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Derrick Lowe has struggled with only 3 quality starts in 10 this season. Lowe was torched in his last outing giving up 7 earned runs in 5 innings against the Angels. Teams are hitting .305 against the struggling righthander this season. There has been some reports that Lowe is experiencing elbow tightness as he was removed from his start on April 24th because of it. Lowe has been torched since that start giving up 25 earned runs in 26 1/3rd innings. Wainwright has been roughed up over his last 2 starts surrendering 10 earned runs in his last 11 2/3rd’s innings. We have two pretty good hitting offenses and two pitchers off in form here. Play this one over 9 runs.