Jim Feist

Bailout Total of the Month : Late game on the schedule tonight has what looks like an excellent pitching duel. The Twins have gone UNDER in their last four game. Frank Romero is 2-0 in his four starts with a 1.66 ERA and 1.154 WHIP. Romero has allowed one run or less in three of his starts and three runs in the other one. Seattle has also gone under in four straight. They send James Paxton to the hill tonight. Paxton is 3-1 with a 3.30 ERA and 1.021 WHIP. Paxton had that no hitter just three starts ago. Two excellent pitchers here on the hill. I like this game to go UNDER.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have fallen on hard times. After a fast start to the season, the D'backs have lost seven straight games and now could fall back to .500 with a loss tonight. Part of the issue is an offense that has dropped to just 3.7 runs per games. It won't get any easier tonight against the Athletics in this IL matchup. Pat Corbin has been very good for Arizona with a 4-1 record and a 2.60 ERA. However, the D'backs have lost his last four starts. The A's send Sean Manaea to the hill. Manaea is 5-4 but has a very good 2.71 ERA and a excellent 0.859 WHIP. I like the A's a lot here tonight against a struggling Arizona team. Play Oakland.

Houston has one of the best pitching staffs in baseball. Not only do they have great starting pitching, but their bullpen allows just 2.69 ERA and has 12 saves this season. Thus, the Astros have been a very good UNDER team at 17-31-3 O/U on the season. Dallas Keuchel starts today with a 3-6 record and 1.143 WHIP. Keuchel has allowed over two runs just two times in his last seven starts. The Indians send their Ace, Corey Kluber to the hill today. Kluber is 7-2 in his 10 starts with a 2.36 ERA and 0.843 WHIP. Kluber has 10 quality starts in his 10 outings. That is amazing and with that I look for a dead under in tonight's contest.

The White Sox have struggled to a 15-32 record this season, a good part of that rests on an anemic offense that has averaged just 3.9 runs per game. The Sox have gone UNDER in eight of their last 11 games. They will send Reynoldo Lopez to the hill today. Lopez is just 1-3, but has a good ERA of 2.98 and WHIP of 1.160. Lopez coming off a eight inning, two hit, no run performance against the Rangers. Detroit hasn't been much better at 21-28. The Tigers send Michael Fiers to the hill. Fiers is 4-3 with a 4.57 ERA and 1.223 WHIP. Two anemic offenses and bad teams. I like this game to go UNDER.

Two really good starters clash here on Friday as the Mets start Noah Syndergaard. Syndergaard is 4-1 in his 10 starts with a nice 2.92 ERA and 1.193 WHIP. In addition, Syndergaard has not allowed more than two runs in each of his last three starts. The Brewers counter with Junior Guerra. Guerra may not have the results at 3-3, but he has an excellent 2.98 ERA and 1.228 WHIP. Like his opponent, Guerra has allowed just three total runs over his last 10 1/3 innings. I like this one to go UNDER tonight.

This series has sure turned into a home court series. Each team has won and covered on their home court. In fact, it hasn't even been close, with the closest margin of victory being in game two at Boston where the Celtics won by seven as a one-point dog. The Celtics have yet to lose on their home court in the playoffs and going well back into the regular season. Now the Cavs are facing elimination on their home court. What to expect? Any thing different? I don't believe so. I look for the Cavs to rebound as they have done in this series and take game six on their home court. Play the Cavaliers.