At 9 pm, our selection is on the San Antonio Spurs minus the points over New Orleans. ...[systems and analysis deleted from this results page as that valuable information goes only to those customers who purchased this selection]... Lay the points. Good luck, as always...Al McMordie.

At 1:05pm, our selection is on the Milwaukee Brewers over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Dodger righthander Chad Billingsley was set to have a breakout season in 2008, but so far the breakout hasn't happened. There is no doubt that Billingsley is a very talented pitcher with particularly high strikeout numbers, but he is also one of the most inconsistent starters in the game right now. As an example, in 2008 Billingsley has started games which were won by the Dodgers by scores of 5-1, 7-1, and 13-1, but he has also started games in which his team has been beaten by scores of 1-0, 2-1, 4-1, and 5-0. The lack of run support is certainly nothing new for any Dodger starter, but for Billingsley, the biggest problem has been that he has not been in control of his own destiny very much as he only has one start on the year (out of a total of seven) that has been longer than six innings. Billingsley will have to prove that he can go deeper into games if he is to become an elite member of this rotation. There is no doubt that a healthy Ben Sheets is very definitely an elite starter. The problem in the past has been keeping this ace healthy for an entire season. Sheets is healthy now and having one of his best seasons ever. Sheets' ERA didn't rise above two runs until his sixth start in the beginning of May, and he has been as dominating as any pitcher. Milwaukee's offense is also 100% healthy and the Dodgers' is not, with injuries to Garciaparra and Furcal. And while Andruw Jones is healthy (as far as we know), he might as well be on the DL by the way he is playing. He is by far the biggest free-agent bust of the 2008 season. Take the Brewers. As always, good luck...Al McMordie.

At 1:15pm, our complimentary selection is on the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Many people are probably surprised that the Pirates are currently flirting with .500 at 19-21 after roughly a quarter of the season. Of course, it took a 7-2 run for the Pirates to get to this point, taking six straight games from the Giants and Braves from May 6 to May 12. Things figure to get significantly tougher for Pittsburgh against this Cardinal team that has dominated them over the last 60 head-to-head meetings as the Cards are 42-18 during this time. Righthander Ian Snell goes to the mound tonight against St. Louis and the very surprising righthander Joel Pineiro. Snell has pitched well at times, but has to improve on his strikeouts to walks ratio (30 Ks and 21 BBs in just under 48 innings) in order to be a top-flight starter in the league. Pineiro had one of his best starts of the season at the end of April against Pittsburgh, going seven strong innings while giving up only one earned run and striking out six Pirates. Pineiro's best start of the year came at home against the high-powered Reds offense when he shut them down over seven strong innings, yielding only a single hit. Pittsburgh is 9-22 in the last 31 meetings in St. Louis. Take the Cards. As always, good luck...Al McMordie.

Al McMordie lost a tough one last night on the Detroit Tigers, as Justin Verlander pitched great, but the Tiger offense was shutout in a 2-0 loss. Today, Big Al is featuring an afternoon winner on 'Getaway Day'. If you enjoyed Big Al's Getaway Day Game of the Month Winner on the Pirates last Thursday, then you'll love this DAYTIME BLOWOUT!