Last Saturday’s MLB Same Game Parlays went 2-1 at BetRivers Sportsbook with none other than the Braves preventing us from busting out the brooms. What Ronald Acuna Jr. and co. did to Eury Perez could be considered illegal in the other 49 states. The rook was forced to eat a big ‘ol serving of humble pie and you have to imagine it’s a taste he won’t soon forget. Thankfully the bats of the Padres and Reds and arms of both Tyler Glasnow and George Kirby allowed for us to reel in some nice profit with all three legs of both SGPs cashing in. Let’s see if we can bang out some more parlay winners this Saturday – SLAM YOUR MAN!!

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Toronto Blue Jays vs. Detroit Tigers

I’m expecting one of the contenders for the AL Cy Young Award to close the first half with a bang when Kevin Gausman hits the bump for start No. 19 Saturday afternoon to throw at Detroit for the second time this MLB betting season. The righty was simply spectacular when he opposed the Tigers way back on April 12 in allowing 3 ER through eight innings while racking up a beautiful 11:0 K/BB ratio. Though his splitter has seen a dip in velocity recently, Gausman has made up for it by painting the corners with his 4-seamer both up and down in the zone. The Tigers have been better than average versus the slider and 4-seam fastball per Baseball Savant, but have been absolutely wretched against the splitter. Should it return to form in his first half finale, Detroit will be hard-pressed to do much of anything offensively while the BJ’s ace is on the bump. Making it all the more convincing that this will be a runaway triumph for the visitors is the fact that Matt Manning has been nothing short of mediocre since returning to the rotation in allowing eight hits and 6 ER with a K/BB ratio of 8:4 through 10.2 combined innings. Current Toronto bats have raked him for a .324 batting average and 1.035 OPS with 3 HR and seven total extra base hits. Gausman logs win No. 8 with Manning hitting the showers early!

MLB SAME GAME PARLAY: BLUEJAYS RUN-LINE + GAUSMAN OVER K PROP + MANNING OVER EARNED RUNS

Atlanta Braves vs. Tampa Bay Rays

Every rookie hits a wall throughout his inaugural campaign in the Bigs, and that looks to be exactly what Taj Bradley is going through right now having conceded 17 hits and 12 ER with a 5:2 K/BB ratio over his last two starts. The right-hander hasn’t seen any dip in velocity with his 4-seamer and cutter, so it’s more than likely opposing teams have simply come to know what to expect with 12 games of film to break down. It’s up to the youngster to make adjustments now, but doing so against a Braves offense that rips the cover off the ball against three of his most heavily used pitch types is asking a bit much. I’ll tip my hat if the cutter proves to be the saving grace! Regardless, I in no way, shape, or form want to get in the way of what looks to be a locked in Spencer Strider who has allowed a grand total of 4 ER and racked up an insane 28:3 K/BB ratio over his last three starts spanning 19.2 total innings. He’s been his toughest away from Truist Park where his ERA clocks in a season-best 3.35, and he’s been equally hard on both left and right-handed bats so Tampa’s myriad of southpaw sticks won’t make the impact it normally does. The Rays have struck out at a near 31.0 percent clip over the last week, so another double-digit strikeout tally will be there for “The Mustache Man.”

MLB SAME GAME PARLAY: BRAVES MONEYLINE + STRIDER OVER K PROP + BRADLEY UNDER PITCHING OUTS

Seattle Mariners vs. Houston Astros

As much as I want to continue riding the Bryan Woo train after he took care of business for us earlier in the week in San Francisco, I think this dust up with the Astros puts him back in his place. This isn’t to say he isn’t an up and coming arm for the Mariners. However, his stuff just doesn’t match up well with a Houston offense that’s raked the 4-seamer per the folks at Baseball Savant, and has been one of the tougher teams in the league to set down via the strikeout evidenced by a 20.8 percent team K percentage (No. 4). Woo has largely relied upon his fastball to get out of jams and average 5+ innings over his last five starts, but that advantage won’t be made available to him in this one and his secondaries haven’t been nearly as dominant or effective. All said, Seattle will still have an excellent opportunity to win this game as big a rut Cristian Javier looks to be in right now with the right-hander serving up at least 4 ER in four of his last five starts. He just got ripped for 8 ER and a pair of home runs against Texas last time out, and Seattle’s bats have come around of late in averaging 5.1 runs over its last seven games. Look for the offense’s to decide the end result of this one!

MLB SAME GAME PARLAY: FULL GAME OVER + WOO UNDER K PROP + JAVIER UNDER PITCHING OUTS

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