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1:37 p.m. ET: Tampa Bay Rays (42-36) at Toronto Blue Jays (44-35)
These AL East rivals have split the first four games of this rare five-game series, with the Jays taking the first two games and the Rays bouncing back with a pair of wins on Friday and Saturday. In this afternoon's series finale, Tampa Bay hands the ball to righty Shane Baz (0-1, 3.38 ERA) and Toronto counters with fellow righty Ross Stripling (4-2, 3.12 ERA). This line opened with the Jays listed as a -125 home favorite and the Rays a +110 road dog. Sharps have laid the short chalk with Toronto, steaming the Jays up from -125 to -135. Toronto is 36-25 as a favorite, 25-17 at home and 37-27 against righties. The Jays hold a sizable edge at the plate, hitting .258 while the Rays sit at .234. Stripling has been fantastic in the month of June, sporting a minuscule 1.59 ERA. Toronto went 5-1 in Stripling's six June starts.
1:40 p.m. ET: New York Yankees (58-21) at Cleveland Guardians (39-36)
The Yankees have taken the first two games of this series, sweeping yesterday's doubleheader 13-4 as -290 road favorites and then winning again 6-1 as -188 road favorites. In this afternoon's series finale, New York starts lefty Jordan Montgomery (3-1, 3.27 ERA) and Cleveland taps righty Triston McKenzie (4-6, 4.03 ERA). This line opened with the Yankees listed as a -155 road favorite and the Guardians a +140 home dog. Pros seem to be thinking "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and have steamed the Yankees up from -155 to -165. Non-division road favorites are 147-78 (65%) this season. New York is 54-20 as a favorite, 24-12 on the road and 39-14 against righties. The Yankees are 5-0 against the Guardians this season. New York also has correlative betting value as a favorite in a low total game (8).
2:10 p.m. ET: Los Angeles Angels (37-43) at Houston Astros (50-27)
The Astros have dominated the first two games of this AL West series, winning the opener 8-1 as -175 home favorites and then winning again on Saturday 9-1 as -167 home favorites. In this afternoon's series finale, Los Angeles taps lefty Jose Suarez (1-2, 4.36 ERA) and Houston sends out fellow southpaw Framber Valdez (8-3, 2.65 ERA). This line opened with the Astros listed as a -200 home favorite and the Angels a +185 road dog. Sharps are banking on Houston to complete the sweep, driving the Astros up from -200 to -220. Home favorites -200 or more are 118-45 (72%) this season. Favorites who made the playoffs last season against opponents who did not are 308-162 (66%).The Angels are just 5-20 as a dog this season. Meanwhile, the Astros are 43-18 as a favorite, 15-8 against lefties and 23-11 at home. Houston leads the season series 6-3. The Astros are 8-2 in Valdez's last ten starts.
The Winning Touch (Pierro Masci) USFL 10 Game of the Year Side PlayExpert Preview: (1-0) during playoffs and overall (18-5) sets us up handsomely for our GOY release tonight. [755] Philadelphia Stars Expert Analysis: 80% of all of the USFL games this season have been very competitive when you match them up to the betting odds. Today`s Championship contest will have more eyes on it than any previously played USFL game. The league needs an exciting game to attract more interest going forth.
We at THE WINNING TOUCH believe tonight`s affair will follow the script. Neither team will run away with it and when the dust settles the score will be tight. 4 points or less.
Phillie is at the top of its game and The Stallions all season have been solid. Stars win outright in OT.
TheSwami.com's Stat of the Week Play from SWAMI XX 10 Game of the Month Total Play Expert Preview: (10-0) on our Top Plays this season. Today our total Game of the Month UNDER 45.5
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