Awful week. "Just a flesh wound!?" Had been a good season where avoided slumps because I play sides, totals and props but it's all going wrong. The Dodgers score four in the first Wednesday and lose at home. Sure. Will take a bit of a breather and let things settle. But can't NOT play one game on the holiday. Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet, etc. Haven't had a HD in years (might today), don't like apple pie and never owned a Chevy. The Reds likely won't have closer Alexis Diaz available and perhaps a few others behind inconsistent former Yankee Frankie Montas. Home teams have won 59 of past 82 on the holiday. Little extra motivation, big crowds, etc.

The Yankees have lost the last two to the Reds but today on the 4th of July Frankie Montas is on the mound for the Reds and he's lost four straight starts meaning today's a great day to bet the Yankees. The last two games the Yankees let the Reds take charge at the beginning and came back at the end only to lose by one run. The key here is getting the upper hand and that's where Frankie Montas comes in play. Yankees will hit Montas and break their losing streak. Yankees have lost two in a row and seven of their last nine to cool off and their two aces in the rotation have failed miserably. Yankees to win.