Here are 3 previews for the Sunday day baseball games.\u00a0 Happy wagering!<\/p>\n
New York Mets at Florida Marlins<\/strong><\/p>\n New York Mets look to improve upon its 27-20 record at Florida over the last three years in the final game of the series.\u00a0 The Mets have won just four of their first 14 road games this season, including a 2-7 mark in their last nine.\u00a0 The team carries the lowest road batting average in the majors (.204), which is a big disparity from the Milwaukee Brewers (.288) who lead in the category.\u00a0 The offense will certainly be challenged against a hard-throwing starter on Sunday afternoon, which doesn\u2019t fit well with their 263 strikeouts as a club (11th<\/sup>-most in the majors).<\/p>\n Mets SP Jonathon Niese suffered through his worst start of the season on 5\/11 at home against Washington, going just 4.1 innings and allowing six runs.\u00a0 The left-hander has never pitched at Sun Life Stadium and dropped his first start of the season to the Marlins, losing a 3-1 contest on 4\/8 at Citi Field.\u00a0 The Mets have picked up victories in four of their last five games with Niese on the hill (+374), after dropping his first two starts of the season.\u00a0 He has proven to be effective in the afternoon, posting a 1-0 record and 3.51 ERA in five career daytime starts (5.57 at night).<\/p>\n Florida has been scuffling to score runs recently, with the seven runs on Friday night marking the most the team has scored in 11 games.\u00a0 The Marlins do have two players with over 22 RBIs this season (Hanley Ramirez \u2013 29, Dan Uggla \u2013 23), while their opponent doesn\u2019t have a single player with more than that number.\u00a0\u00a0 The starting staff has helped to keep the team afloat, allowing more than three runs in only one of 13 games during the month of May.<\/p>\n Marlins SP Ricky Nolasco can only do better than his previous three starts at Sun Life Stadium, going 0-2 with a 7.31 ERA over 16 innings.\u00a0 In those innings, the right-hander has given up an incredible six home runs.\u00a0 He will also have to improve upon his career numbers against the Mets, as he\u2019s compiled a 3-6 record and 5.82 ERA in 16 appearances (14 starts).\u00a0 The Marlins have provided just seven runs of support for him in his last three starts, picking up losses in two of those games.<\/p>\n Bettors will be hard-pressed to back a Mets\u2019 team that has cashed just once as an underdog in May (-479).\u00a0 Niese certainly can change their underdog appeal, with New York cashing in on three of his five starts as a dog (+274).<\/p>\n Against divisional foes, the Marlins are 10-4 with Nolasco on the hill, but 1-1 (-102) so far in 2010.\u00a0 Florida picked up a 5-3 home victory over Cincinnati in the team\u2019s only game with umpire Larry Vanover behind the plate this season.<\/p>\n Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers<\/strong><\/p>\n Boston\u2019s 15-8 record since 4\/20 certainly is drawing some parallels with the recent six-game hitting streak by their designated hitter.\u00a0 David Ortiz has gone 9-for-22 over that stretch and is hitting .333 in the month of May.\u00a0 The offense is also receiving help from 2B Dustin Pedroia, who has hit safely in 10 of his last 13 road games this season and ranks 5th in the AL with a .382 average away from home.\u00a0 The starting staff has been brilliant against the Tigers in the past at Comerica Park, posting a 7-0 record and 2.17 ERA in the last eight games (Lester pending).<\/p>\n Detroit possesses a solid 12-5 mark at home this season, but it has done little to help its cause against the Boston Red Sox.\u00a0 After Friday\u2019s 7-2 loss, The Tigers are now 16-26 against the Red Sox at Comerica Park.\u00a0 OF Magglio Ordonez will be relied upon heavily, entering the game with a .350 career average and 59 RBI in 88 career against the Red Sox.\u00a0 Manager Jim Leyland is starting to pencil SS Ramon Santiago\u2019s name on the lineup card more often, playing in 27 games, with SS Adam Everett appearing in 21.<\/p>\n Red Sox SP John Lackey has produced a 4-1 record in seven starts for the Sox, but his 4.60 ERA demonstrates that he\u2019s been far from spectacular.\u00a0 He earned the win in his last outing, despite allowing six runs in six innings of work against Toronto.\u00a0 In his last 14 starts since 8\/30\/09, the former Angels\u2019 ace is 7-2 with a 3.71 ERA, tying him for the 9th<\/sup>-best ERA in the AL with at least 85 innings of work over that span.\u00a0 The right-hander will enjoy the walk out to the mound on Sunday, as he\u2019s won each of his four career starts at Comerica Park while posting a 3.46 ERA.<\/p>\n Tigers SP Armando Galarraga gets the call on Sunday to make his first start of the season.