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Chicago and Tampa Bay meet Wednesday night at Tropicana Field, with first pitch set for 6:40 p.m. ET on Marquee Sports Network. Both clubs come in at 5-6, so this is one of those early-April games that matters a bit more than it looks. The Cubs are coming off a 9-2 win in Tuesday’s matchup, while the Rays are trying to respond after getting handled at home in their return to Tropicana Field. The listed starters are Colin Rea for Chicago and Joe Boyle for Tampa Bay. Rea enters with a 4.26 ERA, while Boyle has been the sharper arm so far with a 3.18 ERA and 13 strikeouts. This game is inside the dome, so the outside wind is

Cincinnati heads into loanDepot Park on Wednesday night riding a five-game winning streak, and that is not a small thing this early in the season. The Reds are 8-3, sitting second in the NL Central, and they just took Tuesday’s game 6-3 in 10 innings after finally breaking through late against Sandy Alcantara. Miami is 6-5 and still third in the NL East, but the Marlins have now dropped two straight and this feels like a tougher reset spot with another live Cincinnati lineup coming in hot. First pitch is scheduled for 6:40 p.m. ET. The listed starters are Brady Singer for Cincinnati and Eury Pérez for Miami. Singer has a 5.00 ERA through his first two starts, while Pérez

The Edmonton Oilers head to SAP Center on Wednesday, April 8 for a 10:00 PM ET puck drop against the San Jose Sharks, with TNT carrying the broadcast. Edmonton enters at 39-29-10 and San Jose is 37-32-7, so this one matters for playoff positioning even if the records do not look especially close at first glance. The Oilers are still chasing stability without a fully healthy top-end lineup, while the Sharks have turned this into a real race by stacking wins late in the season. Edmonton is coming off a 6-5 overtime loss at Utah on Tuesday, which adds a rest disadvantage here, and that is probably the first thing I look at before even getting to the price. San

Buffalo heads into Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night for a 7:00 p.m. ET start with real pressure on this game. The Sabres are 47-23-8 and right in the middle of the Atlantic race, while the Rangers are 33-36-9 and playing out the final week of a disappointing season. It is on TNT, truTV, and HBO Max, and the market has Buffalo installed as the road favorite with the total sitting at 6.5. Buffalo did steady itself with a 4-2 win over Tampa Bay on Monday after dropping two straight, and that matters because the Sabres had started to look a little loose defensively. New York, meanwhile, is coming off an 8-1 blowout of Washington and has actually been better