MLB Betting Previews – Tuesday, May 8 Parlay
The 2012 MLB regular season heads into the second week of May with a couple of front runners out to a surprising lead while a few favorites continue to try and make-up ground.
The 2012 MLB regular season heads into the second week of May with a couple of front runners out to a surprising lead while a few favorites continue to try and make-up ground.
The Los Angeles Lakers will aim to close out their first round playoff series at home with a win over the Denver Nuggets in Game 5 on Tuesday night.
The Milwaukee Brewers have not performed as expected this season, and scoring has been their main problem.
The Chicago Bulls were the top seed in the Eastern Conference heading into the playoffs, but they are just one loss away from going home in the first round.
Things are not going so well for the Phillies in the early part of the season, as they are in the basement of the NL East, Ace Roy Halladay has lost his last 4 starts, including last night, and starter Cole Hamels has been suspended for 5 games for beaning a batter.
After losing Game 1 at home the Pacers have won the last 3 games in this series and now have the Magic on the brink of elimination.
The Celtics are up 3-1 in this series after a laugher in Game 4 and history is not on the side of the Hawks, as Boston has never lost a playoff series after being up 3-1.
The Clippers won Game 3 by 1 point so they still have home court advantage in this series, but they struggled from the line in the game and almost blew a late lead.
Things do not look good for the Jazz, as they are down 3-0 in this series and while being a great home team this season they lost Game 3 on their floor and it was not a very close game.
The Phillies are in the basement in the NL East and have struggled against left-handed pitching this season, but they have Ace Roy Halladay on the mound.
The Giants have won 2 straight and are in 2nd place in the NL West and even though the Dodgers are coming off a loss they are 10-2 at home this season and their starter for tonight in Ted Lilly has an ERA below 1.40. MLB lines have the Dodgers as the home favorite tonight.
The Washington Capitals hope to continue their surprising but strong play in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semi-final against the overwhelming favorite New York Rangers on Monday night. The Caps are proving to be a handful that not many saw coming.
With their season on the line the Nashville Predators will welcome Alexander Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn back to the lineup in hopes that they will spark an offense that was silenced in Game 4 of the Western Conference semi-final.
The 2012 Triple Crown horse racing season kicks off this Saturday, May 5 with the 138th running of the crowned jewel of the three races; the Kentucky Derby from fabled Churchill Downs in Louisville.
Well, the Hawks had all of the momentum in the world for a game. Plus another two and a half quarters. They had an 11-point lead with under three minutes to play in the third as they were looking to hold serve at home in the first round of the NBA playoffs.
The Orioles have been on a tear winning 2 straight and 8 of their last 10 games and they are now in 2nd place in the tough AL East only 1.5 games back of the Rays.