The Chiefs opened their 2017 preseason with a loss against San Francisco and one that did not go over too well. Kansas City allowed 18 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to lose by 10 points against one of the worst teams in the league and while the games do not count, the Chiefs will be out to play better. They were outgained by 247 total yards and they heard about it this past week. Cincinnati meanwhile beat up on Tampa Bay as they outscored the Buccaneers 20-3 following an early 9-3 deficit. The Bengals got a surprisingly good showing from third string quarterback Jeff Driskel who was their best player on offense and it will be interesting to see what happens with him going forward and possibly taking the place of A.J. McCarron whose name continues to be brought up in trade talks. The Kansas City first string looked good on both sides of the ball in very limited action and they will see more action in the second game. While Driskel shined for the Bengals, rookie Patrick Mahomes was nearly as solid as he went 7-9 for 49 yards and a touchdown. Trading up for him in the draft was a risky move and just one game in cannot tell much but it showed that he is a possible replacement for Alex Smith come next season. The Chiefs fall into an exceptional preseason situation as we play on any NFL preseason road underdog of four points or less, that is coming off a straight up favorite loss by 10 points or more, going up against an opponent coming off a straight up and ATS win. This situation is 25-6 ATS (80.6%) since 1980. This system goes right to the heart of what the majority of bettors shortcomings are and that is they see what happened the week before and then overreact. 10* (411) Kansas City Chiefs

This is the second game of a home-and-home between these East Division rivals with Montreal taking the first meeting 21-9 eight days ago. That win snapped a two-game slide for the Alouettes and it has been an up and down season for them as they have yet to win consecutive games but have come close as their four losses have all come by seven points or less. Montreal owns a very impressive win over Calgary earlier in the season which came at home where it is 3-1 compared to going 0-3 on the road. The Alouettes were favored by nine points last week which seems like a huge number which does not coordinate with the number this week but that is because Toronto was without quarterback Ricky Ray and that was the difference in the game. Backups Cody Fajardo and Jeff Mathews led the Argonauts to only nine points while failing to find the end zone in Week Eight. That was the third straight loss for Toronto, two coming on the road and the third coming against Calgary which is once again red hot and it did not catch the Stampeders in a good spot like Montreal did. We can chalk last week up as a bad break for Toronto without their signal caller and the other seven games have been true to form as it is 3-0 against the weak East Division and 0-4 against the much tougher West Division. The story last week was the Toronto defense as it was solid once again and its 356.9 ypg allowed is a yard away from being the best in the CFL. The return of Ray and the continued strength of the defense lead Toronto to a revenge victory today. 10* (358) Toronto Argonauts

This would typically be a good contrarian spot to back Atlanta considering it has lost eight straight games both straight up and against the number. However, the line is not indicative of that and the Dream right now look to be both mentally and physically shot. A losing streak like this is hard to recover from considering five of the losses have not been close and they are now three games out of the final playoff spot with a team in ahead of them in ninth place. The road has been a disaster as Atlanta is 3-11 including 2-9 as a road underdog. Dallas is tied with Seattle for the No. 7 and No. 8 spots in the playoff standings so each game is important at this point. The Wings have lost two straight games to get into this position, the last coming on the road at red hot Connecticut and the one prior to that came at home against Phoenix by a point in overtime. Dallas had won five straight home going into that game with the Mercury and it is now 9-6 on the home floor on the season. The Wings have won five of seven games as home favorites and while mentioned each game is important, with the next two games at Connecticut and Washington, this one becomes even more vital and a win would likely knock Atlanta out of the playoff picture giving the wings one less team to worry about. 10* (668) Dallas Wings

The Dodgers continued their epic run last night with an 8-5 win in this series opener to improve to 51-9 over their last 60 games. They have crushed the books so stepping in front of this moneytrain can be scary but we are doing so this afternoon as Detroit is in a very good spot. The Tigers have dropped five straight games and last night, the defeat knocked them back to .500 at home. Despite that, the Tigers are 9-3 in their last 12 home games against teams with a road winning percentage of greater than .600. Michael Fulmer takes the hill for Detroit and he looks to bounce back from a pair of poor outings, one before his DL stint and one after. Both of those were on the road however and he has been solid at home with a 3.69 ERA and 1.04 WHIP in 11 starts, nine of which have been quality outings. This includes a stretch of five straight and going back, the Tigers are 10-3 in his last 13 home starts against teams with a winning record. Hyun-Jin Ryu counters for the Dodgers and he has been the worst road pitcher on the staff as his four losses are the most on the team and his two wins are tied for fewest among qualified starters. Detroit has crushed lefties all season as it is first in the American League with a .285 and first in baseball with a .846 OPS and they got to Rich Hill last night so facing another a second straight day is a big edge. Going back, the Dodgers are 2-8 in Ryu's last 10 road starts. 10* (978) Detroit Tigers

