level of performance on Tuesday. Despite a solid 3.73 ERA and a 1.22 WHIP, Taillon is just 7-8 this season.

The 26-year-old right-hander has been at his best of late. He has given up just four earned runs allowed in 18.1 innings over his last three starts. Taillon is 3-4 with a 3.88 ERA in 10 road starts this season.

Taillon took a tough-luck loss last time out, but he posted his 11th consecutive start allowing three or fewer earned runs.

Jordy Mercer is 9-for-25 during an eight-game hitting streak.

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Teamrecordmoneyvs LHPvs RHPFaveDogO/UDiff
Chi Cubs61-44$152.0018-743-3755-326-1248-54-30.94
Pittsburgh55-52$267.0012-1643-3633-2722-2550-49-80.029999999999999






Pitchers Last 3 Starts




J Lester (12-3) ERA: 3.06

































event dateOpponentResultscoreOU Resultipmoney
Jul 25, 2018ARIW2-1U6$96.00
Jul 20, 2018STLL5-18O3-$100.00
Jul 15, 2018SDW7-4O5.1$69.00





Jameson Taillon (7-8) ERA: 3.73

































event dateOpponentResultscoreOU Resultipmoney
Jul 25, 2018CLEL0-4U7-$100.00
Jul 20, 2018CINW12-1O5.1$88.00
Jul 12, 2018MILW6-3O6$84.00





Bullpen





Chi Cubs's relievers have pitched 10 innings in the last 3 games.
Pittsburgh's relievers have pitched 9 innings in the last 3 games.


Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent




Chicago Cubs - J Lester







































































DatescoreWinneriphitsRunsEarned RunswalksstrikeoutsDecision
Jun 9, 20182-0CHC710025Win
May 29, 20188-6CHC684406Win
Apr 11, 201813-5CHC574433No Decision
Sep 7, 20178-2CHC651145Win
Jul 9, 201714-3PIT0.2610430Loss





Pittsburgh Pirates - Jameson Taillon







































































DatescoreWinneriphitsRunsEarned RunswalksstrikeoutsDecision
Sep 7, 20178-2CHC4.2116613Loss
Jun 18, 20177-1CHC584414Loss
Apr 16, 20176-1PIT771036Win
Sep 28, 20168-4PIT611134Win
Jun 19, 201610-5CHC484415Loss





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TitleStatRankStatRank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense5.0244.4918
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense4.9254.1612
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense4.52144.088
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense4.42163.683


Head To Head Detail































































































































































































DateAwayaway scoreHomehome scorelineO/UAway PitcherHome PitcherAway HitsHome HitsAway WalksHome WalksAway StrikeoutsHome Strikeouts
Jun 10, 2018PIT7CHC1-1869UIvan Nova (R)Kyle Hendricks (R)9462810
Jun 9, 2018PIT0CHC2-1678UNick Kingham (R)Jon Lester (L)162486
Jun 8, 2018PIT1CHC3-1578UChad Kuhl (R)Mike Montgomery (L)9922411
May 30, 2018CHC1PIT21248UKyle Hendricks (R)Joe Musgrove (R)994373
May 29, 2018CHC8PIT61208.5OJon Lester (L)Nick Kingham (R)14134078
May 28, 2018CHC7PIT0-1079UMike Montgomery (L)Chad Kuhl (R)1225077
Apr 12, 2018PIT6CHC1-1808.5UTrevor Williams (R)Kyle Hendricks (R)9771106
Apr 11, 2018PIT5CHC13-1588.5OSteven Brault (L)Jon Lester (L)8163265
Apr 10, 2018PIT8CHC5-1479OIvan Nova (R)Tyler Chatwood (R)12102298
Sep 7, 2017CHC8PIT21237.5OJon Lester (L)Jameson Taillon (R)1383689





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Team Vs Division Or Conference




Chicago Cubs



























































recordHomeAwayFaveDogO/Uvs LHPvs RHP
Overall61-4433-1928-2555-319-1348-54-318-743-37
Last 105-54-31-24-32-24-61-14-4
vs Div25-2313-712-1625-171-620-25-33-022-23
vs AL8-47-31-17-21-27-52-06-4
vs NL53-4026-1627-2448-298-1141-49-316-737-33





