Saturday Betting Recaps
Saturday was a wild sports betting day with action in baseball (pro and college), WNBA, soccer, golf, UFC, etc.
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For our purposes here, we’re going to stick with the full slate of 15 MLB games – highlighted by the Angels exploding for 25 runs on Saturday night – and the College World Series Championship Series and the USFL playoffs.
Let’s get the details with our daily recaps, plus also update the season-long betting stats, including the USFL with its playoffs continuing on Sunday.
MLB: Faves went 9-6 Saturday including the Angels in their 25-1 rout at the Rockies as -150 road faves in the last game of the night. The biggest upsets were by the Royals (+211 in 9-4 win at the Rays), Nationals (+162 in 2-0 win at the Padres) and Tigers (+145 in 3-2 win vs. the Twins). Home teams went 9-5 with the Cubs-Cardinals game being played at a neutral site in London). Overs led 8-7.
More MLB: On the season, favorites lead 665-469 with 18 games closing pick-’em. Home teams lead 604-545 with 3 neutral-site games after Saturday’s Cubs-Cardinals game in London. Unders still lead 558-549-44 with 1 no-action.
CWS: No. 5 LSU beat No. 2 Florida 4-3 in 11 innings on Saturday in Game 1 of the best-of-3 College World Series Championship Series. The Tigers did it as +115 underdogs in Game 1 (still stayed Under closing betting total of 9.5 runs).
USFL: Pittsburgh Maulers beat the Michigan Panthers 31-27 in OT of the first USFL semifinal on Saturday night in Canton, Ohio. The ViewFromVegas is the Maulers ended up covering after closing as 3-point favorites thanks to the OT scoring rules using 2-point conversions (game went Over the closing total of 37 points in a game that was a defensive battle and turned into a shootout in the 4th quarter).
More USFL: Favorites start the playoffs 1-0 SU and ATS, plus Overs start 1-0. On the season, including the 10-week regular season and the playoffs, underdogs still lead 27-14 ATS (65.9%) and actually also lead 22-19 SU. Unders still hold a slim lead at 22-18-1 (55%).