Minnesota took the opener of this series last night to keep pace with the Indians in the American League Central and while they deficit is six games, the loss by the Angels put the Twins into a tie with Los Angeles for the second Wild Card spot in the American League. They are 15-11 over their last 26 home games after a very poor start at Target Field and they have won nine of their last 12 overall. Arizona is now a game behind Colorado for the top Wild Card spot in the National League and is four games up on St. Louis, the closest team in pursuit. The Diamondbacks dropped to four games under .500 on the road and they have lost seven of their last 10 games against teams with a winning record. The Twins turn to Jose Berrios who has been very up and down of late but his struggles have mostly come on the road. In 10 road starts, he is 4-4 with a 5.13 ERA and 1.41 WHIP but in seven home starts, he is 6-1with a 3.30 ERA and 0.97 WHIP. Five of those starts have been quality outings and the Twins have won his last five home starts. Zack Greinke gets the ball for Arizona and he is getting the most public action of any team in baseball on Saturday. He has been on a roll but like Berrios, his success has come at home. He is 11-1 with a 2.34 ERA in 14 home starts but he is just 3-4 with a 3.98 ERA and 1.25 WHIP in 10 road starts with Arizona going 5-5 in those games. The most surprising is the fact that only four of those 10 starts have been quality performances. 10* (980) Minnesota Twins

The Royals could not muster any offense off Corey Kluber and the bullpen last night in a 10-1 loss to fall 6.5 games out of first place in the American League Central. Kansas City is now a game over .500 but is just a game out of the second American League Wild Card spot and looks to reverse the outcome tonight in what is a good spot to do so. Cleveland had a six-game winning streak snapped in the second game of its double-header on Thursday but it did not stay down for long as the offense has scored seven or more runs in four of its last five games. Keeping that up will be an issue as the Indians have 22 losses against left-handed starters this season which is the third most in baseball behind the Reds and Giants. Jason Vargas has taken a step back after a great start to the season but most of that damage has been on the road. He is 7-3 with a 3.30 ERA in 12 home starts and two of those games came against the Indians where he allowed no runs in 15 combined innings. The Royals are 24-9 in his last 33 starts. Cleveland counters with Trevor Bauer who has been on a solid run of four straight quality starts and in his last outing, he struck out 11 Red Sox. After that though he tossed two-thirds of an inning on Thursday in that Game Two against Minnesota and that could mess up his routine. On the road, he has a 6.23 ERA and 1.57 WHIP and going back, the Royals are 23-8 in their last 31 games against starters with a WHIP greater than 1.30. Play (972) Kansas City Royals

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We won with this matchup last season in the exact same situation and we are going with it again. Both Seattle and Minnesota opened the preseason with road victories. The Vikings hit the road for a second straight week but that is no issue in this matchup. With the win last week, Minnesota is now 13-1 straight up and 12-2 against the number under head coach Mike Zimmer so while Pete Carroll of the Seahawks is well documented as a coach that likes to win in the preseason, Zimmer has surpassed him. The only loss came two seasons ago in Tennessee which happened to be the final game of the preseason where starters did not see any action. The Seahawks rolled over the Chargers on Sunday as they won 48-17, benefitting from four Los Angeles turnovers. From a scheduling standpoint, Seattle is at a significant disadvantage. The Vikings will have eight days to prepare for Seattle while the Seahawks will be coming in with just half of that preparation time. The Vikings coaches started gearing up Friday morning in hopes of turning around the first team offense that looked bad against Buffalo. Under ordinary circumstances, heading into Seattle is rarely a good recipe to erase previous offensive woes but these are not ordinary circumstances. On the other side, the Vikings will use their defensive depth to wreak havoc on Trevone Boykin and the Seattle offense, nullifying anything that worked this past Sunday. While the overall preseason run for Minnesota has been outstanding, the Vikings have covered nine straight road games in the preseason and getting a field goal is excellent value. 10* (407) Minnesota Vikings

