Baseball is back! After a short all-star break in Los Angeles, 6 games will take place on Thursday with 4 of the games being part of a doubleheader. The Yankees-Astros and Tigers-Athletics will play 2 games today, so we will have baseball going on all day. Even with only 6 games on, we have created a +836 mega parlay for Thursday’s action.
It's time to take a look at the three components of today's mega parlay.
For this parlay we are going with one game totals pick, one favorite on the run line, one underdog on the money line. Let's break down each of the three legs one by one.
Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics under 7.5 runs (-124)
Frankie Montas and the A's will take on Garrett Hill and the Tigers in game 2 of the doubleheader, and there is an immediate pitching advantage for Oakland. Hill has made 2 MLB starts and was shelled for 6 runs on 6 hits in 5 innings against the White Sox in his last start before the all-star break. I'm not going to sell you on the fact that the Athletics’ offense is similar to the White Sox, but Oakland's offense is a bad matchup for Hill. The Athletics rank in the bottom half of the league in strikeouts and Hill is a pitch-to-contact type of pitcher which works in Oakland's favor. The Athletics have had the bad reputation of not giving Montas any run support, but tonight is their chance to break out against an inexperienced starter.