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San Diego heads to PNC Park on Tuesday night trying to extend a three-game winning streak after Monday’s 5-0 shutout in the series opener. The Padres are back to 5-5, while Pittsburgh sits 6-4 after having its five-game winning streak snapped. First pitch is set for 6:40 p.m. ET, and this one gets a lot more interesting than the opener because Paul Skenes is back on the mound for the Pirates against Nick Pivetta for San Diego. For bettors scanning the full slate, this is one of the more compelling MLB game previews on the board. The game shape looks pretty straightforward on paper. Pittsburgh is a home favorite because Skenes remains the biggest individual edge in the matchup, even

Milwaukee heads into Fenway Park on Tuesday night as one of the hottest teams in baseball. The Brewers are 8-2, they have won two straight, and they already took Monday’s opener 8-6 in a game where they kept answering every Boston push. The Red Sox are 2-8, they have dropped three in a row, and the early-season margin for error is already getting thin. First pitch is set for 6:45 p.m. ET in Boston, with Jacob Misiorowski facing Garrett Crochet in what looks like the best pure pitching matchup on the card. That is what makes this game a little tricky. Milwaukee has clearly been the better team, but Boston is still sending out a frontline arm in Crochet, and

The Philadelphia Flyers head to Prudential Center in Newark on Tuesday night for a 7:00 p.m. ET divisional matchup with the New Jersey Devils, and the stakes are obvious. Philadelphia enters at 39-26-12 with 90 points and is holding down third place in the Metro, while New Jersey sits at 40-34-3 with 83 points and is still trying to keep faint playoff hopes alive. The Flyers have won eight of their last 11 and just beat Boston in overtime, while the Devils come in off a 3-0 win over Montreal. This is one of those late-season games where urgency matters almost as much as talent. Philadelphia is trying to protect a real playoff position, and New Jersey is chasing from

The Colorado Avalanche head to Enterprise Center on Tuesday night for an 8:00 PM ET start against the St. Louis Blues in the back half of a home-and-home set. Colorado enters 50-16-10, first in the Central and still chasing the Presidents’ Trophy, while St. Louis is 33-31-12 and trying to keep its late push alive in the Western wild-card race. Sunday’s 3-2 Blues win in Denver changed the feel of this matchup a bit. It gave St. Louis real momentum, and it reminded bettors that this number is not just about season-long talent. That urgency matters now. The Blues have gone 6-1-1 over their last eight, and Robert Thomas comes in off his first career hat trick, while Colorado still