PIRATES(Maholm) +163 over Atlanta(Jurrjens)-----Pirates have the Team Revenge against Jurrjens for what he did to them in May.......19inning game last night and, apparently, the Pirates were robbed on a close play at home plate. Jurrjens' stats are good but Pirates are now an above-.500 team overall and on the road. McCann is OUT-injured for the Braves and that's a significant downgrade for their offense and with Paul Konerko going 2-4 with an HR yesterday, Maholm looks playable here.(Lose 2-1......GWRBI #8 David Ross)

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS(Kennedy) -101 over San Diego(Luebke)------Luebke is hard to hit but doesnt pitch late into game AND the Padres didnt score for him making me lose last time. Arizona has Upton who has been hot for the last 7 games........and over the last 3 games, Arizona is averaging 8 Runs per game.(Win 4-3........Justin Upton 2 HR.....Xavier Nady 3-4 + HR)

METS(Pelfrey) +132 over Cincinnati(Arroyo)-----You can't ignore Mike Carp's 4-5 with 4RBI today for the Mariners. The name is still doing ok with Mike Cameron going 2-5 for the Marlins yesterday and Mike Aviles' 3-5 for the Royals. Bourne for the Astros had a few hits also. Arroyo has been hittable lately(if not all year)(Win 8-2...........CG for Pelfrey)

CARDINALS(Carpenter) -1.5(+105) over Astros(Norris)------Cardinals have the Team Revenge against Norris who.........does give up plenty of walks. Although the Astros record is so poor that they may just decide to do something different(and win), you can see a "Christian" theme coming through with the Marlins winning big yesterday, Jamey Carroll going 2-3 yesterday(and 2-2 the day before that). True, Cueto and Chacin both lost yesterday but look at how hot Cliff Pennington(CORPUS CHRISTI, TX) is: he hits. David DeJesus was 2-5 two days ago, a day when Ethier had 3 RBI, an HR and 2BB's(the day when the Twins were slaughtered 20-6 by the Rangers starting Derek HOLyLand). And, of course, Nelson CRUZ is 7 for 9 over his last two games.(Lose 4-2.....only 4 hits off Norris)