Tuesday was a long day as we stayed up late Monday night/early Tuesday to file yesterday’s column and then got up at 9 a.m. to write the original weekly “Tuley’s Take” version of this column for Point Spread Weekly as we made our final NFL preseason picks for Preseason Week 3 and also some CFB Week 0 picks for this Saturday.
I also signed up some proxy clients for the contests at Circa and the Westgate. While I was at Westgate, I watched the top of the 5th inning for my Best Bet of the day on the Mets 1st 5 + 124 at the Yankees. The Mets trailed 2-0 but had runners on 2nd and 3rd with two outs. Starling Marte singled to right field and I was hoping we’d get a push on our wager, but Brett Baty was thrown out (by a country mile) by Oswaldo Cabrera and our bet lost 2-1. So close but yet so far. Unfortunately we didn’t have any such thrill with our bet on the Brewers 1st 5 at the Dodgers as Corbin Burnes had his worst start of the season as the Dodgers led 7-1 through 5 innings. Let’s recap the rest of Tuesday’s (full-game) betting results and then look for more 1st 5 plays on Wednesday day when I’ll be driving my oldest kid to Flagstaff to check into the dorms at Northern Arizona University. And then I’ll add my early football plays for the weekend.Tuesday’s recaps
MLB: Faves went 13-3 Tuesday with the only upsets by the Cubs (+ 170 in 2-0, Game 1 win vs. Cardinals), Guardians (+ 128 in 3-1 win at Padres) and Orioles (+ 120 in 5-3 win vs. White Sox). Yankees (-129) beat Mets 4-2 to complete 2-game sweep of mini-subway series. Home teams went 9-7. Overs also 9-7.
More MLB: Faves lead 1,095-722 SU (60.3 percent) on the season with 27 pick-'ems (faves usually win around 59 percent; still ahead of pace; gap had been narrowing but now well over 60 percent). Home teams lead 974-868 (52.9 percent, usually closer to 54 percent but on the rise). Unders lead 905-839-97 (51.9 percent).