The Jazz were embarrassed in game 1 and they shot the ball poorly. Utah takes pride in their defense and coaching and I look for a close game tonight in game 2. Take the Utah Jazz with the points here.

As I've said, I don't really have too many systems when it comes to betting baseball. I like to fade pitchers coming off their career high or a really high pitch start and that's what we are getting with Brad Keller. He's relatively young still and is coming off an outing where he tossed a career high 118 pitches. Keller beat the White Sox at home back on March 28th holding them to two hits and one walk in seven innings. He's won three straight against them which is concerning, but KC's bullpen is hideous. The group has seven losses and six blown saves already. Chicago's offense isn't great, but they are putting up over 4.5 runs per game. Lucas Giolito beat the Royals in KC back on March 31st holding them to two runs and three hits in just over six innings. The KC Royals are hitting around .213 on the road where they are 0-5 as a team. Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things, but Giolito has not lost to the Royals in seven career starts with Chicago being 6-0 overall. Take the Chicago White Sox here on Wednesday afternoon.

It’s not secret that both of these teams are on an absolute Over tear. Combined they have cashed the Over in 17 of their last 21 games. A total that if that steak was the opposite would be no higher than eight runs. Good news is Arrieta is giving up a ton of hits and runs and he is on the decline.

In this day game we are going OVER THE TOTAL!

I expect Denver to come out with a lot of energy and jump out to an early lead. Denver's down 0-1 and will come out strong and want to establish Jokic early who didn't play well in game 1. Jamal
Murray didn't make a 3-pointer in the game either.
The Nuggets shot poorly from the perimeter as well. Just 21% from 3-pt land and just 66% from the FT. Both will be much improved tonight.
Denver has the strongest home court in the NBA not getting any respect as the #2 seed. I look for a blowout win from Denver at home here in game 2.

The Tampa Bay Lightning tied an NHL record with 62 regular-season victories.

They're going to need to match another mark to remain in the playoffs.



The Lightning find themselves in that position following a 3-1 defeat Sunday night at the Columbus Blue Jackets, who will play host to Game 4 on Tuesday night. Teams that have been up 3-0 have gone on to post a 186-4 record when it comes to winning the series.


No team that won the Presidents' Trophy has ever been swept in the first round of the playoffs and we look for TAMPA to come out strong here on Tuesday night and get a win.

The Lightning played Game 3 without Nikita Kucherov, who led the league with 128 points in the regular season. Kucherov was suspended one game by the NHL Department of Player Safety for boarding Columbus defenseman Markus Nutivaara late in the third period of Game 2. HIs return will help the Lightning tonight for sure!

Look for the Tigers to stop their 3-game win streak.
We believe that Detroit starter Boyd is undervalued here as a pitcher similar to Marquez when we took him to beat the Giants as the Rockies won 4-0 as he nearly pitched a no hitter.
Boyd is 1-1 with a 2.60 era and he held the Indians to just 4 hits and 1 run, the Yankees on the road to 5 hits in 6 innings and 1 run and even when he didn't pitch well against the Bluejays, he still struck out 10 batters in that game in 5 innings. This is actually the best year he has pitched so far this year and it seems that he has figured things out after several years as a starter. He has always been talented but it seems to have come together a bit this year. The Pirates starter Musgrove has a 4 ERA in Interleague play and I think at the end of the day, the better AL pitcher at home and lineup get it done.

The Indians just got swept on the road by the Royals over the weekend. They should be playing with a chip on their shoulder tonight in Seattle. The Indians will send what has been their best starter over the past two seasons to the rubber tonight in Trevor Bauer. He is 1-1 with a 2.29 ERA in three starts this season for the Indians, picking up where he left off last year.


The Indians just got swept by the Royals and one has to think they bounce-back here.

He had only given up 1 hit in 14 innings before that. Going to be honest with you, we are not high on Kikuchi. He is an incredibly hard worker, but look at the box scores closely, he has given up 16 hits, 2 walks and 4 homeruns in 17 innings. Put it all together with the Indians needing a win, Bauer needing a bounce-back and Kikuchi likely going to get hit hard at some point and it might be here. Play the CLEVELAND INDIANS in a big win tonight!

Philly's back is against the wall as it can't afford to go down 0-2. The Nets deserved to win Game 1, but they also had a lot of things go their way. The 76ers shot poorly from the perimeter and Embiid was limited, Simmons was awful, and the Sixers missed 13 free throws while the Nets -- one of the worst FT shooting teams in the league -- went 24/26. I expect things to flip Monday night and the 76ers win big.

A trip to a great pitching environment is exactly what Yu Darvish needs to get his 2019 campaign on track. This is a nice matchup with the Marlins who have a team wOBA of just .275 against right-handed pitching. Marlins Park will help Darvish avoid early trouble and the Cubs offense will provide enough run support to pick up the win. Take the CUBS here on Monday night.

The Caps took care of business at home, winning both games. Now I look for the Hurricanes to get back in it in Game 3. Carolina got hot over the second half of the season and managed to work its way into the Eastern Conference playoff mix. Home ice will be huge tonight as the Hurricanes mentally getting back into this series. Look for the Hurricanes to grab a win here on Monday night.