MLB
Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates:
Cincinnati Reds (to win) /// 1.91
Last bet won. Meanwhile, 2nd winning bet in a row! Let's continue to punish the bookies for their mistakes. Philadelphia played weak (only 3 hits in the entire game). So a 3-2 score in Atlanta's favor is still too good for the Phillies. Obviously, Philly looks terrible in the second half of the regular season (lost already the 7th series from 10). Well, the Braves played great, but missed a lot of opportunities to win more confidently. But it was enough for a winning bet. My betting score is NBA 94-110 in favor of unsuccessful, MLB 75-63 in favor of successful, NHL 2-5 in favor of unsuccessful, NFL+NCAAF 3-8 in favor of unsuccessful.
New bet: Cincinnati Reds on the road will beat Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd game of the series. No need to overestimate Pittsburgh's merits in the 1st game, as Paul Skenes locked down 6 innings and allowed his offense to destroy the unstable Nick Lodolo. So I don't see anything surprising about the 7-0 score. Without Paul Skenes Pittsburgh is like Detroit without Tarik Skubal. Jonathan
india should wake up in the 2nd game. First of all I expect 1-2 hits from him, as he played very well in the previous games against Pittsburgh. Elly De La Cruz is traditionally dangerous, and also Amed Rosario, for whom this season is the best of his career, has joined the Reds' roster! Accordingly, he has a “0.306” average on offense. Pittsburgh does not have any player with a rating higher than “0.282”. And a few words about the starting pitchers, traditionally. Andrew Abbott will play as Cincinnati's starting pitcher in the 2nd game of the series. This is the most reliable pitcher of the Reds roster this season! And he's actually very reliable for the 11th team in the National League. His current ERA is “3.72” and this is his 2nd season in the League. He has already played 2 games against Pittsburgh last season and both games he played reliably with 8 hits and 4 runs in 10 innings, while also having 16 strikeouts and only 2 walks. That's pretty solid! And considering that Andrew Abbott is playing more reliably this season than last season, there is a high probability that he will cover 5-6 innings with no more than 1-2 runs. Bailey Falter will play as Pittsburgh's starting pitcher. His current ERA is “4.02”, but his ERA was “5.63” in June, “4.91” in July and “4.63” in August. So it's obvious that this is a very weak pitcher. He has played 6 games in his career as a starting pitcher against Cincinnati and failed in 3 of them. His stats against Cincinnati: 28.1 innings, 35 hits and 22 runs! That means he gets an average 1 run against Cincinnati in almost every inning! That's awful! Well, 4 losses and 2 wins in games against the Reds, accordingly. I consider Cincinnati in the 2nd game of the series as the clear favorite! You want to bet? Sure!