Jim Feist

 St Louis and Philadelphia have split the first two games of their four game series, with the Phils winning on Thursday and St Louis on Friday. The Phillies dropped to 25-17 with their loss last night. They will send Zach Eflin to the hill today. Eflin his 1-0 in his two starts with a 0.71 ERA and 0.789 WHIP. Eflin has given the Phils two quality starts, allowing no earned runs and one earned run in his two games. The Cardinals won on Friday, but are still just 2-4 in their last six games. They will send John Gant to the hill today. Gant has just one start and he gave up four runs in 5 1/3 innings in his first start. The Phillies have a very good pitcher on the mound today and these teams are very evenly matched. I'll take the dog here with the Phillies.

The Houston Astros have been an excellent under team, going UNDER in two straight and 1-11-1 O/U in their last 13 games. This is thanks in big part to their starting pitching which has been excellent. Dallas Keuchel (3-3) starts today and while he has a losing record, his ERA is a fine 3.10 and a WHIP of 1.103. Keuchel has allowed just one run over his last 15 innings with 12 KO's and just three BB's. Cleveland counters with their Ace, Corey Kluber. Kluber is 6-2 with a 2.34 ERA and 0.842 WHIP. This one shapes up as another great pitching duel. I'm going UNDER once again.

The only IL action today has Milwaukee playing at Minnesota. The Brewers took game one of this series on Friday, 8-3. Today they will send Frank Peralta to the hill. Peralta makes just his second start of the season with a 1-0 record and 0.00 ERA. In his only start, Peralta went 5 2/3 innings and allowed just one hit and no runs. The Twins have lost four of their last five games. They will turn to Fernando Romero tonight. Romero is 2-0 in his three starts with a 0.54 ERA and 1.20 WHIP. Romero has allowed just one earned run thus far in his 21 2/3 innings. Both these pitchers are fresh and both have been almost unhittable. I'm taking the UNDER.

The Yankees have been one of the hottest teams in baseball until a rare loss last night at KC, 2-5. The loss was just their third in their last 13 games. The Yankees look to rebound today with Luis Servino. Servino is 6-1 on the season in his nine starts. Servino has seven quality starts with a 2.14 ERA and 0.890 WHIP. The Royals win was just their first in the last six games. The Royals look for another tonight with Danny Duffy. Duffy is 1-5 in his nine starts with a 6.51 ERA and 1.660 WHIP. Big difference in starters here today, plus the Yankees are the much better team. I'll lay the 1.5 runs with the Yankees tonight. Play Nyy -1.5

Colorado looks to take three straight from the Giants today. The Rockies won on Thursday and then last night, 6-1. They have outscored the Giants 11-4 in the series thus far. Today they send Jon Gray to the hill. Gray is 4-5 with a 4.67 ERA and 1.308 WHIP. The Giants look to snap a three-game losing streak today. San Francisco has been outscored 7-17 in that three game stretch. They turn to Chris Stratton today. Stratton is 4-3 in his nine starts with a 4.88 ERA and 1. 396 ERA. I like Colorado here as they are the better offensive team and these two starters are pretty much even. Play Colorado.

Boston held service on their home court and brings a 2-0 lead to Cleveland tonight for game three. The first two games in Boston were low scoring as the Celtics held the Cavs to 94 and 83 points with both going UNDER. I don't expect that here today. Three of the four games vs Toronto went over with Cleveland scoring over 112 in three of those games. Lebron James did exit game two for a while with what ended up being a neck strain and not as bad as expected. James did return in the quarter to continue. Expect the Cavs fans to be brutal tonight after James took a lot of heat heading the locker room in game 2 with his injury. This should energize this Cleveland team and I expect them to get back to their previous scoring ways. I'm taking the OVER here in game three.