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Red hot Bookie Busters: NFL Draft picks, NBA and Champions League
Apr 25, 2018, 6:42 am
The NFL Draft offers some betting opportunities. Brett Deering/Getty Images
Bookie Busters went 5-2 last week, and we look to keep the streak going. Soccer plays are on an outrageous 19-1 Run (all Documented through Houstonsportsmap.com/ sportsgamblingpodcast.com and Twitter)
2018 Draft Bets
Overall First Pick
Sam Darnold -260
Josh Allen +250
Baker Mayfield +535
Saquon Barkley +975
Josh Rosen +5000
Bradley Chubb +10000
QB's drafted in the 1st round over/under 5½?
Over +180
Under -260
RB's drafted in the 1st round over/under 1½?
Over -245
Under +175
WR's drafted in the 1st round over/under 2½?
Over +110
Under -150
How many wide receivers drafted in the 1st round over/under 2½?
Under 2.5 Wide receivers drafted in the first
C.Ridley draft position over/ under 19½?
Under 19.5
Top 3 picks of the draft are all QB's +130
Any other result -180
Any other result
NBA
Raptors vs. Wizards
The Toronto Raptors return home after letting Game 4 slip thru their hands. When Bradley Beal fouled out in the fourth on a phantom call, the Raptors were in position to steal the road game and come home comfortable. Instead, they blew the opportunity and now return home with the pressure now on them. Toronto was the second-best home team in the NBA where they won 83 percent of their games sitting at 36-7 straight up and 45-40-1 ATS. Toronto was the third best scoring team in the opening halves of contests averaging 57 per the first 24 minutes. Thier average margin in first halves is +4.5, and in the last three, that number has risen to 7. The Wizards are an average team in terms of first-half scoring and only hold a+.1 point margin. Look for the Raptors to come out hot and take control of this game early.
Raptors -4 1st half
Thunder vs. Jazz
Thunder home games went under 55 percent of the time while Utah loves to slow the pace. In a must-win for the home team, expect spurts in this game where both teams struggle to score.
Under 207.5
Soccer Champions League Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid
The Allianz Arena is a venue that takes your breath away, and that's what the Germans have done to visiting clubs going undefeated this season playing at home. The Germans haven't tasted defeat at the Allianz in 21 instances, and in 14 of those matches, they netted at least three goals.
There have been a total of 384 goals in the 121 matches in this year's Champions League, thus far breaking last year's record.
Both of these clubs thrive on scoring with Madrid averaging 2.6 goals per match and Bayern 2.3.
When these two clubs have faced off, Real Madrid has beaten the Germans four out of the last five times. Picking a side will be tough. Instead, I'll sit back and wait for goals to happen in a matchup that guarantees to see chances from both sides.
Over 3
Bayern Team Total Over 1.5
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Oswald Peraza hit a two-run single in the ninth inning to help the Los Angeles Angels snap a three-game losing skid by beating the Houston Astros 4-1 on Saturday night.
Peraza entered the game as a defensive replacement in the seventh inning and hit a bases-loaded fly ball to deep right field that eluded the outstretched glove of Cam Smith. It was the fourth straight hit off Astros closer Bryan Abreu (3-4), who had not allowed a run in his previous 12 appearances.
The Angels third run of the ninth inning scored when Mike Trout walked with the bases loaded.
Kyle Hendricks allowed one run while scattering seven hits over six innings. He held the Astros to 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position, the one hit coming on Jesús Sánchez’s third-inning infield single that scored Jeremy Peña.
Reid Detmers worked around a leadoff walk to keep the Astros scoreless in the seventh, and José Fermin (3-2) retired the side in order in the eighth before Kenley Jansen worked a scoreless ninth to earn his 24th save.
Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti struck out a season-high eight batters over 6 1/3 innings. The only hit he allowed was Zach Neto’s third-inning solo home run.
Yordan Alvarez had two hits for the Astros, who remained three games ahead of Seattle for first place in the AL West.
Key moment
Peraza’s two-run single to deep right field that broke a 1-1 tie in the ninth.
Key Stat
Opponents were 5 for 44 against Abreu in August before he allowed four straight hits in the ninth.
Up next
Astros RHP Hunter Brown (10-6, 2.37 ERA) faces RHP José Soriano (9-9, 3.85) when the series continues Sunday.