Daily Picks Recap - August 5th

By Connor Stone

HOU (-105, 2.6u)

Home Runs from Josh Smith and Corey Seager sparked the Texas Rangers in a win spoiling the pick.

CHC (+1.5, 0.9u)

A three hit performance from the Cubs offense paired with the speed and bat to ball skills of Manuel Margot and Royce Lewis caused the Cubs to fall 3-0 spoiling the run line pick.

MIN (-125, 0.3u)

The performance by the Minnesota speedsters was not all in vain however, as it pushed out pick to Minnesota to win on the moneyline.

ARI (-118, 0.25u)

Arizona @ Cleveland was a nail-biter pick thanks to these two high flying offenses. 6 runs from each teams in regulation took us to extra innings where a two run Joc Pederson HR moved the Diamondbacks out in front for a Justin Martinez save to secure the money-line pick.

MIA (+120, 0.6u)

A combined 839 feet worth of HR's from, Elly De La Cruz sparked the Reds offense to destroy the Miami Marlins, whos stater Roddery Munoz only went 3 2/3 innings, spoiling the money-line pick.

SF (-1.5, 0.7u)

SF (-165, 0.25u)

Thanks to the slugging of Tyler Fitzgerald and Matt Chapman, the Giants jumped out to a 4 run lead only giving up 1 in the process, securing our run-line and money-line pick.

TEX (+1.5, 0.8u)

TEX (-1.5, 0.7u)

The SS 3B duo of Alex Bregman and Jermey Pena sent the Rangers to extras innings where they only needed one run to pull of the win, but not by the margin we needed to secure the picks.

OAK (-200, 1.5u)

OAK (-1.5, 0.4u)

In the battle of the mundane, a combination of slugging and great defense from the A's pushed them to a 5-1 victory over the White Socks securing our run-line and money-line pick.

PHI (+110, 0.85u)

PHI (+1.5, 0.45u)

Although the slugging duo of Shoehi Ohtani and Teoscar Hernandez secured a 5-3 win over the Phillies to spoil the money-line pick, the Phillies got enough offense from their middle infield duo, Alex Bohm (3B) and Bryson Stott (2B), to cover the run-line spread.