It was another solid 3-1 day for me on Saturday with another top play (on the Dodgers) cashing for me. It's been a good little run for me with those top plays at 7-1-2 over my last 10, but I'm looking to end the first half of the MLB season on a high note today. It's the ultimate getaway day for players as the majority of them have three full days off away from the team, the game and the hotel rooms, ans will be able to spend some quality time with their families. That means we shouldn't expect too many games to last long tonight as the players are going to make the most of their free time. In fact, on this day (final day before All-star break) we've seen 'unders' go 14-27-4 the past three seasons, so expect a lot of games to stay low. Those records were 6-9 O/U (2013), 4-9-2 O/U (2012), and 4-9-2 O/U (2011), so with numbers like that I wouldn't be opposed to placing a bet on every single 'under' today and look to be up a few units. However, I'm hoping to find the best ones for you with my plays today so we can head into the downtime with some padded bankrolls. All lines taken from Pinnacle Sports with bet amounts "to win" on favorites and flat on underdogs Play of the Day in Bold MLB YTD: 101-103-13 (+$1646) CFL YTD: 0-1 (-$200) MLB Plays  Boston/Houston Under 8.5 (-113) $339 to win $300 There's no team in the majors that are more free-swinging than the Houston Astros as they rely heavily on the HR ball to score the majority of their runs. Houston is 1-5 O/U the last [...]

A 2-2 night for me, but cashed in my third straight TOP play and now I'm 7-2 in my last 9 TOP plays.  This is the last day of baseball before the all-star break and look to cash in right before it.  Here's my card below and before it as always is my updated record by sport, TOP play and star rating. 1* = $100  TOP FREE PLAY – 41-26-2 (61.1%) (+$5724) MLB YTD 81-84-4 (49%) (+$662) NFL YTD 1-0 (100%) (+$310) PARLAY’S YTD (1*) – 1-3 (25%) (+$20) YEAR-TO-DATE * - 2* 25-21-1 (54.3%) 3* 53-60-1 (46.9%) 4* 41-37-3 (52.5%) 5* 3-1 (75%) All lines courtesy Pinnacle Sports TOP play in bold Dodgers rl -1.5 +159 (4*) - Ryu has been stellar against the Padres 1-0 in 2 starts with a 0.69 ERA and has only allowed 1 run over 13 innings.  Ross on the other hand has lost his last 5 of 6 and hasn't won against the Dodgers 0-3 with a 3.33 ERA in six meetings (4 starts) Dodgers/Padres OVER 6.5 -107 (4*) - Over favored ump 7-4 (63.3%) Braves/Cubs UNDER 7.5 +118 (3*) - UNDER favored ump 7-9 and has been 2 OVERS in this series = the UNDER.  Teheran has pitched awesome against LH (6 in the CUBS lineup today) .258 wOBA in 2014. Reds ml -121 (4*) - Cueto has been awesome against the Pirates going 15-4 with a 2.18 ERA in 24 meetings.  He's won twice this year (2 complete games - one shutout) and a 1.13 ERA.  Liriano is 0-4 with a 3.99 ERA in six starts against the Reds.

A solid 3-1 night for me on Friday, although my first foray into CFL betting this year didn't go as planned. It's the final weekend of action in MLB before the All-Star break and that means you won't see me on too many 'overs' the rest of the weekend. After a long grinding season so far, guys are already looking ahead to this brief vacation with their families. That means patience at the plate tends to go out the window. Finally, it's the 3rd place game in the World Cup today and although I won't include a pick on the game in this article, you just have to read this piece  to know what I'm on for that contest. All lines taken from Pinnacle Sports with bet amounts "to win" on favorites and flat on underdogs Play of the Day in Bold MLB YTD: 98-102-13 (+$1126) CFL YTD: 0-1 (-200) MLB Plays Chicago/Cleveland Under 8.5 (+110) $200 to win $220 This is the first game off the board today after the Indians won 7-4 as heavy favorites last night. Cleveland recalled Zach McAllister from the minors to make this start and they are hoping his time down there helped him fix some mechanical issues and regain his confidence. McAllister is looking to reward management's decision to bring him back with a strong performance today and against the free-swinging White Sox he's got a great opportunity to do so. Chicago starter Scott Carroll was great in his last start, shutting out the Red Sox through 6.2 innings of work in an eventual 4-0 win. Carroll has been up and down all year, but he's got a much better ERA during the day (1.62) and his numbers are [...]

A 1-3 night, not great, cashed my TOP play and we move on to today.  Still in the positives after yesterday and going to stay positive as I move forward with today's card.  Let's get right to it. 1* = $100  TOP FREE PLAY – 40-26-2 (60.6%) (+$5376) MLB YTD 79-82-4 (49%) (+$666) NFL YTD 1-0 (100%) (+$310) PARLAY’S YTD (1*) – 1-3 (25%) (+$20) YEAR-TO-DATE * - 2* 25-21-1 (54.3%) 3* 53-59-1 (47.3%) 4* 39-36-3 (52%) 5* 3-1 (75%) All lines courtesy Pinnacle Sports TOP play in bold Royals ml -125 (4*) - Strict line movement play here Texas ml +151 (3*) -  Home dog with less than 35% betting action and a total of 8.5 or higher theory. Mariners -113 (4*) Arizona/Sf UNDER 7 -113 (4*) - UMP is 3-12 to the UNDER and game as reverse line movement to the UNDER opening at 7.5

It was a tough 1-3-1 night last night as my shot with the Padres didn't pay off. It was the losing side, but San Diego did everything they could to lose that game as 4 errors ended up being the difference in a 2-1 game. My play on Texas couldn't have been worse and I missed out on numerous chances to get 1 more run in San Francisco to turn that push into a winner. It's on to tonight's action though and for those that are excited for football, I've got a play in the CFL play on tonight's board. All lines taken from Pinnacle Sports with bet amounts "to win" on favorites and flat on underdogs Play of the Day in Bold MLB YTD: 95-102-13 (+326) MLB Plays Pittsburgh/Cincinnati Over 7.5 (-115) $345 to win $300 I'm going against the majority here as this total has moved up from the key number of 7 despite having 80% or more of the betting action all day on the low side. Everyone is liking the under because the Reds are without some of their big name players, but they've scored 4+ in their last six games and with the Pirates bats coming alive in a 9-1 win last night, this game should sail well over this total. NYY/Baltimore Under 8.5 (-107) $214 to win $200 Siding with the movement here as coming off that key number of 9 is something I can't ignore. Seattle ML (-135) $405 to win $300 It's not often you get King Felix as a home favorite at this short price, but against the best team in the majors (Oakland), that's the situation. Oakland is 1-8 SU the last nine times they've [...]