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Good morning, Pickswise Nation. There is still plenty of sports action on the menu even during these dog days of summer. The weekend in Major League Baseball gets underway, there are CONCACAF Gold Cup matches and the business end of tournaments in both golf and tennis have arrived. It’s another big day in the world of sports, so let’s get right to it and make your next bet better with Wise n’ Shine!
About Last Night
Pickswise MLB experts rack up wins
It was another successful night at the office for Pickswise’s MLB handicappers. We cashed our lone 3-star bet of Brewers vs Mets Under 8.5, hit our prop bet of Houston started J.P. France Under 2.5 walks, went 2-0 on our YRFI/NRFI plays and Mark Zinno compiled a 2-0-1 record with his 3 best bets of the day.
Kelce and Mahomes victorious in The Match
The latest installment of Capital One’s The Match took place on Thursday evening in Las Vegas. Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs, who were around +220 underdogs at most sportsbooks, took down Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors 4&2.
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Today’s Slate
A full 15-game schedule in Major League Baseball
With the NFL, NBA and NHL currently on the shelf, Major League Baseball is shouldering the load right now and the week continues with 15 games on Friday. There are 2 contests on Apple TV: Milwaukee vs Pittsburgh followed by Arizona vs the Angels. Don’t miss our MLB predictions.
Best Bet of the Day
MLB: San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets: NRFI (-108)
7:10 pm ET
The Mets are always a prime NRFI candidate because they are dead last in Major League Baseball in first-inning runs scored at an anemic 0.28 per game. On Friday they will face Alex Cobb of the Giants, who is 5-2 with a 3.09 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 78.2 innings so far this season. The right-hander has put up goose eggs in the opening frame in 8 of his last 10 appearances. New York is countering with Carlos Carrasco, who has been far from stellar in 2023 but has at least pitched clean opening frames more often than not over his past 5 outings (3 out of 5).
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Must-read
Our MLB YRFI/NRFI best bets for Friday are already up and running. As for Saturday’s menu, we have UFC on ESPN 48 predictions in addition to a 4-fight UFC parlay.
Read all of our great sports analysis as it arrives throughout the day on the Analysis tab.
Stat of the Day
Cubs starter Justin Steele is 8-2 with a 2.62 ERA and the Guardians have the fifth-worst OPS (.678) against left-handers this season.
Quote of the Day
“To be perfectly honest, I had to go to the bathroom pretty badly. There weren’t many bathrooms the last 5 holes, so I was a little shaky coming in.”
— Rickie Fowler after bogeying the last 2 holes at the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Friday. Fowler, who is among Diane Knox Balas’ best bets this week, is 3 shots off the lead heading into the weekend.
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