Monday was an interesting day as I didn’t get to spend much time in the Tuley’s Takes home office.
I had to get up early (6:15 a.m. PT) to take my son Maddux to the bus stop for the first day of 8th grade – and then had to drive him to school as the bus was running an hour late (typical of the first week in the Clark County School District). After taking a nap, I mostly did some chores and errands before having to pick Maddux up after school, take him to McDonald’s and then to Las Vegas Youth Orchestra practice. I then went to the D to register for a slot tournament the next two days and then took Maddux back home. While downtown, I went to Circa and watched the Orioles cash our secondary play of the day on the 1st 5 + 120 as they led the Blue Jays 5-1 after the first 5 innings on the way to a 7-4 victory. When I returned home, I was able to watch the Angels win as our Best Bet of the day with the 1st 5 + 110 as they led the A’s 1-0 after 5 innings and that was also the final score. So, the second sweep of our 1st 5 bets in the last 3 days (with an 0-2 day in between). Let’s recap the rest of Monday’s (full-game) betting results and look for more 1st 5 inning opportunities on Tuesday’s MLB card, plus we have an early NFL preseason game that we gave out on “The Lookahead” show on Sunday night and in yesterday’s column.Monday’s recaps
MLB: Faves went 4-3 as Yankees (short -110 chalk) beat Mariners 9-4 late Monday to snap their 5-game losing streak. The upsets were by the Giants (+ 160 in 1-0 win at Padres), Angels (+ 119 in 1-0 win at A's) and Orioles (+ 116 in 7-4 win vs. Blue Jays). Home teams went 4-3; Unders 4-3.
More MLB: Faves lead 967-644 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 861-775 (52.6 percent, but usually closer to 54 percent). Unders now lead 802-751-80 (51.6 percent).