The National League East should be very interesting this year. \u00a0Miami did a lot in the offseason to improve and Philadelphia has come back to the pack due to injury. <\/p>\n
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\nThursday April 12
\nCitizen Bank Park – Philadelphia, PA
\n7:05PM
\nMoneyline: Miami -110, Philadelphia +110
\nO\/U: 8.5<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nScore Prediction: \u00a0Philadelphia 4 – Miami 3<\/strong><\/p>\nView The MLB Cappers Leaderboard For 2011 \u00a0– Picks Packages for 2012 On Sale! \u2014\u2013><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"