Handicapper Big Al McMordie Free Sports Picks

At 7:40 pm, our selection is on the Milwaukee Brewers over the Arizona Diamondbacks.  With the Padres having secured their Wild Card berth on Sunday (despite losing), the final spot in the National League comes down to the Phillies and Brewers.  The Phils hold a two-game lead after winning their last couple of games over the woeful Nats on Saturday and Sunday (the Brewers didn't help themselves by losing their last two).  The good news for Milwaukee (if there is any) is that while Philly has to go to Houston this week for its last three, the Crew gets to host the D-Backs.  In the first game, the Brewers will send out RHP Brandon Woodruff.  The 29-year-old has been on fire recently.  Over his last four starts, Woodruff is 4-0 with a 1.38 ERA with 42 strikeouts and five walks in 26 innings.  Woodruff's overall numbers are very good, but at home he is in another zone.  In 12 starts this season here at American Family Field covering 72 2/3 innings he is 8-0 with a 1.98 ERA and 0.85 WHIP.  The Brewers are also 4-1 in Woodruff's five career starts vs. the D-Backs going back to May of 2018.  Take Milwaukee.

At 10:10 pm, our selection is on the Los Angeles Dodgers minus 1.5 runs over Colorado.  Tony Gonsolin will make his return from the Injured List tonight.  And all Gonsolin has done this year is go 16-1, with a 2.10 ERA and 0.86 WHIP.  And the Dodgers are 22-4 his last 26 starts (dating back to last season).  Jose Urena will get the ball for Colorado tonight.  For the season, in 16 starts, Urena has a 5.40 ERA and 1.62 WHIP.  And, dating back to last year, Urena's teams (Brewers, Rockies) have lost 16 of his last 23 starts, including a 13-0 loss to the Dodgers the last time Urena faced them on July 28.  Take Los Angeles minus 1.5 runs.  As always, good luck...Al McMordie.

At 7:10 pm, our selection is on the New York Mets over the Washington Nationals.  The only division race left in the Majors could come down to the final day.  The Mets surely can't be happy with getting swept over the weekend by the Braves.  Those three losses puts Atlanta up by two games with an elimination number of just two.  But the good news is that the Braves have to go to Miami to play a pesky Marlins club while the Mets come home to face the team with the worst record in baseball -- Washington.  So there's certainly reason for optimism in Queens.  Veteran RH Carlos Carrasco will start things off for the home team tonight.  After a very good month of July, the 35-year-old has been very inconsistent in August and September.  Carrasco can certainly put the poor starts he's had recently out of everyone's mind with a quality outing tonight.  He's done by far his best work this season at Citi Field.  In 16 starts here covering 87 innings, Carrasco is 9-3 with a 3.52 ERA vs. 6-4 and 4.57 in 12 starts on the road.  Take the Mets