The Angels were off yesterday and maintained their half-game lead for the American League Wild Card second spot but there are four teams within a game and a half. They have been average on the road this season but have been playing better of late by going 7-2 over their last nine road games and have a very intriguing game tonight from a pitching standpoint. Baltimore is coming off a 4-6 roadtrip and is three games under .500 while sitting three games out of the Wild Card. A return home is what the Orioles need to try and make a run and even though they are a solid home team, they are overpriced in this particular spot. The Angels welcome back Andrew Heaney after being out for the past 13.5 months because of Tommy John surgery and another surgery for a misplaced nerve. He was expected to miss the entire season but he went through a perfect rehab and has come back during the stretch run. He posted a 3.49 ERA and 1.20 WHIP in 2015 and made just one start in 2016 before going under the knife. During his rehab in six minor league outings, he posted a 2.60 ERA with 29 strikeouts and five walks in 27.2 innings including allowing one run in seven innings on 94 pitches in his last AAA start. The Orioles counter with Jeremy Hellickson who they picked up from the Phillies and his three starts have been progressively worse. His lone home start was outstanding but catches a hot Angels team that has won four straight games against right-handed starters. 10* (913) Los Angeles Angels

We played against British Columbia last Sunday as they got hammered at Saskatchewan to fall to 5-3 on the season but it remains a very dangerous team in the loaded West Division where four teams are separated by two games after the Edmonton loss last night. The Lions other two losses have come against the Eskimos, one coming at home by just three points in their season opener. They looked awful last week and that is keeping the betting public off the Lions and we will go the contrarian route here with a team that has not been a home underdog since the season opener in 2016. Calgary is coming off its bye week so it has the advantage of playing with some extra rest but at the same time, some positive momentum could have been lost after winning its last three games by a combined score of 128-35. The Stampeders are road favorites for a reason based on the recent play but facing a quality team and favored by this amount is too much of an overreaction. Going back, the Lions are 7-1 ATS in their last eight games following a straight up loss and they will be extra motivated here against a hated rival. They get their first crack at Calgary after they were shellacked last season in the Division Finals by a 42-15 score. Payback is in order tonight. 10* (356) British Columbia Lions

Seattle remains in the playoff picture in the WNBA following a pair of impressive wins but finds itself in a big letdown spot tonight. The Storm won in Phoenix last Saturday and then upset Minnesota at home on Wednesday but caught a Lynx team that was without Lindsay Whalen and Minnesota has gone 1-3 in the four games she has missed. Seattle has won both game with interim head coach Gary Kloppenburg after firing coach Jenny Boucek last week. Seattle is now 9-6 at home which is decent but far from dominating especially now laying a number this big. San Antonio has won four of its last five games as it looks to build some momentum heading toward the end of the season. The Stars have struggled on the road with a 1-12 record but they have gone 8-4-1 ATS in those games so they have not played as bad as the straight up record shows. Despite being 15 games under .500, San Antonio has been outscored by just over 6 ppg and the value is on its side again. The Storm may be without point guard Sue Bird who is nursing a knee injury and even if she goes, she is not close to 100 percent. The Stars are 5-2 ATS in their last seven games against teams with a losing straight up record while the Storm are 1-5 ATS in their last six games against teams with a losing straight up record. 10* (665) San Antonio Stars

The Bills were one of two teams, the Chargers being the other, with new head coaches that failed to win in Week One and unfortunately, we were on the wrong side of that Buffalo game. The Bills won the yardage battle in that game by 67 yards but mistakes killed them as they have 10 penalties for 106 yards and that is something that is not going to be tolerated this week. While Sean McDermott wanted to start off his career in Buffalo with a victory, he gets another chance here in Philadelphia. McDermott is very aware that this is his first time going back to Philadelphia as a head coach. His parents, brother, and other family members will be in attendance to watch him lead the Bills in their shared home town as winning here is no doubt special and just as big as winning that first home game which he failed to do. The Eagles are coming off a poor game against Green Bay so they too will want to improve on the field and get that bad effort out of the way. Goal number one however is to establish a running game that was all but non-existent against the Packers last week. They ran the ball just 19 times (for 47 yards) and threw the ball 54 times (42 of them belonging to third-string QB Matt McGloin). This supersedes the importance of a victory and any success will shorten the game which is an advantage for an underdog and the points. Speaking of which, this line is too high to begin with as home teams should not be favored by more than a field goal in the preseason, except for Week Three when the starters get extended playing time. Last week, home teams of more than three points failed to cover two of three games. 10* (403) Buffalo Bills

The Braves evened this series at a game apiece on Tuesday but the Rockies erupted for 17 runs last night, making this a good spot for Atlanta to come out with a split. Despite the outburst last night, the Colorado offense has been struggling as it averaged 2.3 rpg in its previous eight games. The Rockies have scored double-digit runs 16 times previous to Wednesday and they have averaged just 4.6 rpg in the follow up games while going 7-9 in those games. The Braves hand the ball to Lucas Sims who is winless in three Major League starts but he has not pitched horribly as he has allowed 3, 4 and 4 earned runs in those games and two of those losses came by just one run. He was solid in the Atlanta farm system and prior to his call-up from Gwinnett, he posted a 3.75 ERA in 20 games (19 starts) with 132 strikeouts and 36 walks over 115.1 innings. Jeff Hoffman counters for Colorado and he is a surprisingly large favorite today despite some shaky results. This is the most he has been favored by all season and the Rockies are just 5-6 in his 11 starts as a favorite. He has struggled at home with a 6.15 ERA and 1.57 WHIP in eight starts and the Rockies are 0-4 in his last four starts pitching on one day of rest. 10* (953) Atlanta Braves

