Sunday was a pretty laid-back day as I signed up some proxy clients for the contests at Circa and watched a bunch of baseball before finishing the night on VSiN’s “The Lookahead” show with Scott Siedenberg at 10:15 p.m. ET/7:15 p.m. PT or 15 minutes into the archived version.
We didn’t like many MLB underdogs on Sunday, but won our Best Bet on the Cardinals 1st 5 + 115 vs. the Yankees in a wild game with some controversial calls as they led 9-6 after the first five innings (and also went on to win 12-9). Unfortunately, I lost my second 1st 5 play on the Padres + 110 as Yu Darvish pitched well, but the Dodgers still led 2-0 after the first 5 innings as Tyler Anderson shut them down. Let’s recap the rest of Sunday’s (full-game) betting results and look for more 1st 5 inning opportunities on Monday’s MLB card, plus an early NFL preseason game..Sunday’s recaps
MLB: Faves went 9-6 on Sunday with the biggest upsets by the Reds (+ 247 in a 4-2 win at the Brewers) and Pirates (+ 163 in 8-1 rout at Orioles). Another key upset was the Cardinals (+ 115 in 12-9 win vs. the Yankees for STL's 7th straight win and NYY's 5th straight loss). Home teams went 8-7. Overs 7-6-2 with pushes in the ATL-NYM (7) and PIT-BAL (9) games.
More MLB: Faves lead 963-641 SU (60 percent) on the season with 25 pick-'ems (faves usually win around 59 percent; still ahead of pace; gap had been narrowing but now back at 60 percent). Home teams lead just 857-772 (52.6 percent, but usually closer to 54 percent). Unders lead 798-748-78 (51.6 percent).