ATTENTION: The Tuesday late night Best Bet (Angels/Giants) involves major INJURY news along with a staggering "12-2" season long UMPIRE angle. Full details on this 10:15 eastern start in the GUARANTEED section!!!

"1 UNIT" NATIONAL-TV INTANGIBLE TOTAL (White Sox at Cubs OVER 9 in a 8:05 eastern start on WGN-TV---------Danks versus Zambrano): With both offenses having awful campaigns, one has to wonder why tonight''s total is so high since a pair of marquee starts are involved. Carlos Zambrano has a SUB-ONE ERA (0.86) to account for his last three trips to the mound but his Cubs teammates have only given him a combined 5 runs to work with in that span. It was just one year ago when the Cubs led the entire National League in overall run production (855) but this year they rank near the bottom with just 253 runs scored.

The lack of production just led to the firing of hitting coach Gerald Perry, so the Cubs offense certainly has been put on notice. The White Sox just happen to be tied for the 3rd-fewest runs in the American League while the batting average (.251) is collectively the second-worst in the junior circuit. John Danks allowed only TWO runs in his last outing (season high 7 strikeouts), but consider that the White Sox lead starter had a SEVEN ERA in his previous 8 trips to the mound. In this battle of Chicago, 4 of the last 6 clashes have gone OVER the total at Wrigley Field and the Cubs long term are 20-8 OVER/HOME after scoring less than 4 runs in consecutive outings. The White Sox are 18-8 OVER/ROAD long term off a close victory margin of 2-or-less runs!