The Houston Astros will be facing the New York Yankees in their first time meeting since the American League Championship Series in 2021. The Astros, who have won their last seven games against the Yankees, will be visiting Yankee Stadium for a four-game series. Houston currently holds the second wild-card spot and is trailing the first-place Texas Rangers in the AL West by half a game. On the other hand, the Yankees, who are at the bottom of the AL East, salvaged the last game of their series against the Tampa Bay Rays. They are currently 3 ½ games away from securing the final wild-card berth.
During the game, Houston’s Cristian Javier will be pitching against New York’s Clarke Schmidt. The Yankees are favored to win with odds of -110, while the Astros are the underdogs with odds of -109, according to the MLB odds from SportsLine. The over/under for total runs scored is set at 9. This game is one of six on the MLB schedule for Thursday evening. In other matchups, the Chicago Cubs will host the Cincinnati Reds, and the Pittsburgh Pirates will visit the Milwaukee Brewers.
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For Thursday, the model has selected three confident MLB best bets for games starting at 7:15 p.m. ET or later. If these picks are successfully parlayed, the potential payout could exceed a ratio of 5-1. You can find the model’s top picks at SportsLine.
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After running 10,000 simulations for each game on Thursday, the model predicts that the Milwaukee Brewers (-131) will defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates. In the season series, the Brewers have a 5-1 record against the Pirates, with their sole loss being by one run. This series comes at an opportune time for the Brewers, as they have lost five of their last six games and fallen half a game behind the Cincinnati Reds in the NL Central. The Brewers have never lost to the Pirates’ Mitch Keller, who has a 0-3 record and a 4.62 ERA in five career starts against them. Willy Adames, the Brewers’ leader with 17 home runs, has a lifetime batting average of .357 against Keller. Joey Wiemer, who is currently on a seven-game hitting streak, also hit a home run against Keller earlier this year. For more picks, visit SportsLine.
How to make Thursday MLB parlays
Alongside its pick for the Brewers-Pirates game, the model has chosen two other best bets for Thursday. To see the MLB Thursday best bets and parlay, you can visit SportsLine.
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