Game Picks - Tuesday: June 9, 2009

The short schedule yesterday worked in this picker's favor. Adam Lind had two homers to sink the Texas pick. The Pirates and the Braves played a hundred innings and the Braves won, sinking that pick. And Jose Contreras came back from the dead to throw a two-hitter. What!? But overall, this picker will take a 6-3 day after recent history.

Here are today's picks which offer up some pretty interesting matchups:

• The Reds over the Nationals: Interesting pitching matchup of Cueto versus Zimmermann. Got to give the edge to Cueto.
• The Mariners over the Orioles: The Orioles just stopped hitting all of the sudden.
• The Indians over the Royals: Lee should be better than Bannister. Sorry Mr. Posnanski.
• The Bay Rays over the Angels: Longoria needs to get back into the groove for this to come true.
• The Braves over the Pirates: Both teams have bullpens that are a wreck after last night's gazillion inning game. Derek Lowe is better able to spell the Braves' bullpen than Ohlendorf is for the Pirates.
• The Cardinals over the Marlins: Great matchup of Josh Johnson versus Chris Carpenter. Carpenter is the magic man.
• The Mets over the Phillies: Don't you have to go with Johan Santana over Happ?
• The Red Sox over the Yankees: Beckett should beat Burnett.
• The Rockies over the Brewers: It sure looks like the Rockies' players were just trying to get rid of Hurdle.
• The Cubs over the Astros: This is a tough call because Lilly is a lefty pitching in Houston. Uh oh!
• The Blue Jays over the Rangers: The Rangers are not faring well against the AL East.
• The White Sox over the Tigers: Alas, this could be the last we ever see of Dontrelle Willis.
• The Giants over the Diamondbacks: Cain should be a better bet over Buckner.
• The A's over the Twins: Suddenly, the A's are good? Strange how fast that happened.
• The Dodgers over the Padres: Chad Billingsley should beat anyone the Padres have.

Yesterday: 6-3
Week: 13-11
Month: 40-43