Jim Feist

Boston has had some offensive struggles of late, scoring no runs in their loss last night to the Mariners. In addition, they have scored two runs or less in six of their last 10 games. Eduardo Rodriquez starts today and is 8-1 for the Sox. Rodriquez has a 3.64 ERA and has allowed two runs or less in five straight starts. Seattle counters with Mike Leake today. Leake is 7-3 with a 4.26 ERA. Leake has been very good lately, Allowing two runs or less in each of his last five starts. Both pitchers are throwing very well and I like the UNDER today.

 My top play of the day is on the Pirates. Pittsburgh has a three game win streak and looks for the series sweep against the Reds today. The Pirates have been hitting very well of late, scoring nine runs in the two games vs the Reds and 18 runs in the previous series vs Arizona. They will start Joe Musgrove today. Musgrove is 2-1 in his four starts with a 2.16 ERA. The Reds have dropped to 25-45 on the season with their two losses in a row. Anthony Desclafani starts today. Desclafani has just two starts this season, allowing six earned runs over 10 innings. In addition,Desclafani has allowed 16 hits in his 10 innings. Pirates just playing too well and the Reds continue to struggle. Play Pittsburgh.

 The Phillies improved t0 36-32 with their win last night over the Brewers, 4-1. The will send one of their best starters to the hill today in Aaron Nola. Nola is 8-2 in his 14 starts with a 2.27 ERA and 0.934 WHIp. Nola has allowed one run in each of five starts of his last seven overall games. Nola has been one of the best pitchers for the Phils this year. The Brewers have been a dead under team this year at 27-41 O/U. Chase Anderson starts today with a 5-5 record, 4.13 ERA and 1.167 WHIp. Anderson is coming off one of his best starts of the year, allowing no runs over seven innings to a very good hitting Cubs team. Both teams should be scoring low today and with that I'm going UNDER.

Detroit has been a good under team all season, but lately they have gone under in three of their last four and are 3-9 O/U in their last 12 games. Blaine Hardy starts today with a 2-1 record in his six starts. Hardy has a 3.67 ERA and has allowed two runs or less in all but one of his six starts. The White Sox have also been a very good under team, going 1-13-1 O/U in their last 15 games. James Shields starts today with a 4.57 ERA. Shields is coming off an excellent start, allowing just one run over seven innings to the Indians. I like these two under teams to play UNDER today.

Angles and A's have split the first two games of this series with the Angles winning Friday and losing Saturday, 4-6. LA will start Andrew Heaney today who is 3-5 with a 3.68 ERA and 1.178 WHIP. Oakland starts Daniel Mengden today with a 6-6 record and 3.90 ERA. Mengden has been hit pretty hard of late, allowing 12 eared runs over his last 8 2/3 innings with seven walks and just four KO's. With the struggles of Mengden of late, I have to side with LA here today.