Big Al McMordie

At 8 pm, our selection is on the Tulane Green Wave minus the points over Houston.  Tulane is off to its best start since 2013 (when it also began the season with a 2-1 record).  And the Green Wave's lone defeat this season was on the road, at #8 Auburn, 24-6.  In its other two games -- both at home -- the Green Wave thrashed Florida International, 42-14, as a 3-point favorite, and also demolished Missouri St., 58-6.  This game will also be played in New Orleans, at Yulman Stadium, where Tulane has won 10 of its last 14 games (7-4 ATS).  Faithful followers know I love playing on teams that can score, and especially when they're matched up against woeful defensive clubs.  Tulane is averaging 35.3 ppg, while Houston is surrendering 32.3 ppg, so I fully expect Willie Fritz's men to light up the scoreboard tonight.  Tulane is a super 7-0-1 ATS at home off a win by 28+ points.  And it's 25-12 ATS when priced between -3 and -7.5 points at home, or on a neutral field.  The favorite in this rivalry has gone 16-2 straight-up, and 14-4 ATS when priced at -3 or higher.  Lay the points with Tulane.  Good luck, as always...Al McMordie.

At 1:05 pm, our selection is on the Boston Red Sox over the San Francisco Giants.  If someone had told you that at the end of the regular season there would be a pitcher on the Red Sox staff that would be leading all others with close to 20 wins, an ERA in the mid-3's and better than a strikeout per inning and that pitcher was a left-hander, you would assume it would be Chris Sale.  But in fact all of those things are true but we're talking about Eduardo Rodriguez.  The 26-year-old southpaw broke out last season with 13 wins and a 3.82 ERA in 27 appearances (23 starts), but he's gone one better in 2019.  Rodriguez is 17-5 with a 3.64 ERA in 31 starts covering just over 185 innings.  He might not reach 20 victories, but he has a great shot at logging 200 strikeouts for the first time in his career (he has 189 coming into tonight).  Start number 32 will be an inter-league game and E-Rod has done very well in those throughout his career.  In 16 starts vs. the NL, he is 8-2 with a 3.28 ERA in 96 innings.  More impressive, the Red Sox are 15-1 in Rodriguez's last 16 inter-league starts.  Take Boston.  As always, good luck...Al McMordie.