Saturday Best Bet Results
Saturday was an action-packed day of sports and horse betting in the Tuley’s Takes home office with the Belmont Stakes in addition to Game 4 of the NHL Stanley CUp playoffs and a full 15-game MLB card plus the USFL.
And that’s not even counting golf, auto racing, UFC, etc. We had a great day here as we went 3-0 with our sports Best Bets on the Golden Knights +100, the Michigan Panthers-Pittsburgh Maulers Under 41 in the USFL and White Sox First 5 Innings +100 vs. the Marlins. We didn’t fare as well with our horse racing picks as we went 0-for-4, though I did have two horses that ran 2nd to cash some Place tickets to cut our losses a little. My friend, Ed Sehon, picked us up a little. He only had a chalky $5 winner at Monmouth Park in our “Team Tuley” column, but in his “Mr. Ed” piece on Saturday’s Belmont card he had a winner ($8.70), Exacta ($17.40) and Pick 4 ($183.25). As for my sports winners, we got the Golden Knights overnight at +100 but then it seemed the whole world was with us (especially here in Vegas) as they closed as consensus -116 road favorites. VGK scored just 1:39 into the game, extended its lead to 3-0 in the second period and then held on for dear life for the 3-2 victory to go up 3-1 and one win from bringing Lord Stanley’s Cup to Vegas! Our USFL win on the Panthers-Maulers Under 41 was even easier as it was never on pace to go Over as both teams were as offensively challenged as we expected in the Maulers’ 19-7 victory. The MLB winner was a little more in doubt, but Chicago’s Michael Kopech held down the Marlins’ offense like we hoped and Andrew Vaughn homered in the bottom of the 4th inning for the 1-0 lead after 5 innings that we needed. We felt even more justified in playing the First 5 as the Marlins went on to win 5-1. We’re still losing for the month of June at 10-11-4 for a net loss of just -$21.36 based on $100 flat bets, according to the VSiN Pro Picks page but Saturday was a big boost. Let’s look for Sunday plays with the NBA and NHL both inexplicably taking the day off (might actually catch a movie with the family). I do have two MLB First 5 plays (beware the early start times at 1:40 p.m. and 12:40 p.m. ET (10:40 a.m. and 9:40 a.m. PT here in Vegas), plus a USFL play later in the day (7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT).MLB Sunday Best Bets
Rangers First 5 Innings +155 at Rays: The Rays are in an “anti-swagger” role after having their 7-game winning streak snapped by the Rangers on Saturday. It’s tough to be going against Tampa Bay’s Shane McClanahan (9-1, 2.02 ERA), but we obviously like the spot and at last we get Martin Perez (6-1, 3.97 ERA) to keep the Rangers close – and we love the price as we feel this should be closer to pick-’em. This could very well be a scoreless tie with these two pitchers, so we’ll also take a little on the Rangers F5 +0.5 +105 as we cash if it’s 0-0 (or 1-1 or 2-2, etc.).
Astros First 5 Innings +115 at Guardians: The Astros are in a “mini-swagger” spot after snapping their 4-game losing streak on Saturday. Despite the recent skid, the Astros are still the better team and we like the plus-money with Brandon Bielak (3-2, 3.35 ERA) vs. Shane Bieber (4-3, 3.57 ERA) looking like a coin-flip.