Doc’s Sports

10-Unit Play World Cup Take Turkiye +0.5 GL over USA (10 p.m. EST, Thursday June 25) (Graded after regulation time - 90min - plus injury time - need a draw or a Turkiye win to cash)

The USA is in the knockout rounds and Turkiye will be heading home after this match. But we think the Turkish will be the more motivated side. First, USA already has their eyes on the knockout rounds and they won't have much motivation in this match. USA should get their best player, Christian Pulisic, back from injury for his first World Cup action in this matchup, but he is lacking fitness and it is very unlikely he will see major minutes. USA has four key players with yellow cards, and they are unlikely to see any playing time to risk a second yellow and be suspended for USA's Round of 32 matchup. Yellow cards reset after the Group Stage. USA wants to get through this match in good fitness, and they still win the group even if they have to settle for a point (draw) or even a loss here. Turkiye had high expectations entering the tournament but they flamed out in a big way with consecutive losses and an early exit. However, this is still a very talented side and we expect them to me massively motivated tonight. Leaving USA with zero points would be an absolute disaster. They played well in both group stage matches but just couldn't score. If they finish the World Cup with at least a point or even three points, then it was just a bad World Cup and not an epic failure. And they also have the extra motivation of beating the hosts of the tournament. There is a lot of national pride on the line here. We think both sides would be more than happy with a draw here, and we would be completely fine with that in getting the extra half goal at a more than fair price.

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2 Unit Play. Take #658 Toronto over Los Angeles (7p.m., Thursday, June 25 Prime Video) Both teams have injuries, but I see a letdown in this game for the Sparks. Los Angeles is coming off a buzzer beating win over the weekend in a game that marked the 30th anniversary of the start of the league. They lost Kelsey Plum in that game and that will eventually catch up with them starting tonight.

6 Unit Play. Take #963 New York (-1.5 RL) over Boston (7:10p.m., Thursday, June 25 MLBN) The Red Sox are just not a good team and are 12-25 at Fenway Park this season. The Yankees are coming off a series win against the Tigers beating Skubal in the game yesterday by a score of 4-2. New York is missing Judge, but they are hitting home runs and that will play a role in the game tonight. The Yankees are 5-1 this season against the Red Sox. Boston gaged in their series against Colorado losing the last two games after having leads late in those games. Cam Schlittler will be the difference tonight as he has a 1.71 E.R.A. and a 0.90 WHIP. The Massachusetts native will come up big in Boston tonight.