PHOTO USA Today Sports Image Clayton Kershaw featured a former All-Star in wins in his last two starts. It’s not good for National League batters, but good development for bettors.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have been ravaged by injuries all season. Now the ace-like Kershaw is trying to silence the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night.
College football season kicks off Saturday with Week Zero as Florida State and Georgia Tech battle the Irish and Atlantic Coast Conference newcomer SMU visits hapless Nevada. We will look at the Mustangs-Wolf Pack matchup.
There are two WNBA games on the schedule, and one involves Caitlin Clark. OK, no suspense; you know which one we’re going to dissect.
TAMPA BAY RAYS AT LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Kershaw made just his sixth start after undergoing shoulder surgery in the offseason. They made their season debut on July 25 but needed time to work out the kinks—not a rock band—after being inactive.
The 36-year-old gave up one run and three hits over 5 2/3 innings against the Milwaukee Brewers on Aug. 12 and tossed six shutout innings of four hit ball against the St. Louis Cardinals. While Kershaw may not win a fourth Cy Young Award before his career ends, the 2014 National League MVP still has the upper hand when his arm is healthy.
Kershaw is 2-0 with a 3.26 ERA in three career starts against Tampa Bay. Los Angeles also had plenty of momentum after Shohei Ohtani’s grand slam for a 7-3 victory on Friday. The Dodgers have won five consecutive games and have the best record in the majors.
Tampa Bay enters the season before the trade deadline at the end of July and has scored just nine runs in its last five games. Rays right-hander Taj Bradley has allowed 18 runs over 20 innings while striking out four straight starts, and the poor streak won’t end there.
Dodgers -1.5 run line, +114 (DraftKings)
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HIGH SCHOOL AT NEVADA
This game has an underwhelming look as the Mustangs play their early game as an ACC program. SMU has its top quarterback in Preston Stone, while the Wolf Pack are coming off consecutive 2-10 seasons.
Stone passed for 3,197 yards, 28 touchdowns and six interceptions in 12 games last season before missing the final two contests with a broken fibula. The Mustangs finished 11-3 and had excess momentum as a program by moving from the American Athletic Conference to the ACC.
Jeff Choate will lead Nevada for the first time, and his only previous head coaching experience came at FCS program Montana State (28-22 from 2016-19). Brandon Lewis threw just two TD passes in 12 games (10 starts) last season, but is back in the lead after Nebraska transfer Chubba Purdy (Brock’s younger brother) missed most of fall camp with a shoulder injury.
The Mustangs have no problem winning this game, but the spread is huge. A bad Nevada squad lost by just seven at home to Kansas last season, so look for the Wolf Pack to cover it with a late TD.
Nevada +27 spread, -108 (DraftKings)
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INDIANA FEVER IN MINNESOTA LYNX
Clark is playing like one of the top players in the league and has averaged 26 points and 9.5 assists over the last two games. Indiana has won two games and has taken four of its last five.
Minnesota is also a hot team with five consecutive victories, including four straight by double digits since playing again after the Olympic break. The Lynx won home-and-home with the Las Vegas Aces, including an 87-74 home victory that saw star Napheesa Collier record 27 points and a career-best 18 rebounds.
Minnesota is a stellar 13-3 at home, but one of those setbacks was an 81-74 loss to the Fever on July 14th. Indiana rallied to outscore the Lynx 28-14 in the fourth quarter of the contest, which Collier missed with a foot injury. Clark scored 17 but was just 5-of-17 shooting.
Count on close games. Riding Indiana to cover—and perhaps win—is the direction to go.
Fever +5.5 spread, -110 (DraftKings)
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