Well, We got a Home Run Right Away...so maybe we can get this!
Wish us luck! Drake is the Umpire.....I blindly looked at one website, instead of looking at the box score, like I usually do....and made an error. It should affect the wager too much.....
The Rangers/White Sox OVER 10 -115 at BetUS
1-Unit (increase if needed)
Millwood is good for 5 runs today. I think the Texas pen will offer up several runs after Milly is chased.
I REALLY think the AAA kid for Chicago will get rocked as well.
Milwood got destroyed in this strike zone in June, dropping 12 hits and 7 runs in 5 innings under the watchful eye of James Hoye.
Here's the game:
| Texas Rangers |
| Pitchers |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
PC-ST |
ERA |
| K Millwood (L, 5-4) |
5.0 |
12 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
91-57 |
5.08 |
You can take the last three outings for Milly and see that he's pretty horrible right now:
30 hits and 15 runs in the last 3 games is about as bad as you can get....consistancy is the better part of FAILURE!
But you need to know about Clayton Richard, Right?
CLICK HERE TO SEE ONE OF HIS MOST RECENT GAMES AND I THINK YOU'LL BE PLEASED
In the scouting film you might be able to see a few things that will get him killed in the Majors.
1. He has an awkward hesitation step before he gets into the wind-up, but that's nothing compared to the way he SHOWS the ball to the batter.
2. He seems to throw a VERY hittable ball, and it appears that he may be a horrible fielder.
3. Did you notice at least two home runs in the film????
The kid is VERY hittable.
The kid is an open book as far as his release point.
Worst of all, they say he has a fine sinker, but you might notice that Millwood is a sinker thrower, and he STINKS in today's strike zone (see above). This zone is not friendly to a sinker baller.
James Hoye doesn't allow the LOW Zone!
I'm under the distinct impression that we may have 10 runs by the 5th. I know that may sound goofy, but I think we can get a bunch of action off the starters this afternoon.
If the Ump doesn't help us ,then mother nature will!
Back to Millwood for a moment: The guy is toast in this zone and there's a reason why he was tagged for 7 runs in the first two innings in the last visit to this zone.
Millwood segments his pitch selection: In the early innings he sticks to his 4-seamer, SINKER, and Cutter, then he switches to breaking balls in the middle innings, then switches Fastballs if he makes into the 6th or 7th.
He rides the low zone EARLY. Cutter/Sinker
With Hoye's zone, that means he falls behind in the count, and this places the Texas line-up in hitters counts. The low stuff is likely to be called balls. The same applies to Richard.
And this is what we need with an OVER: Projectable Hitters counts!
I can tell you that Millwood should fall behind today. Richard will succumb to nerves and the bat speed of these hitters, (combined with the wind blowing out toward right-center).
We just need the Texas batters to put the ball in play.
On the Wind: The ball has a tail wind today.
"In contrast, a tailwind decreases the drag because the air moves with the ball, and it flies further. A baseball that would travel about 400 feet (120 metres) on a day with calm winds would travel about 445 feet (135 metres) with a 15-mph (25 km/h) wind behind it."
Keith C. Heidorn, PhD
I really like this OVER and when the books dropped the hook on the total is became a really nice play for me.
Good Luck!