Matt Fargo

This is a play on the HOUSTON ASTROS for our Saturday Free Play. The Astros took the series opener on Friday 6-3 to remain a game and a half ahead of the Rangers in the American League West. They now send their top starter to the hill for Game Two as Peter Lambert looks to continue his breakout season. After going 11-30 with a massive ERA the last five seasons in Colorado and Japan, he is 8-5 with a 3.06 ERA and 1.13 WHIP in 19 starts across 108.2 innings. He comes in with a 2.89 ERA in 37.1 road innings. The Padres have fallen two games back of the final Wild Card spot in the National League as the offense continues to stall. Michael King had been on a solid run but has allowed seven runs over his last two starts across 11 innings giving up three of his 14 home runs. The Padres have lost five of his last seven starts. Play (979) Houston Astros

Fargo is coming off a 1-2 Friday with the win on the +104 Rays and we are back on Saturday with a big card to continue the huge baseball season. He has FOUR MLB Winners going Saturday, two early, two late plus CFL!

This is a play on the BALTIMORE ORIOLES as part of our MLB Late Double Play. Texas snuck out a 2-1 victory last night on a two-run home run by Joc Pederson as the Orioles wasted a great effort from Shane Baz and the Rangers are back to .500 and 1.5 games behind the Astros in the American League West. Baltimore is two games out in the Wild Card chase and turn to Kyle Bradish who has a 3.79 ERA in 22 starts following a pair of not so good outings. The Orioles have won four of his last five road outings. Jacob deGrom started the season great through his first six starts as he posted vintage deGrom numbers including a 2.01 ERA though his first six starts but he has been up and down since then. He has a 4.70 ERA in his last 15 outings and his current 3.96 ERA is the highest of his career. 10* (963) Baltimore Orioles

This is a play on the COLORADO ROCKIES as part of our MLB Late Double Play. We lost a tough one with the Rockies last night as they outhit the Cardinals 10-4 but they lost on two sacrifice flies and a home run and we will come back with them here on Saturday. Colorado sends out Kyle Freeland who is coming off his best start of the season as he tossed a complete game against the Royals, allowing just one run on five hits and that is a huge confidence as he hits the road where it has not been good as he has yet to get a victory. He has a 1.49 WHIP overall which is the same WHIP as that of Matthew Liberatore who is also coming off a great start as he shut out the Blue Jays on one hit over six innings. He is back home where he has not been good with a 4.80 ERA and 1.53 WHIP. 10* (955) Colorado Rockies

This is a play on the LOS ANGELES ANGELS as part of our MLB Early Double Play. The Angels stole the series opener on Friday 4-3 despite getting outhit 12-6 by the Marlins for their second straight win. Walbert Urena has been the best and most consistent pitcher in his rotation with a 2.58 ERA in 18 starts. He had a bad start to close June but has a 0.99 ERA in his last five starts. The Marlins sustained a 12-game losing streak wrapped around the All Star Break and then got hot with a 6-1 run but have since lost four straight games and are heavily priced here based on Sandy Alcantara. He is coming off a pair of shutout performances against the Phillies and Mets and while he has been much better at home than on the road, the Marlins are just 6-5 in his 11 home starts. 10* (969) Los Angeles Angels

This is a play on the ATHLETICS as part of our MLB Early Double Play. This is the spot to fade opposing streaks as Boston has won nine straight games while the Athletics have lost their last nine which the latter caused the dismissal of general manager David Forst. Boston is a remarkable 27-3 over their last 30 games and turn to Jake Bennett who has been a welcome addition to this rotation as the rookie has a 2.90 ERA. He has not been as sharp of late as he has allowed three runs in each of his last three starts to post a 4.58 ERA and he has been fortunate to do what he has done with a very low strikeout rate. The Athletics counter with Gage Jump who is coming off a rough outing against Detroit at home but shut down Boston in his start prior and hits the road with a 2.51 ERA across 28.2 innings. 10* (959) Athletics

This is a play on the HAMILTON TI-CATS for our CFL Game of the Week. Hamilton won the first meeting 41-27 back in June as 2.5-point favorites and we are seeing a nine-point line swing which is a huge swing. Part of that is due to a quarterback change for Hamilton as Harrison Frost will make his first start, replacing Tre Ford and ultimately replacing Bo Levi Mitchell so while he may be raw, he has appeared in 20 games so he knows the league and there is no film to go off from. On the other side, Nathan Rourke returns after essentially missing three full games with his left shoulder injury and on the season, he has completed 71.3 of his passes (107/150), while recording 1,403 yards and five touchdowns against four interceptions so it has not been great. He will be facing a tough defense as the Ti-Cats are allowing only 279.3 passing ypg, second fewest in the CFL. And don’t expect the Lions to rush for 377 yards, a franchise record, as they did last week in their win over Winnipeg. 10* (685) Hamilton Ti-Cats