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4- one on the show yesterday now 29 12 and3 over the last N9 days here on the power five let's get right into Thursday selections I've got three day games in Major League Baseball so get ready to get your bets in early plus a free college football winner for tonight as well as a reminder you can always comment down below with any questions or thoughts on my plays we're going to get it started the first play Under Giants Brewers shop around you still may be able to find an 8 and a half but I like this down to eight which may surprise some of you given how the two starters Hayden birdog for the Giants and Aaron savale for the Brewers how they've looked recently they're not neither of them are really in good form uh I'll get to that in a minute and why I think both of them can bounce back but this is the rubber match of a three-game series between the Giants and Brew Crew remember I cash a 3% winner on the over in Tuesday's game Giants won that 5-4 Brew Crew bounced back by winning 5-3 last night this is a day game against 210 Eastern Time start the thing with seavale is that he's generally pitched better at home this season both with Tampa and here at Milly W all four home starts for the Brewers have seen cval allow two runs or fewer with closer Devon Williams back in the fold the Brewers Bullpen uh now has the lowest erra in all of baseball for the season so we should be good on the back end as well turning to the Giants with bird song you may recall he was great in July 2.45 ER and five starts he stumbled a little bit in August I know but last time out bird song allowed just one run in four Innings I think we're going to get more of that here so under down to eight is the call for Giants and Brewers I mentioned earlier power five on a tremendous 29 12 and three run these last nine days well if you've been enjoying the free winners like under San Francisco Milwaukee which I just gave you go ahead smash that like button always appreciate the support also don't forget about your opportunity to get a free week of winners at wagertalk.com find out more about that right now at my page wt.com of the ninth to win 43 that came on the heels of the cards dropping the first two games of this series it will be sunny gray on the mound this afternoon for the Red Birds now he's C certainly struggled uh since the All-Star break particularly when it comes to allowing home runs however in his career against the Padre's grade 2-0 with the 1.64 erra pardon me his two previous starts against the Padre's uh 2-0 with the 1.64 ER one of those was as recently as April so I think gray is going to be okay here uh then you've got Michael King starting for the Padres today he has had no issues of late 2.29 erra with only two home runs allowed since the break as I mentioned on yesterday's show both both these teams have good bullpens so second straight day we're looking to bet the under in Padre's Cardinals Rockies first five run line against the Marlins it'll be around minus 120 to lay the half run in the first five innings with the home team here this is your third and final uh Day game uh on the power five today uh that minus 120 price pretty much the same as it is for the Rockies to win the game but I'm going to choose to focus on the first five and leave Colorado's League worst Bullpen out of the equation the Rockies have taken two or three so far in the series probably feel they should be going for a four game sweep today but remember Tuesday that Bullpen blew a six-run lead so that's why I want to look get rid of that Bullpen and just look to the first five here lay that minus 120 lay the half a run uh can't get looked past the fact the Rockies who are much more competent team at home as you know they've LED after the first five innings each of the last two games they're the much better defensive team than the Marlins as well that's something that gets overlooked in baseball handicap a lot the Marlins committed four errors last night Rockies they're a more sound team in the field so I'll play them first five run line again minus half a run one more for you in MLB tonight under n and a half in Orioles Dodgers this is another rubber match Orioles won his big underdogs on Tuesday Dodgers win his short favorites Wednesday not sure who's going to win Thursday don't really care but I don't think we're going to see many runs in the process now I understand many of you are probably freaking out right now because the starting pitching match up for this game is K don't call me myy poic against Bobby Miller but Miller had nine strikeouts in six Innings his last start meanwhile poic he's a have three runs or fewer in seven of his last 10 starts if we can get to the bullpens without either starter blowing up and I don't think either will we're going to be in great shape here nine and a half is too high of a total so under it is all right guys we are not only rolling here on the power five again 29 12 and three record the last nine days on the show but over at wagertalk.com I'm now on a 51 and one run the last 5 days with my premium plays went 2-0 yesterday cashing the Guardians and what was a very fun game to attend live then I had a 4% best bet on the over eight and a half in Mets Dbacks tonight I looked to make it two for two again with my top MLB play on the card as well as my first college football play of the season ended last year on a red hot 19 and8 run in CFB had Michigan against both Alabama and Washington that play uh against Alabama that was a 5% play was my top college football play of the year so head on over to wt.mc later on by the way how about dropping a comment on which team you think is going to win the AL Central this year I mentioned I was at the Guardians game yesterday there were lots of discussions at the Ballpark uh over who out of those three teams in contention are going to win the division now a moment ago you heard me mention college football let me give you a free CFB winner for Thursday and how about taking an FCS team to beat an FBS team what a Brian power way uh to kick off the season this would be Sacramento State plus three and a half versus San Jose State they don't need to beat him they just need to stay within a field goal uh I mean what does this line tell you San Jose State for those of you who may not know does not bring back a ton of experience major question marks coming into the season at quarterback Sacramento State okay not only have they not had a losing season at the FCS level since 2018 but the Hornets have wins over FBS teams each of the last two years they won at Colorado State in 2022 and at Stanford in 2023 so let's take the points with Sacramento State the Hornets sting San Jose State in tonight's opener time to recap the power five going back to the top Day games Major League Baseball under Giants Brewers I like that down to eight number two Padres Cardinals under eight number three Rocky's first five run line should be around minus 120 to lay the half the Run there against the Marlins number four under N9 and a half in Orioles Dodgers and number five Sacramento State plus three and a half versus San Jose State little FCS versus FBS college football for Thursday you can let me know what you think of those selections by commenting down below also if you already haven't done so smash that like button right now and if you're not already subscribed to the wager talk YouTube channel go ahead do that right now click that Bell you get instant alerts when all your favorite shows drop speaking your favorite shows not only do I do the power five daily but you can't forget about the morning wager with myself and my good buddy Mark Zeno every Monday through Friday that does it for the power five today once again my top place for tonight one in MLB one in college football will be available at W.B slbp also check out that special offer you can get a full week of winners absolutely free oh by the way today's your last day to get 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