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In the meantime, let's examine where smart money is leaning for Wednesday's MLB slate...
12:35 p.m. ET: Cleveland Guardians (-135, 9) at Pittsburgh Pirates
The Guardians (47-48) have dominated this Interleague series so far, winning both games by a combined margin of 21-1. In today's early afternoon series finale, Cleveland hands the ball to righty Aaron Civale (3-2, 2.65 ERA) and the Pirates (41-54) counter with lefty Rich Hill (7-9, 4.76 ERA). This line opened with the Guardians listed as a -125 road favorite and the Pirates a +110 home dog. Pros aren't outsmarting themselves here. They're laying the chalk with Cleveland to sweep the series, steaming the Guardians up from -125 to -135. Cleveland is receiving 77% of bets and 82% of money, signaling a heavy combination of both Pro and Joe support. Sweet spot short road favorites -120 to -150 are 145-78 (65%) this season with a 14% ROI. Road Interleague favorites off a win are 52-24 (68%) with a 15% ROI. The Guardians have the better bats (hitting .252 vs .236), betting pitching (team ERA 3.84 vs 4.51) and superior bullpen (rating +14 vs -5). Civale has a 1.50 ERA in three July starts and a 1.69 ERA on the road. Meanwhile, Hill has a 6.60 ERA in three July starts, with the Pirates losing all three games.
7:10 p.m. ET: San Francisco Giants (-110, 10.5) at Cincinnati Reds
The Giants (54-41) have taken the first two games of this series, winning the opener 4-2 as -105 road favorites and then winning again 11-10 yesterday as -135 road favorites. In tonight's series finale, the Giants start righty Ross Stripling (0-2, 6.11 ERA) and the Reds (50-46) send out fellow righty Graham Ashcraft (4-7, 5.95 ERA). This line opened with San Francisco listed as a -125 road favorite and Cincinnati a +115 home dog. The public is riding the Giants to complete the sweep. However, despite receiving 57% of bets we've seen San Francisco fall from -125 to -110. This signals sharp reverse line movement on the Reds, with pros steaming Cincinnati down from +115 to +100. Cincinnati is receiving 43% of bets but 71% of dollars, a notable sharp contrarian bet split. The Reds have correlative betting value as a dog in a high total game (10.5), with more expected runs scored leading to more variance and upset opportunities. This is also a classic buy low, sell high spot as the Giants are 5-0 since the break and the Reds are 0-5. Ashcraft has a 1.50 ERA in two July starts, giving up just two runs in 12 innings pitched.