Baseball Betting: Did You Bet The Reds On Their Road Trip?
There has to be at least one gambling
fan of the Cincinnati Reds in America who woke up May 31st after the Reds
had lost their first two games of the road trip to the Cubbies and decided
the Reds would win that day!
John Q Public then probably decided
to take the Big Red Machine in Texas as they played the Astros and by the
time they left the Lone Star state had compiled a nice big bankroll as
Cinci swept Houston. Next stop was the “Show Me” state of Missouri and
could Reds bettor have the guts to play them against the vaunted Cardinals?
Why not as Pujols is on the shelf, and the Reds are pounding the ball!
If Reds fan backed them all the way
through Houston and St. Louis he is one happy camper today as they have
reeled off 7 in a row and head home to Ohio, to face Chicago. Tonight I
would be betting with the whole bankroll as the Reds look like a mortal
lock.
The Reds are averaging 7.4 runs while
batting .303 with 13 home runs during their winning streak, and have not
won eight consecutive games since winning 10 straight from June 21-July
1, 1999. Ken Griffey Jr. did not play Wednesday because of a tight left
quadriceps muscle, but Reds manager Jerry Narron expects him back in the
lineup for Thursday’s contest.
Griffey is batting .471 (16-for-34)
with four home runs and eight RBIs during an eight-game hitting streak.
Adam Dunn is 11-for-29 (.379) with five home runs in eight games against
the Cubs this season, and is 10-for-25 (.400) with six homers and 12 RBIs
in his career against Thursday's Cubs starter, Glendon Rusch.
As I mentioned in a previous article,
the Boston Red Sox must be kicking themselves for trading Bronson Arroyo
to the Reds for Willy Mo Pena as the right hander has been on fire all
year with his arm and his bat!
Arroyo (7-2, 2.40) has homered off
Rusch twice this season, in an 8-6 win over the Cubs on April 5 at Cincinnati
and again in a 9-2 victory at Wrigley Field on April 11.
Arroyo went 3-for-3 with a career-high
four RBIs, while allowing two unearned runs and eight hits in six innings
in a 7-5 win over Houston on Saturday.
The right-hander has allowed two
or fewer runs in seven of his 12 starts, and the Reds are 9-3 when he takes
the mound.
Arroyo is 2-0 with a 1.98 ERA in
two starts against Chicago this season, both of them wins over Rusch.
The Reds are doing this as well without
any offensive contribution from catcher Jason LaRue who is 1-30 in the
month of June.
Bob Acton
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Article Source:
Amazines.Com
