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USA Algeria betting players will be hoping that they kick off their day with a shutout by the Americans, because they could see another one at night in the major leagues when Boston heads to Colorado to face the best pitcher in all of baseball so far this season.

Red Sox Rockies Betting – Wednesday, June 23, 8:40 PM ET

John Lackey (8-3, 4.53) won his fourth straight decision in a 8-5 win over Arizona, allowing four runs (three earned) on eight hits over six innings with five strikeouts and a pair of walks.  Lackey is definitely settling down in Boston after a rough start, but he still has some things to work on, like his walks.  Lackey is eighth in the American League in walks, and in the road this year, he has 18 strikeouts and 23 walks in six starts.  The 31-year-old righthander has faced the Rockies just once in his career, when he was with the Los Angeles Angels in 2006, and he gave up three runs on four hits over eight innings in a 5-4 victory.

If you bet on World Cup odds, you would compare Ubaldo Jimenez (13-1, 1.15) to Argentina’s Lionel Messi, a player who can dominate a game by himself if he wants to.  Jimenez continued his unreal start to the 2010 season in a 5-1 win at Minnesota, giving up a run on eight hits over eight innings, adding four strikeouts and a pair of walks.  He’s the fourth pitcher in MLB history to win 13 of his first 14 starts, but the more impressive stat is the ERA: only Al Benton in 1945 had a lower ERA over 14 starts.  This will be his first time facing the Red Sox, but he’s at home at Coors Field, where he has won all five of his starts with a 1.85 ERA.

If you bet on MLB odds, it’ll be a big surprise if the Rockies are the underdogs heading into this clash.  Every time that Jimenez has been on the mound this year, he’s been scary good: only once this year has he allowed more than two runs in a game.  Lackey is working himself into shape, and he has a lot of pressure on him as Josh Beckett and Daisuke Matsuzaka have been struggling and injured this year, so more is expected of him.  Nothing was expected of Jimenez, and he’s only turned in one of the most thrilling first-half performances in recent memory.  It remains to be seen whether he will slow down, but up until the All-Star break, you would be a fool to bet against the Rockies when Jimenez is on the mound.

Sports betting pick: Colorado

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