This is a play on the WASHINGTON NATIONALS as part of our MLB Underdog Double Play. Baltimore made it three straight wins with a 1-0 victory last night to lower its magic number to three to win the American League East. There is a lot to play for at this point and the line reflects that with the value on the road spoiler. Washington has lost two straight and four of five but it has been a better than expected season as it has exceeded its projected win total by 10 games already. The Nationals are a respectable seven games under .500 on the road and up just over 20 units. Pat Corbin gets the ball for Washington and he looks to bounce back from a bad game against Atlanta in his final outing. He opened August great with a 2.70 ERA in his first four starts but then was shelled by the Blue Jays and Mets in his next two starts before limiting Pittsburgh and Milwaukee to three runs over 12.2 innings. Grayson Rodriguez has been rock solid since coming back into the rotation in mid-July. He has gone 11 straight starts of allowing three runs or less but the wins have not been the majority as the Orioles are 6-6 in his 12 starts since coming back including 3-3 at home. 10* (929) Washington Nationals

This is a play on the CHICAGO CUBS as part of our MLB Underdog Double Play. We lost a tough one with the Cubs last night as they blew a 5-0 lead which snapped a three-game winning streak with a lot on the line. Chicago is now a game behind Arizona for the second spot and just a half-game ahead of Miami for the final Wild Card spot in the National League. With the win last night and a Dodgers split, the Braves have a four-game lead over Los Angeles for the best record in the National League. Atlanta is just 11-11 over its last 22 games and it is laying a similar number tonight in a less advantageous pitching matchup against a team playing for a lot more. Darius Vines will be making a spot start after Max Fried will miss his place with a blister. Vines has limited experience in the Majors and has been solid with a 3.27 ERA and 0.91 WHIP over 11 innings but this is his most pressured spot. Jameson Taillon had a great six-game stretch with a 2.19 ERA in July-August before struggling by allowing 23 runs over his next five outings but has bounced back at the right times. He has posted a 1.59 ERA and 1.06 WHIP in his last three starts. 10* (905) Chicago Cubs

This is a play on the PITTSBURGH PIRATES for our Wednesday Free Play. This Phillies made it six straight wins with a 3-2 victory in 10 innings which clinched the top Wild Card spot in the National League which gives them the home field edge in the series starting next week. With the celebration following the clinching win, we should have a skeleton lineup tonight. The Pirates had won four straight games prior to a series ending loss against the Reds Sunday before last night. Pittsburgh has managed only four runs the last two games after putting up 41 runs during the recent winning streak and have a chance to get the bats going tonight. Ranger Suarez is the scheduled starter tonight and while he likely will still go, there is no reason to stretch him out. He allowed four runs over 6.2 innings in his last start after allowing three runs or less in his previous six outings and he has struggled at home with a 4.99 ERA with Philadelphia going 5-6 in his 11 home starts. Johan Oviedo will be making his final start of the season and looks to close strong. He has allowed three runs or less in six straight starts for a 2.23 ERA and after a rough start to the season, he has been very consistent, allowing three runs or less in 18 of his last 24 starts. Play (901) Pittsburgh Pirates

It was a tough loss with the underdog Cubs to make it a -$1,000 night and baseball is now on a +$9,240 underdog run. MLB Underdog Double Play tonight! Fargo is on an 11-7 NFL run and his NFL Regular and Postseason record is now 78-54-1 (+$18,670) since the start of last season! CFB and NFL Thursday-Friday posted!