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The weekend in Major League Baseball wraps up with a full 15-game slate on Sunday. It is headlined by the ESPN Game of the Week between the Red Sox and Yankees. Also on a jam-packed are Phillies at Braves, Astros at Twins and Rays at Rangers.
Below is my mega parlay, and also be sure to check out all of our MLB picks.
For this parlay I am going with 2 favorites on the run line and 1 underdog on the money line. Let's break down each of the 3 legs.
Atlanta Braves -1.5 over Philadelphia Phillies (+120)
It's the rubber match of a 3-game series as Philadelphia pays a visit to Atlanta. The Braves bounced back from an opening loss to prevail 5-1 on Saturday, but they pretty much have to win on Sunday – and many more times after that – if they want to make things even remotely interesting in the NL East. Reynaldo Lopez taking the mound today certainly gives the home team a good opportunity to once again find the win column. In his first season in Atlanta the righty 6-2 with a miniscule 1.83 ERA. He has surrendered more than 2 earned runs just once this entire year and that was back on May 1 (3 against Seattle). Lopez is quite simply one of the best pitchers in baseball. Philly is countering with Michael Mercado, who has made 2 big-league appearances. Advantage: Braves.
Texas Rangers -1.5 over Tampa Bay Rays (+145)
Texas has taken the first 2 games of this series against Tampa Bay. The Rangers have won by scores of 3-0 and 4-3, and they have every reason to feel good about their chances of continuing to silence the Rays' bats. Nathan Eovaldi is toeing the rubber on Sunday; he comes in with a 5-3 record, 1.08 WHIP and an 80-to-26 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 80. Innings of work. The right-hander has faced Tampa Bay once this season and hurled 7.0 innings of shutout baseball that included 4 hits, 8 strikeouts and 1 walk during a 4-1 Texas victory. The Rays are 1-3 in their last 4 overall and in those 3 losses they crossed the plate only 5 times in total. Give me the Rangers to win by multiple runs.