Chip Chirimbes

Kansas City at Texas 8”05 ET

Royals over Rangers- Texas has won two straight and is coming off a huge 3-game set against the New York Yankees winning the series 2-of-3 including yesterday's 12-10 slugfest. The Royals have picked up the pace as well winning their last two and will be sending lefty Danny Duffy (1-6, 6.88 ERA) to the hill and he is favored with that kind of record on the road. Does that seem 'right' to you...not to me. Bibens-Dirkx will replace Matt Moore in the rotation and if you can't beat out Moore you aren'y very good. Take KASNAS CITY!

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati 12:35 ET

Reds over Pirates- After the departure of Andrew McCutchen most 'experts' expected Pittsburgh to fall into the lower division of the NL but they have surprised the pundits. The Pirates trail Milwaukee by just 2-games in the loss column in the NL Central while Cincinnati in last in the league in wins with just 17. The Reds have been terrible at home but the Buc's starter Ivan Nova (2-4, 4.79 ERA) has been atrocious on the road going 5-14. Take CINCINNATI!

Golden State at Houston 9:00 ET

Rockets over Warriors- Losing one game should not be a big deal especially in the playoffs but the way the Golden State Warriors lost at home in the Playoffs for the first time in three years brings doubt into one mind. They scored just 12 points in the final quarter and none in the final 3:40 looking dazed and confused. Houston trailed 12-0 to start the game and then overcame a double-digit lead by the Warriors in the final quarter. The Rockets have won seven more games then Golden State this season and will take advantage of home floor. Take HOUSTON!

Boston at Cleveland 8:30 ET

Celtics (+) over Indians- If there has ever been a home-court advantage in the NBA Playoffs this series is it! The margin of victory for the home team has totaled 92 points with a 'perfect' ATS 5-0 record. Despite this Cleveland still has the worst ATS home record in the entire NBA and have the elimination game pressure tonight. But, with LeBron out-scoring his four other starting teammates combined points five times already this post-season the Cavaliers just don't have enough fire-power to overcome J.R Smith. Smith was washed-up five years ago and is just around because the Cavs are not allowed to play with four players. Boston has grown during this series and will get the 'money' tonight. Take BOSTON!

Houston at Cleveland 7:10 ET

Indians over Astros- There will be some pitchers with plenty of hardware (Cy Young Awards) on the hill tonight as Two-time winner Corey Kluber (7-2, 2.36 ERA) takes the hill for the Cleveland and has 10 straight quality starts including a dominating win over Houston last Saturday striking out 10 in seven innings.Dallas Keuchel (3-6, 3.43) has been roughed up by the Indians this season as his 'location' has been an issue. Kluber is 6-3 with a 3.17 ERA lifetime against Houston and gets the win tonight. Take CLEVELAND!

Chicago White Sox at Detroit 7:10 ET

White Sox over Tigers- A pair of the lesser talented teams in MLB face each other as they have two of the five worst records in all of baseball. Chicago started the season 10-29 but have managed to go 5-3 in their last eight contests while the Tigers who has already swept (3-0) the White Sox finally won after dropped their previous four. The Sox will start Reynaldo Lopez (1-3, 2.98 ERA) who lost a start to Detroit while allowing just one unearned run over seven innings. Mike Fiers (4-3, 4.57) gets the start for the Tigers and he is 2-0 lifetime against Chicago. Lopez has been a hard luck hurler surrendering just 40 hits in 54.1 innings. Take WHITE SOX!