\u00a0 The right-hander posted a 4-2 record and 3.92 ERA in seven starts at Triple-A Toledo.\u00a0 He appeared in 29 games (25 starts) during the 2009 season, producing a 6-10 record and 5.64 ERA.\u00a0 During the final month of the \u201909 campaign, he produced a 21.60 ERA (5IP\/12ER), leaving the organization no choice but to start him in the minors this season.<\/p>\n Bettors will be in a familiar place on Sunday, with the Red Sox being a road favorite with Lackey on the hill.\u00a0 Boston has split the two games in that situation this year (-52), dropping a 5-4 decision at Baltimore in his last road start, while picking up a 6-3 win over Minnesota at Target Field.\u00a0 Both of those games resulted in a push of 9 in regards to the total.\u00a0<\/p>\n Playing the home underdog is always appealing, but bettors must be wary with the Red Sox dominance over the Tigers of late.\u00a0 The Red Sox have won their last five games as a road favorite at Comerica Park (Sat. pending at the time of publish).<\/p>\n Seattle Mariners at Tampa Bay Rays<\/strong><\/p>\n Seattle lost another game when holding a lead this season, as they allowed three runs in the final two innings to lose a 3-2 decision to Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field.\u00a0 The Mariners have now held a lead in 25 of their 36 games overall this season.\u00a0 Offensively on the road, the team has been led by OF Ichiro Suzuki\u2019s .384 average away from Safeco, which ranks third in the American League.\u00a0 With two more hits on Saturday, Suzuki currently has a nine-game hitting streak on the road with eight consecutive multi-hit games.<\/p>\n Mariners SP Cliff Lee is scheduled to make his fourth start of the season.\u00a0 The left-hander has shown remarkable endurance since starting the season on the disabled list (foot), tossing at least seven innings in all three previous starts.\u00a0 Lee is a solid 6-3 with a 2.53 ERA in 11 career starts against Tampa Bay, including a perfect 3-0 and 3.45 ERA in four career starts at Tropicana Field.\u00a0 Pitching indoors has been a comfort to the Arkansas native, posting a remarkable 11-4 record and 3.77 ERA in 19 career starts.<\/p>\n Tampa Bay regained the top record in the majors, along with improving its record to 6-5 in one-run games. \u201cThat\u2019s how you win championships.\u00a0 You\u2019ve got to win the 3-2, 2-1, 4-4 games,\u201d Rays manager Joe Maddon proclaimed after the game.\u00a0 The Rays will enter Sunday\u2019s contest with confidence in trying to ruin Lee\u2019s perfect record at the Trop, as they\u2019ve compiled a 5-1 record in facing left-handed starts in their last six chances.\u00a0 One important note in this series is the fact the Rays are still just 17-19 against the Mariners under Maddon.<\/p>\n Rays SP Matt Garza looks to continue to carry the torch of being a part of the best pitching staff in the American League.\u00a0 The Rays led the AL with a 2.82 ERA (3rd<\/sup> MLB), with the starters allowing two earned runs or less in 24 of 36 games.\u00a0 Despite carrying a 2-1 overall record against the Mariners in five career starts against them, Garza has an inflated 7.01 ERA attached to it.\u00a0 The right-hander has certainly received his share of run support early in 2010, with the offense providing four or more runs in all seven of his starts (6.3 rpg).<\/p>\n With both offenses failing to click in the first two games of the series, bettors may jump at playing such a high-profile game over the number.\u00a0 This is certainly reflected in the linesmaker opening the total at 7.\u00a0 In Garza\u2019s last game against the Mariners at Safeco Field, the teams flew over the number (6.5) with a combined 11 runs.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to note, he didn\u2019t pitch in a game with a total of 7 or lower the entire 2009 campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are 3 previews for the Sunday day baseball games.\u00a0 Happy wagering! New York Mets at Florida Marlins New York Mets look to improve upon its 27-20 record at Florida over the last three years in the final game of the series.\u00a0 The Mets have won just four of their first 14 road games this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[28,1461,1489,1487,1486,25,1490,137,1488],"class_list":["post-3330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-baseball","tag-betting","tag-mariners","tag-marlines","tag-mets","tag-mlb","tag-rays","tag-red-sox","tag-tigers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3330"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3370,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions\/3370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}