The Friday sports card features MLB and CFL action.
Major League Baseball has 15 games on its schedule. Two MLB games throw out the first pitch at 6:40 PM ET. New York visits Miami with Chris Bassitt taking the ball for the Mets to pitch against Sandy Alcantara for the Marlins. The Mets are a -130 money line road favorite with the total set at 7 (all odds from DraftKings). Cincinnati plays at home against Baltimore, with the Reds turning to Mike Minor in their starting rotation to pitch against a starting pitcher yet to be named for the Orioles.
Three MLB games start at 7:05 PM ET. Philadelphia travels to Pittsburgh with Bailey Falter taking the hill for the Phillies to go against Jose Quintana for the Pirates. The Phillies are a -130 money line road favorite with an over/under of 8. St. Louis is at Washington, with the Cardinals tapping Miles Mikolas to take the mound against the Nationals’ Anibal Sanchez. The Cardinals are a -180 money line road favorite with a total of 9. New York plays at home against Kansas City with Gerrit Cole on the hill for the Yankees against Kris Bubic for the Royals. The Yankees are a -345 money line favorite with an over/under of 8. Detroit is at Toronto on Apple TV at 7:07 PM ET, with the Tigers turning to Bryan Garcia, who got called up from the minor leagues yesterday to pitch against the Blue Jays’ Alek Manoah.
Two MLB games begin at 7:10 PM ET. Milwaukee visits Boston with Brandon Woodruff taking the ball for the Brewers to pitch against Brayan Bello for the Red Sox. The Brewers are a -165 money line road favorite with a total of 9. Cleveland plays at Tampa Bay with the Guardians using Shane Bieber as their starting pitcher against the Rays’ Jeffrey Springs. Both teams are priced at -110 with an over/under of 6.5. The Atlanta Braves host the Arizona Diamondbacks at 7:20 PM ET. Kyle Wright takes the hill for the Braves to duel against Madison Bumgarner for the Diamondbacks. Atlanta is a -210 money line favorite with a total of 9.
Two more MLB games start at 8:10 PM ET. Chicago plays at home against Oakland, with the White Sox turning to Lance Lynn to pitch against the A’s James Kaprielian. The White Sox are a -200 money line favorite with an over/under of 8. Houston hosts Seattle with Justin Verlander on the mound for the Astros to pitch against Robbie Ray for the Mariners. The Astros are a -180 money line favorite with a total of 7. The Los Angeles Dodgers travel to Colorado to play the Rockies at 8:40 PM ET. The Dodgers tap Julio Urias to take the hill against the Rockies’ Chad Kuhl. Los Angeles is a -225 money line road favorite with an over/under of 11.5.
The Los Angeles Angels are at home against the Texas Rangers at 9:38 PM ET. Patrick Sandoval takes the mound for the Angels to battle against Martin Perez for the Rangers. Los Angeles is a -115 money line favorite with a total of 7.5. The San Diego Padres play at home against the Minnesota Twins at 9:40 PM ET. The Padres tap Blake Snell to pitch against the Twins’ Joe Ryan. San Diego is a -115 money line favorite with an over/under of 7.5. The San Francisco Giants host the Chicago Cubs in the night cap on Apple TV at 10:15 PM ET. Alex Cobb is on the hill for the Giants to pitch against Marcus Stroman for the Cubs. San Francisco is a -140 money line favorite with a total of 7.5.
Week 8 in the Canadian Football League continues with the British Columbia Lions playing in Saskatchewan against the Roughriders on ESPN2 at 9 PM ET. The Lions won for the fourth time in their first five games this season with their 17-12 victory against Hamilton as a 9.5-point favorite on July 21st. The Roughriders are on a two-game losing streak after getting upset at home to Toronto, 31-21, as a 2.5-point favorite on Sunday. British Columbia is a 2-point road favorite with an over/under of 49.5.