MLB: August 16th Picks

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MLB Overall 2011 120W-91L +20.83 units (56.87%) Indians +110 to bet 1 unit @ 5dimes Tampa +140 to bet 1 unit @ 5dimes (game 2)

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Re: MLB: August 16th Picks Philly -2.5 @ 2.55 pinnacle Halladay is 15-4, with a 2.51 ERA as he has allowed 2 runs or less in 6 in his last 10 starts (total of 21 runs) with 5 runs in his last 4 home starts. He has gone 7-0 with a 2.01 ERA in his last 10 home starts with the Phillies winning each of these games, while he is 3-0 with a 2.61 ERA against Arizona. Collmenter is 7-7, with a 3.51 ERA as he has allowed 5 runs or more in 5 of his last 10 starts (total of 35 runs) with at least 5 runs allowed in 3 of his last 4 road starts. Detroit -2.5 @ 2.32 pinnacle Verlander is 17-5, with a 2.35 ERA as he has allowed 1 run or none at all in 6 of his last 10 starts (total of 17 runs) with just 5 runs in his last 4 home starts. He is 3-1 with a 1.59 ERA in his last 5 starts against Minnesota as he allowed 1 run on 5 hits in the 6-2 road win over them last month. Blackburn is 7-9, with a 4.36 ERA as he has allowed 4 runs or more in 6 of his last 10 starts (total of 37 runs), with 17 runs given up in his last 3 road starts. He is 4-5 with a 5.03 ERA against Detroit and allowed 5 runs on 7 hits in the 6-5 road loss to them in May this year. Detroit are 8-2 against Minnesota this year and have won the last 3 games by at least 3 runs. Their bats are hitting well to give Verlander some run support here. St Louis -2.5 @ 2.94 pinnacle Carpenter is 8-8, with a 3.68 ERA as he has allowed 2 runs or less in 7 of his last 10 starts (total of 21 runs) with 12 runs allowed in his last 5 road games. He has a very good record against Pittsburgh, going 12-2 with a 2.24 ERA in 17 starts, as he allowed 4 runs on 10 hits in the 6-4 road win over them last month. Karstens is 9-6, with a 3.04 ERA and while he has allowed 2 runs or less in his last 6 starts (total of 25 runs), he did allow 9 runs in his last home start and like the Cardinals to score runs here as they look to tie up this series August picks: 25-40 (-7.92) July picks: 54-62 (+3.14) June picks: 53-72 (-2.95) May picks: 31-73 (-30.18) April picks: 45-56 (+2.52)