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[1%] Free Play on Angels over 9½ -105

Comp Soccer Prediction from Doc’s Sports. MLS Take Dallas/Salt Lake OVER (8:30 p.m. EST, Saturday May 10) (Graded after regulation time - 90min - plus injury time)

These sides are nothing to write home about offensive, but their defenses are bad enough where both sides should have plenty of opportunities, and these sides have a strong history for high scoring matches. These are two of the worst defensive sides in MLS and combine to allow more than three goals per match. Dallas is coming off a road loss to San Diego where they conceded five goals. They were held scoreless in that one, but they should put an emphasis on scoring here and home pitch should help in that regard, and Salt Lake have given up five goals in their last three on the road. There’s a great chance Dallas could get two or more here. Salt Lake have scored in three straight on the road, amassing five goals in those matches. So there’s a good chance they will get at least one, and multiples is not out of the question. Four of the last five meetings have gone over the posted number, and three of those matches have seen four or more goals scored. We think we could see a result where both sides had multiple goals, but we are confident both will combine for three or more, and this price is more than fair for Saturday’s clash. 

Dave's Saturday Free Play:

1* on Red Sox/Royals UNDER 7.5

The Key: The Red Sox and Royals just went to extra innings yesterday tied at 0-0.  That was with Lorenzen and Dobson going for the Royals and Red Sox, respectively.  Now these lineups have to face the respective aces of both staffs Saturday.  Garrett Crochet is 3-2 with a 2.02 ERA and 1.06 WHIP in 8 starts this year for the Red Sox with 56 strikeouts in 49 innings.  Cole Ragans is 2-1 with a 3.79 ERA and 1.15 WHIP in 7 starts this year with 57 strikeouts in 35 2/3 innings.  Ragans is 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA and 0.90 WHIP in 3 lifetime starts against the Red Sox, yielding only 3 earned runs in 20 innings with 25 strikeouts.  The Royals are 26-13-1 UNDER in all games this year.  The Red Sox are 6-2 UNDER in their last 8 games.  Take the UNDER.

Jack's Free Pick Saturday: Cleveland Guardians +110

Getting the Cleveland Guardians as home underdogs to the Philadelphia Phillies is a nice value today.  They are hot and they have the advantage on the mound.  The Guardians are 8-2 in their last 10 games overall and have scored at least 5 runs in six consecutive games coming in.

Tanner Bibee is one of the best starters in baseball.  He is 25-14 with a 3.36 ERA and 1.16 WHIP in 63 career starts.  Bibee has allowed just 3 earned runs in 13 innings in his last two starts coming in.  He pitched 7 shutout innings with 8 K's and only 3 base runners allowed in his lone career start against Philadelphia.

Ranger Suarez will be making just his 2nd start of the season.  Suarez allowed 7 earned runs in 3 2/3 innings to the Diamondbacks in his last start.  He allowed 4 earned runs and 10 base runners in 5 innings in his lone career start against Cleveland.  Suarez will be on a pitch count today, and he shouldn't be favored over Bibee considering he's still trying to work his way back from injury.  Bet the Guardians Saturday.

This is a FREE PLAY on the Oilers.

This will be a very public pick, but with so few games now left to choose from in the NHl, that's going to be the case a lot moving forward. That said, I don't see Edmonton stumbling at home here now in Game 3 after back-to-back road victories, and with the Knights seeming demoralized and "ripe for the picking," so to speak.

The Oilers won that 5-4 overtime thriller in Game 2 and the momentum they've created will be hard to stop now back in Alberta. 

Adin Hill once again looked shaky for the Knights, allowing the five goals on 37 shots. 

Edmonton was 0-3 on the powerplay in Game 2, and I don't see that happening again now back at home.

Jack Eichel and company threw everything they had at Edmonton in Game 2, and it still wasn't enough.

At this price, I think EDMONTON is worth a "second look" in Game 3.

Good luck, NP

1 Unit FREE PLAY on Brewers/Rays OVER 9

With temperatures approaching 90 and 10 MPH winds blowing out to center at George M. Steinbrenner Field the ball should be flying out of this Triple-A Park this afternoon.  Tobias Meyers is only averaging 4.1 innings per start for the Brewers this season and has a 1.54 WHIP with 19 base runners allowed in 12 1/3 innings.  Taj Bradley has a 4.43 ERA and 1.33 WHIP in his 7 starrts for the Rays this season, giving up 20 earned runs in 40 2/3 innings.  Give me the OVER.

1* Free Sharp Play on Lorient -182

Recommended Bet: Fortaleza CE -148