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ATTENTION: Marquee Best Bets UNDEFEATED in July and one has just been unleashed on a 2:10 eastern Sunday start (details in the GUARANTEED section)!!!
The following is actual PREMIUM service analysis:
"2 UNIT" SUNDAY NIGHT NATIONAL-TV TOTAL (Cardinals at Cubs OVER 6' in a 8:05 eastern start on ESPN-----------Carpenter versus Dempster): It was exactly one week ago in an ESPN primetime telecast that Philadelphia ace Roy Halladay was pounded in a loss at Chicago's Wrigley Field. I am aware that St. Louis ace Chris Carpenter has a stirling 1.40 ERA in his last four starts against the Cubs, but this evening he will be attempting to slow down a sizzling hot offense. Ever since they moved rookies Tyler Colvin and Starlin Castro (.489 last eleven games) to the top of the lineup the Cubs have hit .321 as a team and have average more than SEVEN runs per contest.
The following may come as a shock to some but Cubs actually lead the entire majors in HOMERUNS with 30 bombs so far in July. This month has seen a heatwave hit the entire country and the high temperatures have led to plenty of offense as Wrigley Field where totals are posted at the last second to gauge wind conditions. The winds this evening are slated to be blowing IN which is one of the reasons why we have a "deflated" spot. In the past two days we have seen enormous totals (12) posted at Wrigley but we have plenty of "value" with the over/under figure this evening. On Saturday the St. Louis offense finally put an end to a very long 21 consecutive inning scoreless streak as veteran outfielder Ryan Ludwick was activated from the disabled list. Ludwick just happens to have an incredible .429 career batting mark when facing Chicago's Ryan Dempster, so he picked the perfect time to return to the lineup. The Cubs have actually won each of Dempster's last pair of starts even though his ERA (4.86) was very high. What concerns me most about Dempster was his lack of control last time on the mound issuing 4 walks in just 5 innings of work. The Cubs have supported Dempster with 17 runs in his last two appearances while the Cardinals put "double digit" runs on the board this month in support of Chris Carpenter
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