Game Picks - Sunday: June 14, 2009

It's a beautiful sunny day in northern Maine and weeks after the rest of the country, the flowers are beginning to bloom, the grass is nice and green and the trees are all wearing their coats. It's a beautiful time to be alive and breathing the clean country air. To top off what is already going to be a great day, there is another slate of interleague games all around the country with interesting matchups to explore and then see how they play out. Is this a great country or what?

Here are today's game picks:

• The Yankees over the Mets: Burnett finally pitches a good game for the Yankees, Santana allows two scratch singles and the Yankees score two earned runs to win, 2-1.
• The Marlins over the Blue Jays: Already down two games in the series and losing ground to Boston, the Blue Jays waste another good effort by Tallet as they are blanked by Josh Johnson.
• The Pirates over the Tigers: With Ohlendorf versus Willis, there is not a lot of hope on either side, but at least Ohlendorf has shown flashes of okayness. At least Willis should get one at bat.
• The Red Sox over the Phillies: There is no way you can pick against Beckett at this point. He has been brilliant lately.
• The Braves over the Orioles: Bergesen has shown promise for the Orioles, but Derek Lowe will show him how a true major league pitcher pitches.
• The Bay Rays over the Nationals: How fortunate for the Bay Rays to right their ship against the poor Nationals.
• The Brewers over the White Sox: Buehrle will neutralize Fielder, but not Braun.
• The Reds over the Royals: Cueto will blow away the free swinging Royals.
• The Cubs over the Twins: Lilly has been great all year and is a nice lefty against Mauer, Morneau and company.
• The Dodgers over the Rangers: The Rangers have played the Dodgers tough this series but run up against Billingsley today.
• The Rockies over the Mariners: You cannot stop the Rockies at this point. They are rolling down hill and picking up steam.
• The Angels over the Padres: Whatever happened to the great pitcher Young was supposed to be?
• The Giants over the A's: There are not too many tandems better than Lincecum and Cain.
• The Astros over the Diamondbacks: Can it be? Can the Fan be picking Moehler to win?
• The Cardinals over the Indians: Carpenter is pitching for the Cardinals and that usually means good things.

Yesterday: 7-8
Week: 47-49
Month: 74-81