Wednesday was a day of catching up on chores around the house (and making room on the kitchen counters for my 3 air fryers after my birthday).
The day’s baseball action started early, which was fun, except that I lost my Best Bet on the Phillies 1st 5 + 115 vs. the Mets as the game was scoreless until the Mets scored in the bottom of the 5th to beat me 1-0, though the Phillies did rally to win 3-1 as + 125 underdogs. I had to wait until later at night (6:30 p.m. PT) for my other 1st 5 wager on the A’s vs. the Angels. That was another pitchers’ duel and it looked like I would win the 1st 5 wager as the A’s got to Shoetai Ohtai for a run in the top of the 4th, but the Angels tied it 1-1 for a push. The A’s did, however, win the game 3-1 as + 200 dogs. I also had a couple of other MLB dogs as I tried fading the Mets as an anti-swagger play as they had their 7-game winning streak snapped on Tuesday, but they routed the Nationals 9-5 to make a loser of my Nationals + 250 wager. But I did hit my swagger play on the Pirates + 190 vs. the Brewers, though it was a sweat as they fell behind 4-0, bounced back to lead 7-4, gave up the lead at 7-7, but then won 8-7 in walk-off fashion in the bottom of the 9th. All in all, it was a winning day despite losing my supposed top pick. Let’s recap the rest of Wednesday’s (full-game) betting results and look for more 1st 5 inning opportunities on Thursday’s MLB card, plus we have a play on the NFL Hall of Fame Game on Thursday night..Wednesday’s recaps
MLB: faves went 8-6 on Wednesday w/ biggest upsets by the A's ( 200 in 3-1 win at Angels), Pirates ( 185 in 8-7 win vs. Brewers), Mariners ( 155 in 7-3 win at Yankees) and Orioles ( 140 in 6-3 win at Rangers); home teams went 8-6; Unders 8-6.
More MLB: Faves lead 928-617 SU (60.1 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 over 60 percent). Home teams lead just 821-749 (52.3 percent, but usually closer to 54 percent). Unders lead 777-719-72 (51.9 percent).