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Lee's Free Friday Selection Is
Arizona w/Corbin -124
Lee's Free Friday Selection Is
Arizona w/Corbin -124
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Nevada Sharpshooter
Your free winner for Friday: Take MIAMI/COLORADO UNDER the total of 11½ runsComment
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Huddle Up Sports
Free Play: NY Yankees Sabathia -164Comment
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Hawkeye Sports
Friday's Free Pick: NY Yankees - 165Comment
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Golden Dragon Sports
Free Pick Arizona Corbin -117Comment
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Arthur Ralph Sports
FREE play: FRI: CinciREDS w/Castillo+120Comment
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Teyas Sports
FREE PICKS 6/22 WASHINGTON -145Comment
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Platinum Plays
Free Pick the NY Yankees w/Sabathia -160 over Tampa BayComment
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The Vegas Steam Line
Your free winner for Friday: Take DETROIT/CLEVELAND OVER the total of 9½ runsComment
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High Stakes Syndicate
Free Selection for Friday: Atlanta Braves - 190Comment
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Sharp Bettor
SharpBettor FREE Play for Friday, June 22, 2018
6/22 05:10 PM MLB (959) ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (J FLAHERTY - R) VS (960) MILWAUKEE BREWERS (J GUERRA - R)
Take : CardinalsComment
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Roz Wins
Roz's Friday June 22, 2018, Free Pick
06/22 07:00 PM CFL (365) HAMILTON VS (366) EDMONTON
Take : HamiltonComment
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Preview: Athletics at White Sox (Game 1)
Gracenote
Jun 21, 2018
The Oakland Athletics have matched their season-best winning streak of four games as they enter a doubleheader with the host Chicago White Sox on Friday. While Oakland is enjoying a good run, the White Sox have equaled their longest slide of the campaign with seven straight losses entering the four-game series.
The teams are playing a doubleheader after Thursday's series opener was postponed by rain. The Athletics have scored 28 runs during their winning streak and put on an impressive power display by hitting five homers in Wednesday's 12-4 drubbing of San Diego. Chicago has allowed 41 runs during its skid and was hammered 24-5 by Cleveland in a three-game road set earlier this week. The seven-game losing streak is the third of the year for the White Sox, who are a season-worst 25 games below .500.
TV: 4:10 p.m. ET, NBCS California (Oakland), NBCS Chicago
PITCHING MATCHUP: Athletics LH Sean Manaea (6-6, 3.56 ERA) vs. White Sox RH James Shields (2-8, 4.63)
Manaea defeated the Los Angeles Angels in his last turn after being winless in his previous five starts. The 26-year-old has served up at least one homer in each of his last nine turns and has allowed 14 blasts in 15 starts after giving up 18 in 29 outings last season. Manaea, who never has faced the White Sox, is 3-2 with a 3.48 ERA in seven road starts this year.
Shields has lost eight of his last nine decisions after winning his first start of the season. The 36-year-old has worked at least six innings in each of his last 11 outings and 13 of 15 overall. Shields lost in relief at Oakland earlier this season to fall to 6-7 with a 4.86 ERA in 19 career appearances (18 starts) against the Athletics.
WALK-OFFS
1. The Athletics scored 30 runs in a three-game home sweep of the White Sox in April.
2. Chicago SS Tim Anderson is batting .175 with 22 strikeouts this month.
3. Oakland DH Khris Davis (stomach illness) is expected back in the lineup after a one-game absence.
PREDICTION: Athletics 7, White Sox 5Comment
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Preview: Phillies at Nationals
Gracenote
Jun 22, 2018
Odubel Herrera and the Philadelphia Phillies look to continue their hot streaks when they visit the Washington Nationals for the opener of a three-game series Friday night in a battle for second place in the National League East. Herrera boasts multiple hits in five of his last seven games and has homered in four straight for the Phillies, who have won four of their last five contests.
Herrera, who is 9-for-17 in his last four outings, is just one of several Philadelphia regulars warming up as Rhys Hoskins is 9-for-21 during a five-game hitting streak and Cesar Hernandez has hit safely in six straight contests. Zach Eflin goes after his fourth consecutive win when he takes the mound for the Phillies against fellow right-hander Tanner Roark, who has given up five homers in his last four outings. Washington, who leads Philadelphia by one-half game in the NL East, avoided a series loss to major league-worst Baltimore with a 4-2 victory on Thursday - just its third triumph in the last 10 outings. Nationals rookie Juan Soto continues his standout season with a tie-breaking, two-run double in the eighth inning Thursday and has hit safely in five straight games with four walks in that span.
TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, NBC 10 (Philadelphia), MASN (Washington)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Phillies RH Zach Eflin (4-2, 3.43 ERA) vs. Nationals RH Tanner Roark (3-7, 3.87)
Eflin extended his unbeaten streak to three at Milwaukee last Saturday when he allowed one run on three hits and one walk with six strikeouts over five innings. The 24-year-old Floridian has limited six of his eight opponents this season to two or fewer earned runs and walked just one each in his last five outings. Eflin, who faces Washington for the first time in his career, is 2-1 with a 3.29 ERA in five road starts in 2018.
Roark permitted four runs on eight hits and two walks at Toronto on Sunday, but earned a no-decision to avoid his second straight setback. The 31-year-old Illinois native owns 10 quality starts in his 14 starts this year, including May 5 when he held Philadelphia to three runs over 6 1/3 innings in a loss. Herrera is 13-for-31 with five doubles versus Roark, who is 6-7 with a 3.98 ERA in his career against the Phillies.
WALK-OFFS
1. Washington RF Bryce Harper was 1-for-1 with two walks and a sacrifice fly Thursday from the leadoff spot after going 2-for-32 in his previous nine games.
2. Philadelphia placed INF J.P. Crawford (hand) on the 10-day disabled list, recalled INF Mitch Walding from Triple-A Lehigh Valley and optioned RHP Jake Thompson to the same affiliate.
3. Nationals 3B Anthony Rendon is 9-for-19 with five runs, four doubles and four RBIs during a five-game hitting streak after homering Thursday.
PREDICTION: Nationals 4, Phillies 3Comment
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Preview: Diamondbacks at Pirates
Gracenote
Jun 22, 2018
Outfielder Jon Jay has proved to be a valuable pickup and looks to continue his latest hot streak when the Arizona Diamondbacks visit the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night for the second of a four-game set. Jay, who was acquired from Kansas City on June 6, had a pair of hits along with two RBIs in Thursday’s 9-3 victory while improving to 17-for-38 in his last nine games after going hitless in his first 12 at-bats with Arizona.
Five-time All-Star Paul Goldschmidt also knocked in a run for the Diamondbacks on Thursday and has been on a tear this month with 29 hits in 64 at-bats over the last 16 games with eight homers and 20 RBIs in that stretch. Left-hander Patrick Corbin goes after his seventh win for National League West-leading Arizona and will face righty Ivan Nova, who can build a three-game winning streak for the first time in 2018. Pittsburgh has dropped back-to-back contests after running off four victories in five games to reach the .500 mark and is 1-5 in its last six against the Diamondbacks - dating back to last season. Rookie outfielder Austin Meadows had three hits in Thursday’s loss and is 6-for-14 over his last four contests for the Pirates to raise his batting average to .340.
TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, FS Arizona, AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh
PITCHING MATCHUP: Diamondbacks LH Patrick Corbin (6-3, 3.48 ERA) vs. Pirates RH Ivan Nova (4-5, 4.42)
Corbin has struggled in his last two starts, allowing 10 runs on 15 hits and five walks across 11 1/3 innings with a total of 12 strikeouts. The 28-year-old New Yorker surrendered three or fewer runs in his first eight starts of 2018 and accomplished that feat just three times in his last seven outings, losing three of his past five decisions. Gregory Polanco is 4-for-8 with a homer versus Corbin, who is 1-2 with a 5.90 ERA in five career games against the Pirates.
Nova was victorious in his last two appearances, permitting one run in each while allowing nine hits and five walks combined with 11 strikeouts over 11 2/3 innings. The 31-year-old Dominican had lost his previous four decisions over a five-start stretch, yielding 20 earned runs across 23 2/3 innings combined. Goldschmidt is 4-for-9 with two homers and a double against Nova, who is 1-1 with a 4.00 ERA in three career starts versus Arizona.
WALK-OFFS
1. Pittsburgh CF Starling Marte recorded his 800th hit along with the 300th RBI of his career Thursday and is batting .339 all time against Arizona.
2. Arizona optioned RHP Matt Koch to Triple-A Reno on Thursday and recalled RHP Jake Barrett.
3. Pirates 3B Colin Moran has hit safely in eight consecutive games with a pair of homers and four RBIs in that stretch.
PREDICTION: Diamondbacks 4, Pirates 3Comment
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