ST LOUIS CARDINALS(Leake) +163 over Chicago Cubs(Lackey)------Leake lost to the Cubs on April 18th......giving him the Pitcher Revenge here. But 3 of Leake's last 4 games have been bad. The Cubs do not hit for an extraordinarily good batting average. And while they score well, they've only scored 8 more runs this year than the Cardinals have. They key to the Cubs offense is walking, a category in which they lead all of baseball by a lot(36 walks). That's good for them, but Leake doesn't give many walks(he walks 1 every 6innings). Lackey has faced Stl 3 times, doing well, but the Cubs have won only 1 of those games. I continue to disbelieve how Lackey is having the best season of his life---by a lot---this year. Lackey was 19-9 in 2007---and that's a good year----holding batters to a .254 average. But this year? Batters are hitting .219 off him. How is he that good? The Red Sox crushed today, winning 16-2 while the the Red Nationals won 9-1. I think you can play a Red team after that, although Cincinnati lost today.(Win 6-4.............Game saving HR in the 8th by Stephen Piscotty.........Brandon Moss 2-4 HR............Greg Garcia 2-5)
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