Scott Rickenbach

*action on pitchers* MLB Friday 8* Atlanta Braves -1.5 -150 @ Cincinnati Reds @ 6:40 ET - This game has blowout written all over it and is a play for me regardless of the starting pitchers. I will mention them below but this is all about taking one of the best teams in the league against a team that has been slumping badly in home games and catching all this in the perfection situation. The Braves just got destroyed by the Phillies at Philly yesterday and will respond big here. The Reds got destroyed by the Cubs at Philly yesterday but don't have what it takes to respond here. Note that Cincinnati is outclassed here. The Braves had won 11 of 13 games before yesterday's loss. The Reds have lost 8 straight home games. Minor is expected started for Cincinnati and he went 1-4 with 7.71 ERA in the month of June. Fried the expected starter for the Braves and he is now 45-15 the last 4 seasons combined! Road rout here regardless of starting pitching as this is a case of road warriors versus a team on an 8-game home losing streak. Lay it! 8* ATLANTA -1.5 -150

*action on pitchers* MLB Friday 8* Boston Red Sox -125 @ Chicago Cubs @ 2:20 ET - Rich Hill facing the team he started his career with. He'll be ready here. The veteran left-hander has been strong in road games and strong in day games this season. On the road he is 3-1 with a 2.50 ERA. In day games he has a 2.78 ERA. As for Adrian Sampson, might be bad news that he is facing a tough American League foe. Sampson started his career in the AL and those seasons saw him go 6-12 with an ERA north of a 5.00 prior to coming to the Cubs for the 2021 season. I like this play regardless of who the starting pitchers are however. Chicago is off a surprising blowout win over the Reds yesterday but Cubs are just 15-26 at home this season and only 15-25 in games against teams with a winning record. Red Sox solid 23-17 in road games and 28-17 in games against teams with a losing record. Cubs are 2-9 in interleague games this season. 8* BOSTON -125

CFL Friday 10* Top Play OVER 46 in Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs Edmonton Elks @ 7:30 ET - We are getting some line value here because this total is being held lower due to the treat of rain in the forecast for this game. The key here is I do not expect it to be full-on rain event. Rather look for some scattered storms which means it may or may not happen during the game. Additionally, the winds are not expected to be too bad. That said, I love the over here. Edmonton allowing 38 points per game this season and Hamilton allowing 30 points per game this season. Each team has allowed at least 26 points in all 3 of their games. Given those numbers you can see why I am fully expecting this non-divisional match-up to get into the 50s for total points. 10* OVER 46 in Hamilton