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| Soccer | Aug 06, 2026 Club Tijuana vs. Austin |
Club Tijuana PK +105 at CIRCA |
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Free Play from Doc’s Sports. Leagues Cup Soccer Take Tijuana +0.5 (-155) over Austin (9 p.m. EST, Thursday August 6) Tijuana is the much better side, and they have a great chance to win this outright, but we will pay the juice for the extra half goal in the case of a draw. Tijuana has shown they are a real force and a contender in Liga MX this season and they could go far in this tournament as Tijuana is hungry for some hardware and a ticket to the Champions Cup that goes to the top 3 teams in Leagues Cup from both MLS and Liga MX. They have the young phenom Gilberto Mora, who made a splash for Mexico in the World Cup and has teams from Europe clamoring for his services. They have other strong players as well. Through Matchday 3 in the Liga they are in second place and tied with mighty America from Mexico City on points and only behind by one goal on goal differential. We expect them to be competitive all season, and we think they will do great in Leagues Cup. Austin has been one of the worst sides in MLS this season and they are much worse than last season when they were at least competitive. They have given up two goals per match in the domestic league and have a -14 goal differential through 18 matches. Home pitch shouldn’t matter much here, and Austin has a dense Latin population, so some in attendance will definitely be pulling for the Xolos. We expect a strong showing from the road side here. |
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WNBA | Aug 14, 2026 Portland Fire vs Storm |
Storm -3½ -115 at Bovada |
Lost $115.0 |
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7 Unit Play. Take #660 Seattle over Portland (10p.m., Friday, August 14 ION) The Storm are not as bad as their record would indicate and playing an expansion team at home should allow them to win two straight games. Portland has not played a road game since July 28th, and they went 2-3 on their five game homestand. The Fire give up a ton of points and that will bite them in this game. Seattle has yet to beat Portland this season, but all 3 games were close, and the Fire are not good enough to beat them 4 straight times. Seattle breaks through and wins this game by double digits. Seattle was favored at Portland on 8/8 and that tells me the books believe they are the more talented team. |
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MLB | Aug 14, 2026 Cardinals vs Cubs |
Cardinals +1½ -133 at Ace |
Lost $133.0 |
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2 Unit Play. Take #951 St. Louis (+1.5 RL) over Chicago (2:20p.m., Friday, August 14 Apple TV+) We will side with the run line in this game as the total tells me the wind will benefit the pitchers in this game. This is a rivalry and the Cardinals would love to kill the Cubs chances of winning the NL Central. I never believe Clay Holmes can through a dominating game on the mound. |
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NFLX | Aug 15, 2026 Panthers vs Bills |
OVER 37½ -110 |
Won $100 |
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2 Unit Play. Take #121 Over 38.5 in Carolina Panthers @ Buffalo Bills (1p.m., Saturday, August 15 Local) This is preseason and teams can change their plans, but the early indications are that both teams will play their starters on offense in this game. It is the opening of the Buffalo Bills Highmark Stadium, and you can bet they want to put on a show with their starters. Carolina gave up 33 points to a rookie quarterback last week and I see them getting torched in this game as well. Dating back to 2025, Carolina has lost 4 straight exhibition games and giving up 102 combined points in those games. Carolina started off slow last year, dropping their first two games and they want to see better offensive earlier in the season. Buffalo has a new offensive minded head coach, and I see both teams reaching the 20 in points in this game. |
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MLB | Aug 15, 2026 Orioles vs Rays |
Rays -143 at betonline |
Lost $143.0 |
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4 Unit Play. Take #918 Tampa Bay -140 over Baltimore (6:10p.m., Saturday, August 15 MLB.tv) Just do not see the first-place Rays losing two straight games to the Orioles. Baltimore unloaded talent at the deadline and Tampa knows the importance of earning the No. 1 seed in the American League. |
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