MLB - 979 Cleveland Indians @ 980 Atlanta Braves
(Starting Pitchers: J. Masterson vs P. Maholm)
Paul Maholm will start for Atlanta and he is coming from an outing at St Louis, where he allowed four earned runs in 5.1 innings, with a 4/3 K/BB ratio! After a strong start, Maholm is now struggling and Cleveland is a top offense against LH pitchers by being #4 in the league with .747 OPS! Therefore, I expect Maholm to struggle once again tonight.
The Indians will start Justin Masterson, who is coming from back to back quality starts at Oakland and at LA against the Angels, where he allowed one and three earned runs respectively. He walked five batters against the Angels, but he is coming for tonight's game with six days of rest and that resulted on an average ERA of 1.38 in the two times that this has already happened this season. On this good spot for him, I expect Masterson to have a good outing against Atlanta's lineup that is hitting just .213 BA against RH pitchers on their last 10 games. I believe Cleveland has a SP and offensive edges tonight, therefore I'll be taking them in here.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 979 Cleveland Indians ML (w/ J. Masterson) @ -108 / 1.92 on Bookmaker
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