{"id":59528,"date":"2023-07-15T18:07:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T22:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=59528"},"modified":"2023-07-15T18:07:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T22:07:37","slug":"spencers-best-bets-july-15th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/07\/15\/spencers-best-bets-july-15th\/","title":{"rendered":"Spencer’s Best Bets for Baseball: July 15th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was very likely the worst day in this Best Bets series’ short history. An absolute “burn the tape” moment for us. Let’s recap the plays. In the first play of the day, things started extremely well. The Cleveland Guardians<\/a> lineup jumped on Jon Gray from the start, making it to the halfway point with a 4-2 lead. Gray was pulled with only four strikeouts, cashing this leg of the parlay. However, the Guardians bullpen allowed the game to completely fall apart, coughing up 10 runs in the remaining three innings of play. In our second play, half of the plan went smoothly. Sandy Alcantara upheld his end of the bargain, allowing three runs to cross the dish, but Dean Kremer had other plans. Kremer came out and pitched a six-inning, eight-strikeout gem, only allowing a single run during his outing.<\/p>\n

It feels bad in the moment, but at the end of the day, we are still squarely in the black for the series. On to the next.<\/p>\n

Best Bets for July 15th<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Best Bets Recap: July 14th<\/h3>\n

Day 6 Recap:<\/p>\n

Officials: 0-2<\/p>\n

Jon Gray u4.5 Ks & Guardians +3.5 \u274c\u274c
\nMarlins @ Orioles F5 o4.5 \u274c\u274c<\/p>\n

Fun plays: 1-1<\/p>\n

Willy Adames 1+ RBI \u274c\u274c
\nGuardians F5 ML \u2705\u2705<\/p>\n

Best Bets Record<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Overall: 20-15-0 (+4.74U)<\/p>\n

Official Plays: 9-4-0 (+3.36U)<\/p>\n

Fun Plays: 11-11-1 (+1.47U)<\/p>\n

*** Added the Home Run Derby plays to the tracking. This is the reason for the big jump in the number of plays.<\/p>\n

On to Today’s Best Bets!<\/p>\n

Red Sox @ Cubs<\/h3>\n

For our first play of today, we are rolling with the red-hot Boston Red Sox<\/a>. They will be taking on Marcus Stroman and the Chicago Cubs<\/a> at Wrigley Field for the second game of this three-game series. The Sox came out swinging last night, recording a season-high six home runs, and taking home their sixth win on the trot. I like them to continue this trend even against Stroman, who has been stellar up to this point.<\/p>\n

The Play: Red Sox F5 ML (-110) 1U<\/p>\n

Fun Play: Rafael Devers 1+ RBI (+130) .5U<\/p>\n

Brewers @ Reds<\/h3>\n
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Over the last 2 games, @Brewers<\/a> pitchers have struck out 32 Reds batters while allowing 0 runs.<\/p>\n

That’s the most strikeouts without allowing a run by any MLB team over a 2-game span in the modern era.<\/p>\n

\u2014 OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) July 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n