April 26th Sports Wager of the Day!

Game: Toronto Blue Jays @ Chicago White Sox
Sport: MLB
Pick: Blue Jays, ML

Reason for Pick:
Looking for their 6th straight series win, the Jays send their ace Roy Halladay to the mound. Halladay, who is 3-4 with a 3.17 ERA in 10 career starts against the White Sox, allowed three earned runs in his previous three.

Starting for the Sox is struggling pitcher Jose Contreras who is 0-3, 8.04 so far this season and had his worst outing of the season Tuesday night in Baltimore in allowing six runs over 5 1-3 innings.

The Blue Jays offense will take advantage of a struggling Contreras as several Jays are hitting above .300 against him, in what could possibly be a blowout for the Jays in Chicago. Also consider the run line for the Jays at -1.5.


Game: Portland Trailblazers @ Houston Rockets
Sport: NBA
Pick: Houston Rockets -4.5

Reason for Pick:
Houston has done well against the less experienced young group of players of the 76'ers as they've defended the perimiter threats well.

The three point win by Houston in their last game is a lot closer than the game really was as Houston was up by as much as 17 points in the second half. Houston will step up their defense and not will flop in the final minutes as they did in that game.

Roy said the Blazers never seem to start well against the Rockets at the Toyota Center, where they've lost 11 of their last 12 games. The Rockets also jumped on Portland early in Game 1 last Saturday, leading 34-23 after one quarter and cruising to a 108-81 victory.

When you consider two teams with a winning percentage above .600 and after a road underdog is coming off a cover, but lost the game, the home favorite has covered the spread 42 out of 53 times in the past 10 NBA seasons.


Game: New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox
Sport: MLB
Pick: Boston Red Sox, ML

Reason for Pick:
Andy Pettite is 16-8 with a 3.74 ERA against the Red Sox lifetime. More relevant however, last year he struggled against them in his 3 starts giving up 12 earned runs in 11 1/3 innings of work.

Also, against this current Red Sox lineup, Pettite has struggled immensely. Bay, Bailey, Drew, Ellisbury, Ortiz, Lowell, Youkelis and Varitek are all hitting well above .300 against Pettite.

Justin Masterton of the Red Sox held Baltimore to one run and four singles over 5 1-3 innings of a 12-1 win Monday. He faced the Yankees five times last season, going 0-2 with a 4.82 ERA. He pitched well in his lone start against them July 5 in New York but suffered a 2-1 loss after giving up two runs and six hits over six innings.

Expect the Red Sox to win their 10th straight game.

Past 10 Picks:
WIN - April 25, Basketball (SA @ DAL) - Pick Dal -4.5
LOSS - April 25, Baseball (ATL @ CIN) - Pick Under
LOSS - April 25, Baseball (TEX @ BAL) - Pick OVER
LOSS - April 24, Baseball (TEX @ BAL) - Pick OVER
WIN - April 24, Baseball (MIL @ HOU) - Pick-MIL
LOSS - April 23, Baseball (CHW @ BAL) - Pick-CHW
WIN - April 23, Baseball (TB @ SEA) - Pick-Under 7.5
LOSS - April 22, Basketball (NO @ DEN) - Pick - Under 198
LOSS - April 22, Baseball (MIL @ PHI) - Pick- Philadelphia
WIN - April 22, Hockey (CHI @ CAL) - Pick - Calgary


NHL 2009 Playoffs: 1-0-0
NBA 2009 Playoffs: 1-1-1
Year to Date All Sports: 13-15-2