The Skins offense with just 217 and 212 their first two games whole earning a combined 20 FD’s. With the injuries the Redskins have suffered they needed to sign QB Jalen McClendon last week and he played. We all know Atlanta failed to cover 13 straight games but they are also 3-11 O/U in that same span scoring over 14 points just once. Washington said they want to work on the running game tonight so that will chew up some clock.
The Falcons will start Ryan but he won’t be in long as he actually played 14 attempts last week, which was their third game of the season because of the Hall of Fame game appearance.
Take the UNDER here.

In general, interleague games tend to go under just due to the fact of the unfamiliarity of the teams and pitchers. Civale takes the hill for the Indians, and he is off to an impressive start to his young career. He has a 1.50 ERA in 4 starts, but what is more impressive is the fact he has held elite offenses like the Yankees to just 2 earned runs, Twins 1 earned run, and Rangers 1 earned run.
Syndergaard has posted a 1.65 ERA with 25 strikeouts over his past four starts, three of which led the Mets to a win.

We have two pitchers motivated to do well, as they are both in the thick of the playoff race; hence we like this one to go under. The total has gone under in 3 of Syndergaard's last 4 starts. The under is 3-0-1 in Civale's last 4 starts.

I look for the Yankees and JA Happ to get a win here on road tonight. Holding the Yankees in check at the plate is a tough task to accomplish in consecutive nights. Look for the Yanks to bounce back with a win here behind their offense.

Boston only scored 2 runs last night on their home field.

I like the Red Sox to bounce back and avoid the quick 2-game sweep at home. Boston had won 5 straight before losing the series opener 3-2 on Tuesday. It really felt like the Red Sox gave that away as they had all the chances in the world to win that game late.





Philadelphia will be sending out Drew Smyly, who is a mere 2-5 with a 6.47 ERA and 1.594 WHIP in 14 starts. The Phillies are 1-5 in his last 6 road starts vs a team with a losing home record.

Red Sox will turn to Rick Porcello, who has been throwing a little better of late. He's got a 3.71 ERA and 1.00 WHIP in his last 3 starts.


Even with yesterday's loss Boston is 20-7 in their last 27 interleague games against a team with a winning record and 40-15 in their last 55 interleague home games. The RED SOX are the #1 team in Interleague play the past 10 years.

If that's not enough, Red Sox are 14-2 in Porcello's last 16 interleague starts. Take Boston!

The Yankees German 8-0 last eight overall team-starts, and 3-0 career team-starts in August, and 12-2 team-starts at night this season. The Yanks are also 17-3 when he starts. NY is the #1 offensive team for August and Oakland is near the bottom. The A's Homer Bailey 6.03 ERA last seven starts, and 2-9 last eleven team-starts in August. I always like NY after a day off as well and I look for them to win on Tuesday night.

The Cardinals are a below average team against left-handed pitching with just a .316 team OBA. Michael Wacha has really struggled this season and I'm projecting more of the same tonight with the tough Milwaukee bats. I'm backing Gio Gonzalez and the Brewers here tonight.

Aaron Nola is 11-3 with a 3.56 ERA this season and he is 5-2 with a 2.09 ERA in his last 11 starts. Brian Johnson is 1-1 with a 6.45 ERA this season in 10 appearances and five starts. The Phillies get another bat in their lineup here in a AL ballpark. The Red Sox are 2-5 as the home dog all season. The Phillies are 17-9 when Nola starts, and I like the Phillies on the road.

The Broncos new head coach Vic Fangio will be coaching at Mile High for the first time in this one and wants a win. Nick Flacco probably won’t play but Drew Lock was outstanding against the Seahawks last week. Their running backs are better as well as this SF team is banged up and cannot risk losing any more key players on offense. Denver will go with QB Kevin Hogan play the second half is not a drop off.

Last year the 49ers had the 28th ranked defense and they have issues and aren't expected to play the starters very long here in their week 2 game. This is the 3rd game for Denver as they played in the HOF game. This seems like a flat spot for the 49ers and a big spot for the Broncos on National TV. Lastly, the Broncos are a perfect 8-0 ATS at home off a straight-up loss as a favorite in the preseason since 1983.

Joe Ross has thrown well for Nationals lately, allowing one run over his last three starts.

Ross has been dealing his last 3 start just 1 earned allowed, 3-0 .50 ERA his last 3 starts and considering with Scherzer set to return Thursday it could be Ross or Fedde that gets sent down so he will be motivated to do well. Pirates have been a disaster since the all start break but Williams typically after back to back non-quality starts, tends to come through with a quality start - especially considering he had 5 walks last game and will be ready to bounce back tonight. Washington hit 8 HR's yesterday and had to travel here and I like the UNDER on Monday night.

We now 5-1 our last 6 NFL Preseason picks, and we are looking for another winning here on Sunday.
We like the Chargers and think that this game will be a blowout. New Orleans and Los Angeles have practiced and played against each other each of the last two years in the preseason, and the Saints have won both games. I think that the LA Chargers will put more effort into this one and they are not going to want to lose at home to this team for a third year in a row. Drew Brees will get limited snaps for the Saints in this one. I don't think that Teddy Bridgewater will play as well this week as he did against his former team last week when the Saints lost to the Vikings.

The Chargers have a very deep roster, and I think that they will be able to outlast the Saints in this one. I feel the Chargers defense is one of the best and so the Chargers defense should be the tie breaker plus we are getting a couple of pts as the underdog here. Play the Chargers this evening.