Play on Cleveland

Record: 21-28, -0.02


Today I will play the first game between the Indians and the White Sox.

We see Fausto Carmona(4-12, 6.62) for Cleveland who had a terrible season and was up and down all year long. His last start against Baltimore was one of his better performances picking up a rare win. Against Chicago he is below average at 3-3 and a 5.05 ERA. The good thing is he usually pitches some innings but even if he doesn't the Indians bullpen should be rested as they didn't play yesterday and on Monday Laffey went more than 7 innings. The White Sox send Carlos Torres(1-1, 5.91) and the rookie has been better from the bullpen so far. He had a good start at the Cubs but the others were average to really bad. Today he gets another chance to start against the team he suffered 4 ERs in 3.1 innings this year. So the bonus of never being seen by the Indians doesn't work here. He averaged only 4.1 innings in his starts.

The Indians lost 15 of 16 during September but have come back winning 3 of 4 recently. They lost 6-1 on Monday so the break yesterday should be fine for them. The White Sox have had a bad stretch as well but we first have to wait if it is over since they won just that Monday game. The Indians are also slightly better at home than Chicago on the road, so at least here they should be competitive. I will put a unit on the Indians at 1.88 or -112. Good Luck.

DG