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Well, the long wait is over and Championship weekend is here in the NFL. The numbers will be sharp with a shorter slate, so pick your spots or live bet.
Hoops season is something I'm hitting heavy now and soccer as always is part of the menu. Let's end the football season on a big note, good luck!
New Plays
Coming soon
1/21 205 CST
Chelsea/Arsenal over 2.5 5U MAX
535
Jimmy Garoppolo Over 1.5 pass Td 2U
Rodgers Under 244.5 pass yards 2U
Kittle over 74.5 rec yards 2U
Niners TT FH over 13.5 5U MAX
350 CST
Clippers -3.5 3rd Q 1U
3rd Q TT over 30.5 1U
2nd half over 117 1U
1.18 224CST
Richmond at George Mason 2nd half over 74 3U
Previous Plays
Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs - AFC Divisional Playoffs3rd Q over 10.5 2u
Chiefs 2nd half TT over 17 5U MAX
456 CST
San Francisco 49ers 2nd half TT over 13.5 3U
720 CST
New Orleans Pelicans at New York Knicks
2nd half over 110 3U
Pelicans TT over 55.5 3U
Pelicans 3rd Q TT over 27.5 3U
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Astros win with timely hits and some heads-up defense
Jun 6, 2025, 10:40 pm
Framber Valdez pitched seven strong innings, Isaac Paredes homered twice, and the Houston Astros beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-2 after a lengthy rain delay on Thursday night.
THAT'S AN ALL STAR CALIBER HOMER.#BuiltForThis x https://t.co/W06pfHQMR1 pic.twitter.com/V9cLeU1WNf
— Houston Astros (@astros) June 6, 2025
Valdez (6-4) won his fifth straight decision by limiting the Pirates to two runs on five hits with three walks and a season-high 11 strikeouts after waiting out the delay that pushed the start of the game back 3 hours and 22 minutes. The left-hander is now 5-0 with a 1.72 ERA in his last six starts.
Paredes hit his 13th homer of the season leading off the fourth against Mitch Keller (1-8). His 14th, a two-run shot in the ninth, put the game away.
ISAAC MY GOODNESS! #VoteParedes x https://t.co/W06pfHQMR1 pic.twitter.com/OyjOZ1IuFu
— Houston Astros (@astros) June 6, 2025
Jeremy Peña added three hits and drove in a run for the Astros. The shortstop is batting .361 since moving to the leadoff spot on April 27.
Jake Melton, who made his major league debut last weekend against Tampa Bay, had two hits, including a two-run single against Keller in the fourth.
Keller had been pitching well despite receiving the lowest run support in the majors. The right-hander wasn't quite as crisp against the Astros, giving up six runs on eight hits in 6 1/3 innings as his ERA crept up to 4.19.
Jared Triolo had two hits and scored twice for the Pirates, who have dropped four of six.
Key moment
The Pirates were down two and had runners on the corners with two outs in the fifth when Valdez fanned Andrew McCutchen on a curveball.
Key stat
9 — the number of runs Pittsburgh has scored in Keller's last starts.
Up next
Astros: head to Cleveland for a three-game weekend series starting Friday when Colton Gordon (0-1, 5.95 ERA) faces Cleveland's Logan Allen (3-3, 4.22).
Pirates: welcome Philadelphia for a three-game set beginning Friday. Bailey Falter, who posted a 0.76 ERA across six starts in May, starts the opener for Pittsburgh.