The Cincinnati Reds proceed their chase for a postseason berth and try to finish a sweep after they go to the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night for the finale of their three-game sequence. Cincinnati (67-60), which has received three straight general after starting this set with 4-1 and 6-4 victories over Los Angeles, trails the New York Mets (67-58) by one recreation for the third and last Wild Card spot within the Nationwide League.
Gavin Lux gave the Reds a lead they by no means would relinquish earlier than an out was recorded within the sequence opener, belting his fifth dwelling run of the season after TJ Friedl led off the sport with a single. Noelvi Marte and Miguel Andujar every drove in two runs within the center contest earlier than Friedl lifted a sacrifice fly within the ninth inning to snap a tie and Lux adopted with an RBI double.
Nick Martinez (10-9, 4.73 ERA) seems to win his fifth consecutive determination when he takes the mound for Cincinnati on Wednesday. The 35-year-old right-hander, who escaped with a no-decision in his final outing after surrendering six runs over 2.2 innings towards the key league-best Milwaukee Brewers, is 3-3 with a 3.02 ERA in 13 profession video games — together with 5 reduction appearances — versus Los Angeles.
The Angels (60-66), who’ve misplaced 4 of 5 since sweeping a three-game sequence towards the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers and are 7.5 video games out of a Wild Card spot within the American League, counter with Yusei Kikuchi (6-8, 3.52). The 34-year-old Japanese southpaw is coming off simply his second defeat in 11 begins, a loss to the Athletics during which he yielded 4 runs over 4 innings. Kikuchi made his solely profession look towards the Reds in 2022, giving up two runs throughout 4.1 frames of a no-decision whereas with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Along with the Reds-Angels matchup, there are 9 different video games on the MLB night schedule, one WNBA contest and 4 quarterfinal matches within the 2025 Leagues Cup.
Beneath is a snapshot of what to look at and guess for Wednesday, Aug. 20. All instances Japanese
MLB finest bets, the place to look at
Reds at Angels
Time: 9:38 p.m. | Location: Anaheim, Cal. | TV: MLB Community | Stream: Fubo (Begin watching, save $20!)
SportsLine decide — Mannequin: Over 9 (-104)
The Reds have received 4 straight highway video games, and two of the final three noticed a minimum of 10 mixed runs scored. Ten of the Angels’ final 13 contests have had 10 or extra runs placed on the board. The SportsLine Projection Mannequin sees a lot being scored within the sequence finale, because it has the Over in additional than 57% of its simulations.
Giants at Padres
Time: 9:40 p.m. | Location: San Diego | TV: MLB Community | Steam: Fubo (Begin watching, save $20!)
SportsLine decide — Mannequin: Padres -156
These NL West rivals cut up the primary two contests of their four-game sequence, with San Francisco edging San Diego 4-3 within the opener and the Padres answering with a 5-1 triumph on Tuesday. That victory ended a four-game dropping streak for San Diego, which trails the first-place Dodgers by two video games within the division, however the Padres nonetheless occupy a wild Card spot. The mannequin has the Padres profitable in 62% of its simulations towards Giants starter Landen Roupp, who did not defeat San Diego in two begins earlier this season.
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WNBA finest bets, the place to look at
Wings at Sparks
Time: 10 p.m. | Location: Los Angeles | TV: League Move | Stream: Fubo (Begin watching, save $20!)
SportsLine decide — Skilled prop: Paige Bueckers Over 18.5 factors (-120)
The Sparks received the primary two conferences between these groups this 12 months, each of which happened in Dallas. Bueckers leads the Wings in scoring with an 18.8-point common and topped all gamers in Dallas’ 97-96 loss to Los Angeles final Friday with 29 factors. SportsLine’s Max Meyer sees Bueckers developing with one other productive efficiency on this matchup.
Leagues Cup finest bets, the place to look at
Inter Miami vs. Tigres UANL
Time: 8 p.m. | Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | TV: FS1 | Stream: Fubo (Begin watching, save $20!)
SportsLine decide — Skilled prop: Tigres UANL Over 1.5 targets (+105)
Inter Miami didn’t submit a clear sheet in the course of the league section of the competitors and Tigres UANL scored a minimum of one objective in every of their three matches. The membership netted a complete of seven tallies in these contests, main all Liga MX sides. SportsLine soccer knowledgeable Brandt Sutton is aware of Tigres have been a tough opponent for MLS groups and believes they’ll report a number of targets on this showdown.
Wanting forward: Stanford at Hawaii
Time: 7:30 p.m. Saturday | Location: Honolulu | TV: CBS | Stream: Paramount+
SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Stanford +109 | Skilled: Hawaii +2.5
The school soccer season begins Saturday with the 5 video games, together with a matchup between Stanford and Hawaii. Each groups struggled in 2024 because the Cardinal received simply three of their 12 video games and the Rainbow Warriors completed with a 5-7 general report. Stanford is 4-0 within the all-time sequence, profitable 37-24 of their most up-to-date matchup two years in the past.
Hawaii, which hosted all 4 of the earlier showdowns, is a 2.5-point favourite for Saturday and the over/underneath is ready at 50.5 factors. However the SportsLine Projection Mannequin, which simulates each school soccer recreation 10,000 instances, sees the Cardinal profitable outright with a projected last rating of 28-24. Click on right here to see the mannequin’s rating and participant projections for each FBS recreation on the faculty soccer slate Saturday.
