Today's top picks: why the Rangers will beat the Lightning, plus more MLB and soccer best bets for Thursday, June 9
SportsLine's proven experts share their favorite bets on the Early Edge podcast for Thursday, June 9
Jonathan Coachman is joined by top sports betting experts Mike McClure, John Bollman and Allie O'Neill on the Early Edge podcast, powered by SportsLine. Get highlighted plays for the NBA, Major League Baseball and soccer for Thursday, June 9, and you can stream the show live every morning on the SportsLine YouTube page.
Coach starts things off with two SportsLine plays of the day, the first being Rangers (+105) to beat the Lightning in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals (8:00 p.m. ET). "Love them," Coach says of the Rangers. "8-1 at home? I'll take the percentages."
Coach is also all over a CONCACAF Nations League pick from SportsLine's Brandt Sutton: Over 2.5 goals in Canada-Curaco (10:30 pm ET). "In Canada's last seven games, they've gone over two goals in all of them," Coach says. "So all we need is a third goal tonight, and we'll take that."
McClure has a play from MLB: St. Louis Cardinals Team Total Over 2.5 runs (-120) (1:10 pm ET). "You're going to see the Cardinals out here with eight of nine right-handed bats, and that's going to force [Rays starting pitcher Shane] McClanahan to throw his fastball a little bit more."
Coach has two Cash with Coach plays. The first is the Rays outright (-175) over the Cardinals. "[Cardinals starter Miles] Mikolas has not been good lately," he says.
He also likes Over 8 runs (-108) in the Rockies-Giants game (3:45 pm ET). "Logan Webb is not the pitcher he used to be," Coach says, advising that it can take sportsbooks time to catch up to struggling pitchers.
O'Neill's play is Over 8 runs in the Pirates-Braves game (7:20 pm ET). "The Over is 19-9-2 in Braves home games," she says.Â
Bollman closes the show out with yet another MLB pick: the Red Sox (+110) outright over the Angels (9:38 pm ET). "We've now cashed fading the Angels in seven straight games," Bollman says. "There's no reason to stop fading them now."
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