At 1:05 pm, our selection is on the New York Yankees minus 1.5 runs over the Los Angeles Angels.  In one of the most unlikely scenarios in MLB this entire season, the Angels go for the four-game sweep in the Bronx over the defending AL Champions.  After the Halos shut out the Yanks in the first two games, they won their 3rd straight over New York on Wednesday night by beating them, 3-2.  In the series finale this afternoon, the Angels will hand the ball to Tyler Anderson, while the Yankees will turn to one of their two southpaw aces as Carlos Rodon takes the mound for the 16th time this season.  Anderson has struggled outside of Anaheim this season.  In 7 starts, he has a 6.31 ERA.  He's also 0-3 in six daytime starts, with a 5.64 ERA.  And his ERA over his last five outings is 7.30.  Meanwhile, Rodon -- along with teammate Max Fried -- is having an All Star-worthy first half with an 8-5 record, 3.01 ERA and 0.99 WHIP in just under 90 innings.  Rodon's overall numbers vs. the Angels may not stand out much (a 4-4 record with a 4.40 ERA) but most of the eight starts were when he was with other teams.  In his last two outings against them as a Yankee, Rodon is 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA in 13 innings with 15 strikeouts and one walk.  Rodon is 29-22 with a 3.67 ERA in 75 career daytime games (72 starts).  Take New York minus 1.5 runs.  As always, good luck...Al McMordie.

At 8:00 pm, our selection is on the Edmonton Oilers over the Florida Panthers.  With their 5-2 victory on Saturday night, the Florida Panthers are now one win away from defending their NHL Championship.  And tonight they get to try to close it out at home in Game 6.  But don't count the Oilers out of this thing yet.  Edmonton has shown it can come back in a series, as it went 3-1 in last year's Stanley Cup Final when facing elimination (Game 4-7), and is 6-2 the last three seasons when facing elimination.  And Edmonton is a dominant 16-4 the last three seasons when trailing in a Playoff series.  Florida, meanwhile, is 14-11 (minus 1.3 net games) when leading in a Playoff series, and 7-8 when its opponent was facing elimination.  And it's a poor 45-41 (minus 17.8 net games) as a home favorite of -200 (or less). The Oilers have not yet announced if it will be Stuart Skinner or Calvin Pickard in goal, but Skinner's puck-handling ability could be the deciding factor.  Regardless, we'll take Edmonton as an underdog.  As always, good luck...Al McMordie.

At 1:40 pm, our selection is on the New York Mets over the Tampa Bay Rays.  Griffin Canning spent his first three seasons in the Majors in Anaheim with the Angels, then missed all of 2022 due to injury and came back in 2023 and 2024.  Those last two seasons in Los Angeles were not particularly good and so the Angels granted him free agency last November.  Canning then signed with the Mets on a team-friendly one-year deal and it's one that New York must be very happy with at this point.  In his first season in Queens, the 29-year-old RH is 6-2 with a 3.22 ERA in 13 starts.  Start number 14 will come this afternoon against the Rays as Tampa goes for the three-game sweep.  Canning is only 1-2 vs. the Rays but has a decent 4.01 ERA and 1.13 WHIP in five games (four starts) against them.  In four daytime starts this season, Canning has a 2.79 ERA (vs. 3.40 in nine starts under the lights).  And his teams have gone 36-20 (+15.6 net games) in his home starts in his career.  Finally, Canning has been the ultimate "stopper" this season, as New York has gone 7-0 with Canning this season following a loss in their previous game.  Take the Mets.  As always, good luck...Al McMordie.

At 8:00 pm, our selection is on the Edmonton Oilers over the Florida Panthers.  It's hard to recall a bigger game in their history for the Oilers than Game 4 of this Stanley Cup Finals on Thursday night.  If Edmonton lost, they would trail 3-1 -- a seemingly impossible situation.  And yet it looked like that's exactly what was going to happen at the end of the first period as the Panthers took a 3-0 lead.  And dating back to Florida's overtime winner in Game 2, the Panthers had outscored the Oilers 10 goals to 1.  But the Oilers clawed their way back with 3 goals in the 2nd period, and finally ended it in dramatic fashion in OT with a goal from their star, Leon Draisaitl.  For the second straight game, Edmonton replaced goalie Stuart Skinner with Calvin Pickard but this time the 33-year-old from New Brunswick was outstanding, allowing just one goal with 19 seconds left in the 3rd period, while making 22 saves -- including a couple of critical ones in the overtime period.  There's no doubt the Oilers should go with Pickard from the get-go this evening at home, but skipper Kris Knoblach has not announced a starter as of this writing.  Regardless, we're on the Oilers, as Edmonton is 66-29 (+13.3 net games) as a home favorite, while Florida has burned money as a road underdog (10-15, -2.5 net games).  Take the Oilers.  As always, good luck...Al McMordie.

At 7:15 pm, our selection is on the New York Yankees over the Boston Red Sox. If last night's game is any indication, this series is going to be a good one, perhaps harkening back to Yankee-Red Sox clashes of old. Yankee skipper Aaron Boone didn't get to see the walk-off win by the Sox in the 10th inning from the field as he was ejected after a heated argument with the umps in a game that Boston really needed. Tonight, New York will send Carlos Rodon to the mound for his 15th start of the season. The veteran LHP is having an All-Star-caliber season, with an 8-4 record and 2.87 ERA and 0.95 WHIP in just under 85 innings. After battling injuries for years -- including 2023 in his first campaign with the Yanks -- Rodon is healthy for the second straight season and paying huge dividends. In five career starts here at Fenway Park, Rodon has a very nice 3.72 ERA with 41 strikeouts and 10 walks in 29 innings. And this season he has done his best work on the road with a 4-1 record and 2.61 ERA in six starts away from the Bronx (vs. 4-3 and 3.09 at home). These two pitchers (Rodon and Hunter Dobbins) matched up in the Bronx last week, and Boston won, 11-7.  We'll take New York and Rodon to avenge that defeat. As always, good luck...Al McMordie.