At 8:05pm our complimentary selection is on the Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers 'under' the total. Detroit's 26-year-old righthanded starter Armando Galarraga has not only tossed his hat into the ring for AL Rookie of the Year honors, he has thrown it in with authority. With the recent injury to Tampa's 3b Evan Longoria, Galarraga may now have put himself into the lead, even though he is a pitcher and this award seems to favor hitters. This is Galarraga's first ever start vs. the Rangers and he may have a little extra incentive tonight because Texas is the team which traded him to Detroit during the offseason. He has been very good on the road this season, going 7-2 with a 2.72 ERA away from Comerica Park. The Rangers will be without their main sparkplug as everyday leadoff hitter and second baseman Ian Kinsler was recently placed on the DL with what is being called a sports hernia. Kinsler may be on the shelf for the rest of the season if he opts for surgery, which is the normal course of action for this type of injury. The Rangers won't want to take any chances with their 26-year-old All Star, so don't look for Kinsler back any time soon. His continued loss should be felt on the scoreboard as his replacement Ramon Vazquez is a light hitter with only 6 homers in 266 at bats and more importantly, no steals. Without Kinsler, there is virtually nobody in this lineup who is a threat on the basepaths. Even with Monday's 8-7 run-fest, the under is still 7-3-2 in the last twelve meetings between these two teams. Take the 'under'. As always, good luck...Al McMordie.

Al McMordie CASHED his Big Totals play on Monday afternoon with the 'under' in the Mets/Pirates game. Congrats to all who joined. Big Al's on a 73% (11-4) HOT STREAK here, and has another EASY OVER/UNDER WINNER for you on Tuesday night. Get on it.

At 10:10pm our selection is on the Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers 'over' the total. It's still less than a month after the trade deadline, but the early returns would seem to indicate that the three-way deal that the Dodgers pulled off with Boston and Pittsburgh has given them exactly what they wanted, which is an offensive spark. With the Dodgers' dramatic 7-5 victory over Milwaukee on Sunday, courtesy of a bottom-of-the-ninth, 2-run, walk-off homer by outfielder Andre Ethier (his second home run of the game), the Dodgers have now won six of their last seven games, sweeping the Phillies in a four-game series, and then following that up with two out of three from the Brewers. In the process, the Dodger lineup has resembled the Red Sox as they have scored 37 runs in those seven games, and never once scored less than three. And all of this is made even more impressive by the fact that all seven of those games were played here at Chavez Ravine, one of the most pitcher-friendly parks in all of baseball. Ramirez had another big game on Sunday, but even in games when he doesn't make an impact, he makes the opposing team's pitcher alter his plan and gives the young players on the Dodgers a little extra motivation. If there is bad news for the Dodgers, it's that in many of these games they have needed all the runs they can get because their pitching and defense has been less than stellar recently. Tonight, LA will face Ubaldo Jimenez, who has gotten rocked over his last two starts. He's surrendered 19 hits and eight walks in his last 11 innings. And on the road this year, Jimenez' WHIP is an unsightly 1.77. These two pitchers faced off against each other in LA's 8-7 win on April 25, and there were 30 combined hits in that game. Look for another slugfest tonight. Take the 'over'. As always, good luck...Al McMordie.