Pittsburgh Pirates



























































recordHomeAwayFaveDogO/Uvs LHPvs RHP
Overall55-5231-2624-2633-2325-2850-49-812-1643-36
Last 107-32-25-12-25-14-5-11-16-2
vs Div26-1616-710-911-716-816-23-32-524-11
vs AL12-35-27-110-23-19-63-09-3
vs NL43-4926-2417-2523-2122-2741-43-89-1634-33





Team Last 5 Games




Chicago Cubs







































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalstarteripopposing starterLocation
Jul 29, 2018STL5-2W-1208.5K Hendricks7John GantA
Jul 28, 2018STL2-6L1168.5J Quintana3M MikolasA
Jul 27, 2018STL2-5L1179Mike Montgomery5Luke WeaverA
Jul 26, 2018ARI7-6W1029.5T Chatwood4.2Zack GodleyH
Jul 25, 2018ARI2-1W-1048.5J Lester6Robbie RayH





Pittsburgh Pirates







































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalstarteripopposing starterLocation
Jul 29, 2018NYM0-1L-1468Joe Musgrove7Z WheelerH
Jul 28, 2018NYM5-0W1197.5Trevor Williams6J deGromH
Jul 27, 2018NYM5-4W-1339I Nova5J VargasH
Jul 26, 2018NYM6-12L-1398.5Nick Kingham3Steven MatzH
Jul 25, 2018CLE0-4L2018Jameson Taillon7T BauerA







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Monday, July 30, 2018

Monday MLB Free Betting Pick- Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins

Twins baseball

The Cleveland Indians continue their current six-game road trip with Game 1 of a three-game stint against the AL Central rival Minnesota Twins. Monday’s series opener is set for 8 p.m. and it will be available on ESPN +.

VietBet opened the Indians at -130 road favorites with the total set at 9.5. The line is now Cleveland -128-moneyline favorites. The total is not at 9.5Over -123.

Cleveland started this trip with a 2-1 series victory against Detroit over the weekend. It outscored the Tigers by a combined 17-6 with the total going OVER VietBet's closing line in two of the three games. The total has gone OVER in four of the Indians last six road games.

They come into this series with a nine game lead over Minnesota in the division race at 57-47 overall.

Look for Cleveland to turn to Shane Bieber as its starter for Monday night. His last outing on July 24 against Pittsburgh was a brief one. He got shelled for seven earned runs on seven hits in just 1 2/3 innings.

The right hander had gone at least six innings in each of his previous five trips to the mound. His current ERA stands at 4.80 with a 1.44 WHIP.

Twins Look to Right Ship After Long Road Trip



Minnesota is coming off an extended 10-game road trip. They went 4-6 after losing the last three games of the four-game weekend series against Boston. It was outscored 17-7 in those three losses. The total staying UNDER VietBet's closing line in two of the three games.

The Twins are 48-56 on the year with a 29-22 record at home. The total has gone OVER in seven of their last nine home games.

Ervin Santana missed the first half of the MLB regular season with a finger injury. Last Wednesday he his season debut against Toronto. The right hander allowed three earned runs on seven hits in five innings pitched.

He struck out five and issued one walk. Minnesota went on to win that game 12-6, but Santana did not get the decision.

I am going with Cleveland on the road in Game 1 of this series. I think the Indians can take advantage of the rust that is still present in Santana’s throwing arm.

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Teamrecordmoneyvs LHPvs RHPFaveDogO/UDiff
Cleveland57-47-$1,346.0017-1140-3653-394-855-45-40.9
Minnesota48-56-$832.0013-1735-3929-2719-2950-51-3-0.2






Pitchers Last 3 Starts




Shane Bieber (5-2) ERA: 4.80

































event dateOpponentResultscoreOU Resultipmoney
Jul 24, 2018PITL4-9O1.2-$100.00
Jul 13, 2018NYYW6-5O7$98.00
Jul 8, 2018OAKL0-6U6-$100.00





E Santana (0-0) ERA: 5.40

































event dateOpponentResultscoreOU Resultipmoney
Jul 25, 2018TORW12-6O5$86.00
Oct 3, 2017NYYL4-8O2-$100.00
Sep 28, 2017CLEL2-5U5-$100.00





Bullpen





Cleveland's relievers have pitched 7.1 innings in the last 3 games.
Minnesota's relievers have pitched 9.1 innings in the last 3 games.


Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent




Cleveland Indians - Shane Bieber



































DatescoreWinneriphitsRunsEarned RunswalksstrikeoutsDecision
Jun 17, 20184-1CLE5.2101117Win
May 31, 20189-8CLE5.284416No Decision





Minnesota Twins - E Santana

































































DatescoreWinneriphitsRunsEarned RunswalksstrikeoutsDecision
Sep 28, 20175-2CLE540001No Decision
Jun 25, 20174-0MIN690007Win
May 12, 20171-0MIN720054Win
Apr 20, 20176-2CLE641135No Decision
Jul 15, 20165-2CLE5.164325Loss





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TitleStatRankStatRank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense5.1634.7021
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense4.47154.5321
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense4.50154.2613
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense4.61103.827


Head To Head Detail































































































































































































DateAwayaway scoreHomehome scorelineO/UAway PitcherHome PitcherAway HitsHome HitsAway WalksHome WalksAway StrikeoutsHome Strikeouts
Jun 17, 2018MIN1CLE4-14210UJake Odorizzi (R)Shane Bieber (R)107341111
Jun 16, 2018MIN9CLE3-1789OFernando Romero (R)Carlos Carrasco (R)13103156
Jun 15, 2018MIN6CLE3-2158OKyle Gibson (R)Corey Kluber (R)671445
Jun 3, 2018CLE5MIN71028.5OMike Clevinger (R)Kyle Gibson (R)61144104
Jun 2, 2018CLE1MIN71528.5UTrevor Bauer (R)Lance Lynn (R)7853815
Jun 1, 2018CLE4MIN71168.5OCarlos Carrasco (R)Jose Berrios (R)791585
May 31, 2018CLE9MIN81179.5OShane Bieber (R)Jake Odorizzi (R)121232510
Apr 18, 2018CLE1MIN21098UCarlos Carrasco (R)Jose Berrios (R)1213221215
Apr 17, 2018CLE6MIN11817.5UCorey Kluber (R)Jake Odorizzi (R)1261499
Sep 28, 2017MIN2CLE5-2687.5UErvin Santana (R)Carlos Carrasco (R)81010155





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Team Vs Division Or Conference




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recordHomeAwayFaveDogO/Uvs LHPvs RHP
Overall57-4732-2125-2653-385-855-45-417-1140-36
Last 106-42-24-26-40-05-51-15-3
vs Div30-1418-412-1030-140-021-22-110-220-12
vs AL48-3927-1621-2346-303-848-36-315-1033-29
vs NL9-85-54-37-82-07-9-12-17-7





Minnesota Twins



























































recordHomeAwayFaveDogO/Uvs LHPvs RHP
Overall48-5629-2219-3429-2720-2950-51-313-1735-39
Last 104-60-04-62-32-34-62-22-4
vs Div19-1711-68-1113-146-315-20-15-414-13
vs AL42-4426-1716-2726-2217-2239-45-213-1329-31
vs NL6-123-53-73-53-711-6-10-46-8





Team Last 5 Games




Cleveland Indians

































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalstarteripopposing starterLocation
Jul 29, 2018DET8-1W-2318.5C Kluber7.1J ZimmermannA
Jul 28, 2018DET1-2L-1908.5Mike Clevinger5B HardyA
Jul 27, 2018DET8-3W-2508.5C Carrasco6.1M FiersA
Jul 25, 2018PIT4-0W-2188T Bauer7Jameson TaillonH
Jul 24, 2018PIT4-9L-1689Shane Bieber1.2Joe MusgroveH



Minnesota Twins

































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalstarteripopposing starterLocation
Jul 29, 2018BOS0-3L1499.5Jose Berrios4.2N EovaldiA
Jul 28, 2018BOS4-10L17710.5J Odorizzi5R PorcelloA
Jul 27, 2018BOS3-4L3489L Lynn6C SaleA
Jul 26, 2018BOS2-1W15510K Gibson8Brian JohnsonA
Jul 25, 2018TOR12-6W-1169.5E Santana5Sam GaviglioA



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