Expert Baseball Picks and Previews

The Boston Red Sox vs New York Mets recap starts with a clean favorite result: Boston beat New York 4-0 at Citi Field, and the preview’s Boston moneyline best bet cashed without a late sweat. The Red Sox did not need constant traffic or a huge hit total. They needed two big swings, clean run prevention, and a Mets offense

The Seattle Mariners vs Tampa Bay Rays recap starts with a clear miss for the preview’s best bet: Tampa Bay beat Seattle 6-1 at Tropicana Field, flipping the Mariners moneyline recommendation and rewarding Rays backers at plus money. Seattle had early scoring chances, Logan Gilbert kept the game competitive for most of his outing, but the Mariners never converted enough

The Milwaukee Brewers vs Pittsburgh Pirates recap starts with a frustrating favorite miss: Pittsburgh beat Milwaukee 3-2 at PNC Park in Game 2 of the doubleheader, flipping the preview’s Brewers moneyline best bet. Milwaukee had traffic, had a quality start from Shane Drohan, and had the tying swing from Brice Turang, but the Brewers did not convert enough chances to

The Colorado Rockies vs San Francisco Giants recap starts with the preview’s best bet getting home: San Francisco beat Colorado 4-2 at Oracle Park, cashing the Giants moneyline at -132 and rewarding bettors who trusted Tyler Mahle to control the matchup. The final score was tight enough to stay inside an Under script, but Casey Schmitt’s three-run homer gave San

The New York Yankees vs Washington Nationals recap starts with a favorite ticket that looked dead for seven innings, then cashed in one loud frame. New York beat Washington 4-2 at Nationals Park after Ryan McMahon, Trent Grisham, and Paul Goldschmidt all homered in the eighth inning, flipping a 2-0 deficit into a Yankees win. The original ScoresAndStats preview listed

The Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox recap starts with a favorite ticket that cashed in the thinnest possible way: Chicago beat Oakland 1-0 at Rate Field, rewarding White Sox moneyline bettors but making them sweat every missed Athletics chance. The final score did not look like the preview’s 5-3 Chicago projection, but the side result still landed. The original

Cards starter Matthew Liberatore has something to prove vs. Braves Both sides will need their starting pitchers to chew up innings on Saturday night when the visiting Atlanta Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals meet for the second contest of a three-game set. Following a rain delay that spanned 2 hours and 43 minutes in the series opener on Friday

Reds aim to keep finding new ways to win vs. Cubs The Cincinnati Reds are getting creative in their effort to remain in the National League wild-card race. Spencer Steer figures prominently in those plans for the Reds, who continue their three-game series against the visiting Chicago Cubs on Saturday. Steer made his first career start in center field on

Yoshinobu Yamamoto bids to give Dodgers length vs. D-backs The Los Angeles Dodgers know they can count on Yoshinobu Yamamoto to throw a lot of innings, and that trait is of extra importance entering Saturday’s game against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks. The Dodgers used seven pitchers Friday after Shohei Ohtani (left knee) was scratched from his start, so the bullpen