ST LOUIS CARDINALS(Leake) -102 over Pittsburgh Pirates(Nova)-----Leake started strong this season and slowly started to get worse after May19th,  when New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu took down the Robert E. Lee statue in  Louisiana.   It was the wrong move,  as Louisiana congressional rep Steve Scalise was shot almost to death on June 14th.   After June 30th Leake's decline accelerated greatly as batters---who had been hitting .238 off him----are now hitting .278 off him after those 8 starts after June 30th.   True,  there have been trouble with "Leaks" from the White House,  but to the extent that his name has an 'L' and 2 'e's in it,  we need to put tremendous support into him after Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh took down----in an utterly fascist decision----the Robert E. Lee monument in her soon to be annihilated city.(Lose 6-3........Leake rocked again in 3 innings)

LA ANGELS(Bridwell) +108 over Baltimore Orioles(Tillman)------Tillman comes out of the pen,  I guess;  he's been terrible this year,  while Bridwell's been great.   If starting pitching means anything,  Angels should win this game with ease.(Win 5-4..........Cameron Maybin GWRBI........Kole Calhoun GWRun)

LA DODGERS(Maeda) -139 over Detroit Tigers(Verlander)-----well I bet on Verlander last time and he lost for me.  In fact,  the Tigers FUCKING SUCK.   The fucked up thing....is that Verlander is from Virginia,  a state that is threatening----with a Charl-ville dep mayor,  Wes Bellamy,  who is a misogynist homophobe---shockingly put into his office by Virginia's shithead governor Terry McAuliffe-------to defile its state history by removing a Robert E. Lee statue.   So I think Verlander will continue to lose...........because the traitors running the state are trying to fucking kill off their history and their Old Heroes.(Lose 6-1...........Verlander goes 8 2 1 1 9.......surprisingly)

ATLANTA BRAVES(Newcomb) +107 over Cincinnati Reds(Castillo)------Newcomb has been way too wild,  he's 1-7.........can he continue to suck like this?(Win 8-1........Nice win by the young Aryan Newcomb,  tho he had 5 walks in 5 innings.  Tyler Flowers hit a Grand Slam; Freeman and Phillips 3-5.........Ozzie Albies 2-4)

HOUSTON ASTROS(Peacock) -1.5(-115) over Oakland(Cotton)--------Cotton has had plenty of starts this year and he's just giving up too many runs per inning.   Peacock,  though he does walk 1 every 2 innings,  and he's done poorly in August,  he's had a solid year.(Lose 3-2..........Wow,  and Houston's supposed to have the best offense........Cotton goes 6 4 2 3 2)