New York returns home following a 2-1 roadtrip but it was the last game that should have the Liberty pretty fired up tonight as they lost at Phoenix by 15 points this past Saturday. Winning twice on the road prior to that was a surprise considering New York was 1-8 over its first nine road games on the season. The Liberty are 7-5 at home and they have to take advantage of this game because they hit the road for three more consecutive road games starting on Thursday. They are just two games out of second place in the Eastern Conference but are also only a half-game out of falling out of the final playoff spot so each game has huge importance. Washington has caught fire, winning four straight games and six of its last seven to get to .500 on the season and take over second place in the Eastern Conference. The Mystics have failed to cover only once over this stretch and that was by less than a bucket at Phoenix so while they have been cashing in the past, it sets up good future opportunities with line value. Washington is 1-8 ATS in its last nine games after covering the spread in three or more consecutive games while New York is 26-12 ATS in its last 38 home games following a loss by 15 points or more. Additionally, the Liberty fall into a great situation where we play on home teams in the second half of the season coming off a road loss by 10 points or more, with a winning percentage of between .400 and .499. This situation is 58-28 ATS (67.4 percent) since 1997. 10* (654) New York Liberty

Texas took the opener of this series last night behind a strong pitching performance from Yu Darvish which snapped a two-game losing streak. The Rangers still have the worst record in baseball and they will be underdogs the majority of the time when Darvish is not on the hill and they are in that spot tonight. They have arguably been the biggest disappointment in baseball this season so picking them in spots has been the safe way and a contrarian spot tonight leads us to backing them again. The Yankees have lost three straight games and have fallen to four and a half games behind Baltimore in the American League East. New York is one of only two teams in all of baseball that has a winning record but has a negative run differential so when it loses, there is not much sweating it out. The Yankees have dropped four of their last five games on the road. While the contrarian angle is based on the teams, it is also based on the pitching matchup. Brandon McCarthy has been a great addition to the Yankees rotation since they acquired him from Arizona. He has made three starts with all three being quality outings as McCarthy has allowed just one run in each of those games and New York is a perfect 3-0 in those contests. Only one of those was on the road however and his road struggles have been well documented with his teams going 1-13 on the road with a moneyline of -100 to -150. Texas send Nick Martinez to the hill and he makes up a big part of the contrarian angle. The Rangers have lost his last seven starts and while he is to blame for three of those, he has pitched good in the other four including allowing no runs in 5.1 innings against the Yankees last week. Play (924) Texas Rangers

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The Twins were able to salvage one game at home against Chicago to avoid the four-game sweep and it was a poor homestand for Minnesota as it went just 3-7. The Twins are now five games under .500 at home and that is also the same on the road but they have been playing a lot better, going 6-2 over their last eight games on the highway. Minnesota is six games worse than the Royals which does equate to a line this high but it is based on starting pitching which in fact is not that far off either. The Royals had their five-game winning streak snapped on Sunday in a 10-3 loss to Cleveland. Kansas City has not had much of a home field advantage this season as it is one game under .500 at Kauffman Stadium and it has killed backers at this price as the Royals are 0-6 in their last six games as a home favorite of -151 to -200. Kyle Gibson's season has been one of the strangest in recent recollection based on which Gibson actually shows up. Looking at his overall numbers will give you a very dim picture of what he has actually done. He has been hit or miss as nine of his 19 starts have been non-quality outings but when he is on, he is really on. In his 10 quality performances, he has allowed a total of four runs in 69.1 innings for an incredible 0.52 ERA. And the best part is that he has followed up those previous eight non-quality games with a quality gem on seven different occasions and he is coming off a game where he allowed six runs in 6.1 innings against the Rays. James Shields goes for the royals and while he has had good numbers, he has been far from dominating. He has a 3.81 ERA at home where Kansas City is 3-5 in his eight starts including losses in three straight and going back, the Royals are 0-4 in Shields' last four starts as a favorite. 9* (925) Minnesota Twins