Today's Free Play - Mike

Handicapping Vegas has debuted at 4-0 in the last two days. Today I look to continue the trend and start a personal 3-0 streak. Today we are going with...

Oakland Athletics over Cleveland Indians @ -119 (1.84)

The Oakland Athletics pitching staff has been on an amazing run over the month of August. Starting pitchers have produced 17 straight games without allowing more than 3 runs in a game. Thats a nasty streak and I think it will hit 18 tonight against the lowly Indians. This will be the last time this season these two teams meet and thus far Oakland leads the series 6-2. This all couple with the fact the Indians have the coldest offense in all of baseball, bodes well for an Athletics sweep. 

Tossing for the Indians is Justin Masterson. He has shown, at times, the potential to be a quality starter, but is nearing the end of his innings count for the season and has looked sluggish of late. Masterson also has a horrendous track record against teams from the AL West going 0-3 with a 6.75 ERA in 4 starts, including an 11-0 loss to the Athletics.

Take the Athletics on the money line.