Sports Handicapping Free Mlb Picks - October 16, 2008

Tampa Bay looks to close out the Red Sox tonight and punch their ticket to this year's Fall Classic. Can they do it? We have a 4-unit pick in tonight's game...

Today's MLB Baseball Picks:

Game: Tampa Bay at Boston (8:10 PM Eastern)
Pick: 4 units on Game Total UNDER 9 -120 (risk 4 to win 3.3)

After falling behind 1-0, the Rays have put it to the Red Sox as Tampa Bay has now won three straight. The Sox have their backs to the wall and will send Dice-K Matsuzaka to the rescue. Although the Rays’ bats have been hot, they were completely shut down by Dice-K in the opener as he flirted with a no-hitter into the sixth and left with no runs allowed and nine punch-outs in seven innings. That runs his mark to 22 innings and just five runs against the Rays on the season, or a 2.05 ERA. Scott Kazmir is a premier pitcher and over his career spanning five seasons, he has never had a season with more OVERS in his starts than UNDERS. His career log is 67-52 to the UNDER, while Matsuzaka is 36-28 to the UNDER for a combined 103-80 to the UNDER! The Sox are desperate and will certainly look to Papelbon who has not ever allowed an earned run in the postseason for a two-inning save if necessary here. I will back the UNDER here.

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Check out the last five MLB Baseball Picks Newsletters:

MLB-Baseball-Picks-October-15-2008
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MLB-Baseball-Picks-October-14-2008
The Red Sox have now dropped two straight games and trail the series to the Rays 2-1. This is a huge game for Boston, especially at home and a loss would be devastating. They will send Tampa killer Ti...

MLB-Baseball-Picks-October-13-2008
The Tampa Bay Rays will head to Boston with the series tied at one game apiece. The Red Sox will send Jon Lester to the mound who has been money at Fenway this season as he is 11-1 with a 2.49 ERA. Ov...

MLB-Baseball-Picks-October-12-2008
The Dodgers have their work cut-out for them as they head back to LA trailing the Phillies two games to none. They will send Hiroki Kuroda to the mound and he has been a hot pitcher of late. In his fi...

MLB-Baseball-Picks-October-10-2008
The Tampa Bay Rays will continue their quest for a first-ever World Series appearance tonight against the Boston Red Sox who have won two of the last four. They will send Jamie Shields to the hill for...