The Toronto Blue Jays continued the trend of the road team winning every game in the American League Championship Series with their 8-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners to even the series on Thursday. However, the SportsLine model predicts this trend ends on Friday, making the Mariners defeating the Blue Jays at home one of its Friday best bets in a 6:08 p.m. ET start. The model is also backing plenty of offense in No. 2 Miami vs. Louisville, picking Over 50.5 points, and has an afternoon soccer best bet as well. The model predicts Espanyol to defeat Real Oviedo in La Liga action at 3 p.m. ET.
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Friday college football best bets
Game: Miami vs. Louisville (Friday 7 p.m. ET)The Pick: Over 50.5 points (-110)
Both ACC teams made two of the biggest quarterback acquisitions from the transfer portal heading into this season, with Miami signing Carson Beck from Georgia and Louisville adding Miller Moss from USC. Moss has thrown for 1,358 yards, including more than 300 yards in three straight games, and Louisville is averaging 32.3 ppg this season, which ranks 35th in the nation. Beck has thrown for 1,213 yards with Miami averaging 32.5 ppg, slightly ahead at No. 32 in the country. Both teams have scored at least 26 points in every game this season, a trend alone that would bring this game Over its total. Given the experienced quarterbacks leading these successful offensive teams, the model projects the Over to hit in 73% of simulations.
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Blue Jays vs. Mariners best bets
Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Seattle Mariners, ALCS, Game 5 (6:08 p.m. ET)The Pick: Mariners to win (-104)
Game 5 features the same pitching matchup as Game 1, a contest the Mariners won, 3-1. Bryce Miller returns to the mound for Seattle against Toronto’s Kevin Gausman, and Miller allowed just one run on two hits in six innings in Game 1. The Mariners entered the postseason after one of the best final few weeks of a regular season in baseball history, going 17-4 over their final 21 games, including a 17-1 stretch. That success has carried into the postseason with a 5-2 start before dropping back-to-back contests. The Mariners had the second-best home record in baseball (51-30) this season, and the model projects Seattle to win in 56% of simulations.
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Friday soccer best bets
Game: Espanyol vs. Real Oviedo, La Liga (3 p.m. ET)The Pick: Espanyol (+150) to defeat Real Oviedo on the 90-minute moneyline
Real Oviedo will host Espanyol at 3 p.m. ET in La Liga action before a busy weekend slate. Espanyol are ninth at 3-3-2 this year, while Real Oviedo are 17th at 2-0-6 in the league this season. Real Oviedo are coming off a 2-0 loss to Levante on Oct. 4 in their last La Liga match for their fourth loss in five contests since the start of September. They’ve only scored three goals over those five matches. Espanyol are winless over their last four matches, but they had two draws and the two losses came to teams currently in the top four on the table. The model projects Espanyol to win on the 90-minute line in 48% of simulations, showing strong value at +155 at DraftKings.
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