Friday night baseball ACTION

"Sorry to see you talking yourself off TB and MrBator using ancient history to make a case to back Seattle as chalk. That's because I feel very strongly on the other side and don't like to go agaisnt either of you. But if Felix had thrown poorly in just his last start, I could go along with it. But against Toronto, that was by far his his worst of the year and I couldn't excuse it against Texas. It made me step out against him which is what I'm planning to do here. His 2 strikeouts and 4 walks vs Texas and only 2 strikeouts vs Toronto convince me he is not right.

There is no denying his 5-0 record vs TB which included the 1-0 start at home on 4/23 vs Shields. (That was when the game was played in daytime with the shadows.) Niemann also won his only start at Seattle on 4/22 9-3 vs Jaku. The big advantage I see here is TB is still not out of the wild card spot and after their long trip they have had a off to rest and the M’s do not.

Niemann’s away games he is 9-3 and Felix’s home games he is 5-4. I have some other details, but I think that should be enough to make my point! If I'm wrong, it won't be the first time or the last, but I've got to step up here again! "

Since you are considering the under, I give you an exclusive tid-bit. The ump is Mark Carlson and he is under 7-13 this year, but 2-0 over on 7 1/2. 2008 he only impired 1 game and was under 9. But in including 2009, he was 8-4 over on 7 1/2. ( In 2006, he was 0-1 going over, but on 8, was 3-1 and on 7, 1-0 to the overs.)

While you know my feelings about Felix, Niemann has thrown a lot of pitches including his last start when he "gonged" you with KC/Chen. Using this years home and away records for the full game, they are 11-10 for FG. For the under 1st 5, they are 8-12-1!  In addition, of the 21 games, they went over 7 1/2 13 times.

So now you can make your own mind up as I have put this on your own thread to save you time!