I went 1-0 with my free play yesterday on the Red Sox, and managed to go 2-1 for my clients with premium plays on Pittsburgh/Baltimore Under 44.5 (W), Louisiana Tech +4 (W), and Louisiana Tech/North Texas Under 48 (L). Friday’s are always a very busy day for me as I gather as much information as I can for the upcoming football weekend and have already sent out an NFL side for Sunday’s action to my clients. We’ve got a full MLB card as well as CFB action tonight, so lets get right to the picks.

All lines taken from Pinnacle Sports with bet amounts ‘to win’ on favorites and flat on underdogs

Play of the Day in Bold

Free Play Records

MLB Pre All Star Break: 101-107-13 (+$691)

MLB post All Star Break: 39-37 (+$2231)

CFL YTD: 6-8 (-$266)

NCAAF YTD: 6-3 ATS (+$656)

NFL YTD: 1-3 ATS (-$515)

MLB plays

Tampa Bay ML (+122) $300 to win $366

I was wrong about the Jays collapsing against the Cubs in that series finale as Toronto brought out the big bats and swept away Chicago. Toronto is still clinging to their playoff hopes and have a schedule the rest of the way that puts their destiny in their own hands, but do you really believe that’s a good thing? Tonight they host the Rays a week after they swept Tampa in Tampa and it’s the Rays turn for a little redemption

Tampa is starting Nathan Karns tonight and nobody on this Jays roster has seen him before. Many will look to fade a young guy like this on the road, but the pitcher always has the advantage going into a game when no hitter has seen him before. Tampa’s offense won’t want to leave Karns out to dry and with the Jays being 1-4 SU the last five times Happ has been a favorite of -150 or less, the Rays will score some runs.

Yesterday’s off day came at a bad time for Toronto has they were clearly building some momentum off that sweep and this team’s psyche is too fragile to be away from the park during a good run like that. Toronto is 1-6 SU after their last seven days off and are on a 2-9 SU run in series openers, so look for the Rays to exact some revenge for last week’s sweep and put a damper on Toronto’s playoff hopes.

NYY/Baltimore Over 8.5 (-107) $214 to win $200

Sticking with the double header flip flop theory and although Game 1 isn’t currently done as I write this (1-0 NYY in bottom of 11), I’m confident that we will see quite a few more runs in the night cap tonight.

NCAAF plays

Toledo/Cincinnati Over 58 (-106) $212 to win $200

Toledo’s defense got torched at home by Missouri last week and now they’ve got to go out on the road and face an Bearcats team that’s chomping at the bit to get on the field. Cincinnati is the only college football team yet to play a game, and while some may thing rust might be an issue for their offense, having weeks and weeks (and two game films) to prepare for this Toledo game will be very beneficial to Cincinnati’s offense.

Toledo can score too as they are 5-1 O/U in their last six games overall and have a 5-0 O/U run going after giving up 450+ yards. Cincinnati has cashed ‘over’ tickets in seven of their last 10 games during September and have a 6-1 O/U run going under the Friday night lights. This game will be a back and forth contest where there is a good chance that the team with the ball last wins.