Wednesday night college football in October?! Plus, best MLB Game 162 bets

Greetings sports activities followers, it is Chris Bengel again within the saddle with you.

The Main League Baseball postseason is formally set after the Braves clinched the Nationwide League East division title on Tuesday. It is a pretty open discipline with fairly just a few intriguing groups that you might place futures bets on. I, for one, am glad to see the Mariners again within the playoffs for the primary time since 2001. It is all the time enjoyable to see a franchise again within the postseason that hasn’t been there in a number of years. Possibly the Mariners or Guardians upset the apple cart and make a deep run on the World Collection this 12 months. Both approach, it will be superior to observe.

Let’s get to Wednesday’s picks.

All instances Jap, and all odds through Caesars Sportsbook

🔥 The Scorching Ticket

SMU at UCF, 7 p.m. | TV: ESPN2

Newest Odds:

UCF Knights
-2.5

• Key Pattern: Central Florida is 4-1 ATS of their final 5 video games following a ATS loss
• The Decide: UCF -2.5 (-165)

This sport needed to be rescheduled twice resulting from Hurricane Ian hitting the state of Florida. Now it is lastly being performed, so we get some Wednesday night time soccer, which actually is not the worst factor — particularly with no MLB night time video games.

It is possible going to be a sport that comes all the way down to the wire, however I am using on the Central Florida facet of a really small unfold. The primary storyline right here is that security Isaiah Nwokobia, defensive again Chace Cromartie and large receivers Roderick Daniels Jr. and Jayleen Record are reportedly set to enter the transfer portal and won’t play the remainder of the 2022 season. It is laborious to not just like the Knights on this spot. It additionally does not harm that SMU has dropped back-to-back video games to Maryland and TCU which have been determined within the fourth quarter.

In relation to Central Florida, John Rhys Plumlee — a former Ole Miss sign caller — is getting it performed each on the bottom and thru the air. Plumlee is averaging 5.9 yards-per-carry and at present leads the Knights in dashing with 404 yards on the bottom. By 4 video games, the Central Florida protection has solely yielded 48 whole factors, which is a part of the explanation that they’ve raced out to a 3-1 begin. The Knights are permitting simply 169.8 yards-per-game by means of the air, which is sweet for third within the AAC. Think about how SMU quarterback Tanner Mordecai likes to unfold it round, the protection goes to wish to proceed to be on their toes on this one.

💰 MLB picks

Royals at Guardians, 4:10 p.m. | TV: MLB.TV

Newest Odds:

Over 7.5

The Decide: Over 7.5 (-115): — With Wednesday being the ultimate day of the common season, it appears solely becoming that I would experience with a staff that has received us a major quantity of bets all year long within the Guardians. Whereas I do not thoughts the moneyline, there’s higher worth within the over.

The over is 6-0 within the Royals’ final six contests and 5-0 within the Guardians’ final 5 video games. That is laborious to argue with. Royals starter Jonathan Heasley owns a 4-9 file to go together with a 5.00 ERA and has surrendered a minimum of 4 runs in two of his final 4 begins. As well as, the right-hander is contemporary off of an outing by which he allowed 4 earned runs on six hits and struck out only one batter in simply 4 2/3 innings towards the Tigers. It additionally does not harm the Royals have the third-worst bullpen ERA (4.64) in all of baseball, so even when Heasley does not get lit up, runs are nonetheless very a lot in play. 

In the meantime, Guardians beginning pitcher Aaron Civale has a 5.04 ERA on the season and did permit a pair of house runs in his final begin, which satirically got here towards the Royals. Civale additionally owns a 3.92 whereas pitching at house this season, so the potential for runs on either side is a really massive risk.

Key Pattern: The over is 6-0 within the Royals’ final six video games

Angels at Athletics, 4 p.m. | TV: MLB.TV
The Decide: Shohei Ohtani Over 6.5 Strikeouts (-164): — It is really outstanding watching Shohei Ohtani. He has produced one other distinctive season on the mound, so we’ll experience along with his strikeout prop to cap off the common season.

The Angels ace has recorded a minimum of seven strikeouts in every of his final 4 begins along with 5 of his final six. In his three begins towards the Athletics this season, Ohtani has racked up a minimum of seven strikeouts in two of these outings, together with a 10-strikeout efficiency towards the A’s in his most up-to-date begin on Sept. 29. Ohtani has additionally been victorious in every of his final 4 begins, so he is clearly been throwing the ball extraordinarily effectively. The A’s rank 14th within the majors when it comes to strikeouts, so the chance for swing-and-misses is actually going to be current on this one.

Key Pattern: Ohtani has registered a minimum of seven strikeouts in 5 of his final six begins