Messi and Barcelona are in action today. Gabriel Rossi/Getty Images
Bookie Busters started off hot and cooled down towards the back end. I really like the new system we have now with me updating plays on the articles. When football starts, it will be most useful with live and halftime wagers. For now, let's keep chasing angles.
Wed. 8/15 2 PM CST
UEFA Super Cup - Final
Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid
Atletico TT over 1 MAX -115 WINNER
BTTS MAX 5U-120 WINNER
Real Madrid has owned Atletico as of last going back to 2016/17 Champions league semis. I have a sneaky suspicion that Atletico scores a few times.
Wed. 8/15 11:15 AM CST
International Club
Boca vs Barcelona
Barca TT over 2.5 2U +115 WINNER
Wed 8/15 9 PM CST
MLS
Real Salt Lake at Los Angeles FC
Over 3 MAX -155 LOSS
Europa
Leipzig vs Craiova
Leipzig -1 MAX 5U
Leipzig first half ML 2U
Over 2.5 1U
Midtjylland vs New Saints
Over 3/3.5 Asian -105 2U
Hibernian vs Molde
Molde -1 2U
England
Sheffield/Sunderland
Over 2.5 2U
Parlay 1U
Leipzig -1
Botafogo -1
Molde ML
South America
Botafogo vs Nacional
Botafogo -1 MAX
Botafogo First Half MAX
Over 2 MAX
Botafogo seemed like the better team the first match. They will be out for blood early, and I see them scoring 2-3.
Tread at your own risk, pick and follow your favorite plays. I have Max confidence in all 3
UPDATED 8/16 4:45 PM CST
Eagles/Pats
Over 42 1U
Steelers/Packers
over 43 1U
Packers First half -3 1U
Good Luck!
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Jeremy Peña and Christian Walker each hit a three-run homer, and the Houston Astros outslugged the Baltimore Orioles 10-7 on Friday night.
A little something to make your day better pic.twitter.com/whwYikHwx2
— Houston Astros (@astros) August 22, 2025
Colton Cowser went deep for Baltimore, but the Orioles couldn’t pull this game out despite twice cutting a four-run deficit to one.
Steven Okert (2-2) got the win in relief for Houston, and the Astros — who are without injured closer Josh Hader and lefty reliever Bennett Sousa — held on. Houston signed veteran reliever Craig Kimbrel and he was with the team, but the AL West-leading Astros didn’t use him. Bryan Abreu struck out four to end the game and get his second save.
Rookie catcher Samuel Basallo, who agreed to an eight-year, $67 million contract before the game, did not start for the Orioles, but entered as a pinch hitter in the seventh and tagged out a runner at the plate the following inning.
Peña’s drive to left capped a four-run third that included two Baltimore errors. Jeremiah Jackson’s two-run double made it 4-3 in the fourth, but after Orioles starter Cade Povich (2-7) was pulled with two outs in the fifth, Yennier Cano came on and immediately gave up Walker’s homer.
The Orioles trailed 7-6 after Cowser’s solo shot in the seventh, but pinch-hitter Victor Caratini’s two-run double in the eighth made it a three-run game, and Peña’s comebacker bounced off reliever Corbin Martin and into shallow right-center field for an RBI double.
Orioles infielder Vimael Machín hit a solo homer in the eighth in his first big league plate appearance since 2022.
Houston starter Lance McCullers Jr. allowed three runs in four innings after coming off the injured list (right finger blister).
Key moment
Jackson nearly made a diving catch on Caratini’s hit with two outs in the eighth, but once the ball got past him in right, two runs scored to make it 9-6.
Adding some insurance! pic.twitter.com/wKoPuHmenr
— Houston Astros (@astros) August 23, 2025
Key stat
The Astros improved to 15-8 in games in which their opponent starts a left-handed pitcher.
Up next
Cristian Javier (1-1) starts for Houston on Saturday night against Dean Kremer (9-9) of the Orioles.