TAKE THE D-TRAIN

Dontrelle Willis is 9-0 in April during his career and 2-0 at Wrigley in 4 starts with a 1.01 ERA. Their pen let Vasquez down last night, surrendering six runs in the eighth, erasing a shutout. Washington and Cincinnati are both throwing lefties…Against lefties this year, Cincy is tops in the league with 18 homers. The Reds are batting .293 compared with Washington’s .274 and 3 homeruns. Other teams with success against lefthanders include Cleveland, Yankees, Milwaukee, Toronto, Pittsburgh and Houston. Though they have had recent success against lefties, Tampa Bay is 11-8 vs. the Yankees since start of last season (+1390) and Tampa Bay with Scott Kazmir as their starter is 17-19 overall during that time (+425). Teams struggling against lefties include Seattle, Baltimore, San Francisco, San Diego, Kansas City Oakland and Detroit Steve Trachsel is 9-4 in 19 starts with a 2.57 versus SF. Last year one of his few games was a two-hit eight inning performance against the Giants. He has seemingly pitched to Bonds over the last few years- that has got to stop. Lost last night with the Sox and the Heat screwed me at the end but I did hit another monster parlay last night when Bentacourt singled in the winning run in the 11th, sorry for not sharing. Have a couple tonight that might be worth a shot- then again they might not be. Aside from Florida, Cincy and Tampa Bay, I also like: 4 Team Parlay St. Louis Cardinals -1½ (+110) Minnesota Twins vs. (976) Kansas City Royals Over 9½ (-105) Los Angeles Angels EVEN Chicago White Sox -126 - about 14-1 5 Team Parlay Atlanta Braves vs. (956) Milwaukee Brewers Over 8½ (-115) Los Angeles Dodgers -117 St. Louis Cardinals -190 New York Mets -103 Detroit Tigers vs. (978) Los Angeles Angels Under 8½ (-110) - about 19-1    - nutlow