Wise n' Shine: MLB picks, MLS predictions and tennis best bets for Wednesday, August 30

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I've been writing about the NFL and a host of other sports for the UK's top daily betting paper the Racing Post for more than 20 years. An incurable Browns fan (1-31 survivor), I also specialise in all kinds of motorsport betting including F1, MotoGP, IndyCar and NASCAR. For Phil Agius media enquiries, please email contact@pickswise.com.
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Welcome to another wonderful Wednesday of sports, Pickswise Nation. We have a full slate of MLB games today, plus US Open tennis and midweek MLS soccer, so let’s get straight to making your next bet better!

About Last Night

5-0 run with MLB Best Bets!
Our MLB Best Bets have been living up to their name and a 5th straight 3-star play won comfortably on Tuesday as the Rays beat the Marlins 11-2 to cash our -105 odds Rays ML pick. Stretching a little further back, the Best Bets run stands at 12 wins and only 2 losses in the last 14 picks!

The Brewers’ 9-game winning streak was ended in a 1-0 shutout win for the Cubs, while the A’s scored an upset win over the Mariners, winning 3-1. Seattle had won the teams’ previous 8 meetings this season, but lost scheduled starting pitcher George Kirby to illness before the game.

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Today’s Slate

Another 15 MLB games today
There is a full slate of baseball coming our way today, starting at 1:05 pm ET with the Angels vs Phillies game on MLB Network, which is also showing the nightcap between the Diamondbacks and Dodgers at 10:10 pm ET. Check out all of today’s MLB picks.

Second round starts at Flushing Meadows
The second round starts at the US Open in New York today and our expert has tennis picks for today’s action, including a play for Coco Gauff’s match against Mirra Andreeva.

Busy night of MLS action
There are 13 games in the MLS tonight, including Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami taking on Nashville at 7:30 pm ET on Apple TV+. We have soccer predictions for every game.

Best Bet of the Day

MLB: Texas Rangers vs New York Mets Under 9 (-105)
6:40 pm ET, MLB Network

Tonight’s Mets starter Kodai Senga was one of the best signings of the last offseason. In 24 starts in his rookie season, Senga has a 3.17 ERA with a 1.24 WHIP and a stunning 28.5% strikeout rate. Meanwhile, the Rangers will turn to Dane Dunning. The right-hander has a 3.64 ERA with 39 strikeouts in 29.2 innings in August and has allowed 4 or fewer runs in 11 of his last 14 starts. With the way Senga has pitched since the All-Star break, the under looks good. Read our full Rangers vs Mets predictions.

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Must-read

Today’s MLB mega parlay is ready to read as we look for our 5th parlay win in 5 days, as well as our YRFI/NRFI best bets as our expert looks to add to his 25-10 run. All our NFL preview content is in our NFL Betting Guide and we also have the bets to make after the NFL preseason, our US Open tennis Day 3 preview, and college football Week 1 early picks.

Head over to the Analysis tab for even more great sports betting content as it arrives throughout the day.

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Stat of the Day

Both teams have scored in 18 of the Columbus Crew’s last 20 MLS road games.

Quote of the Day

“It can be a very strange business sometimes. You just roll with it.”

Pitcher Lucas Giolito was understandably surprised to be one of 6 players the LA Angels placed on waivers yesterday.

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