Matt Rivers has you free pick winner for Friday is on the Marlins +115 hosting Atlanta. .

This is far from the lock of my life as it’s only a comp play but there are some factors as to why I’m backing the Marlins today. First of all Kenshin Kawakami has struggled this season. The guy is not bad and is definitely better than the awful record but things have not been good at all and after not really pitching for a long time I just am not sure the guy is ready to get back into the rotation and do much of anything. Certainly Andrew Miller hasn’t lived up to what people thought he would be but the big lefthander has always had quality stuff and if there is anything this season that has hurt the Braves it has been southpaws.

I’m not exactly sure why lefties have been semi Kryptonite to Bobby Cox’ squad but maybe because of the lineup being tilted towards lefty bats with Heyward, McCann and a few others. This may not be the answer but it’s a fact that Atlanta is a far better club against right-handers and on the road down in South Beach against Miller may prove this theory one more time.

The Marlins have been hanging around a bit and are not fully out of the Wild Card. Granted the postseason’s not going to happen I understand that but there is some hope at least and after the fight with Nyjer Morgan and the Nationals the other day this team should be united and pumped up.

Ramirez, Stanton, Uggla and Morrison are no joke and even if the fish’ record is not up to par with Cox’ Bravos this game has the makings of a Florida victory.

For more information: The Utes certainly made it interesting and tried to blow it late but in the end getting under that field goal helped cash the ticket. A 3-1 Friday overall including the Steelers easy and the Phillies with some heroics and now I feel great and ready to smack the Crookie around. Three 300,000* plays on the diamond and three 300,000* winners on the diamond for Friday. Texas-Minnesota, Tampa Bay-Baltimore and Anaheim-Oakland. Get on this train baby because one of my sick patented runs is on the tracks. Click now to purchase Check out the Arizona vs. Toledo pro bets on ESPN

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