The Pirates lost some ground last night as they dropped the series opener and are now three games behind Milwaukee and 4.5 games out of first place in the National League Central. This is a crucial game as they need to cut this gap before a pair of four-game series against the Cardinals and Dodgers. Milwaukee has won three straight games after a six-game slide and is in a very tough spot this afternoon. Gerrit Cole has picked his game up on the highway after a tough start. In his first seven road starts, he posted a 5.67 ERA and that included four quality outings which shows how bad the other starts were but in his last six road games, he has put up a 2.25 ERA. All six have been quality performances and the Pirates have won his last seven road starts. In addition, he has dominated the Brewers this season with three nearly identical outings of allowing one run over seven innings with a 23:4 combined K:BB ratio. Jimmy Nelson is coming off his worst start of the season as he allowed 10 runs in 3.2 innings against Cincinnati. He has been consistent for most of the season but Milwaukee has dropped four of his last five starts and it has also dropped four of his last five starts against the Pirates where he has posted a 5.73 ERA. 9* (903) Pittsburgh Pirates

The Diamondbacks and Astros split the first two games of this four-game home-and-home series in Arizona and they head to Houston for the final two games. Arizona went 3-5 on its homestand but is still in good shape in the National League Wild Card as it is tied with Colorado and five games clear of the Cardinals and Brewers. Houston remains in control in the American League West with a 12.5-game lead over the Angels and it will be just a matter of time before it clinches the best record in the league barring a total meltdown. Charlie Morton gets the ball for the Astros and he has been in good form since rejoining the rotation after a month and a half with a 3.59 ERA in seven starts but that includes an ERA over four in four starts at home. His control is a bigger concern as he has walked 15 batters over this stretch. The Diamondbacks hand the ball to Taijuan Walker who has been pitching well but not getting the win. Arizona has dropped his last six starts despite him allowing three runs or less in four of those including three on the road. All of those road losses were by a single run so they have been close to breaking through and we call for it here with in a contrarian spot with excellent value. 10* (927) Arizona Diamondbacks

Pittsburgh and Milwaukee are both in the playoff mix with the Pirates sitting 4.5 games behind the Cubs and the Brewers two games better at 2.5 games out. Pittsburgh is coming off a series loss in Toronto over the weekend as the offense managed to score just three runs on Saturday and Sunday combined. After a day off Monday, the Pirates come in with a 7-2 record in their last nine series openers. The Brewers meanwhile have won two straight games as they won their series with the hapless Reds which are now 20-39 on the road. Milwaukee had lost six straight games prior to that and while the offense woke up over the weekend, they face a tough test tonight. Ivan Nova gets the ball for Pittsburgh and while he has been better at home than on the road, he has not been horrible as he possesses a 1.27 WHIP in 13 starts which is a better indication than his 4.73 ERA. He has a 3.60 ERA in four career starts against Milwaukee. Milwaukee counters with Zach Davies who has been winning more but he been less effective with a 4.40 ERA and 1.40 ERA in 24 starts. Those numbers balloon to a 6.44 ERA and 1.68 WHIP in 12 home starts and the only reason Milwaukee has won half of those, it is due to solid run support, something that cannot be expected tonight. 10* (953) Pittsburgh Pirates

The feel-good story from Monday came in Colorado where Chad Bettis made his return to the mound after being out for 11 months due to cancer and he was sensational, tossing seven scoreless innings in a 3-0 victory. The Rockies came in on a 1-5 slide but the win kept them tied with Arizona for the top spot in the National League Wild Card spot. The Braves won on Sunday to snap a five-game losing streak but gave it back last night as they were surprisingly shut out at Coors Field but we expect the offense to pick things back up tonight. Sean Newcomb has been on a good run, allowing three runs or less in four straight starts but he has been held winless since June 27 with Atlanta going 0-7 over his last seven starts. That is a main reason that Colorado is a huge public consensus tonight but Newcomb is in a good spot to keep his success going. Kyle Freeland is having a very good rookie season as he is 11-7 with a 3.70 ERA but his 1.39 WHIP is a concern and he has not pitched well under the lights. He is 9-2 with a 3.07 ERA and 1.23 WHIP in 12 daytime starts but just 2-5 with a 4.66 ERA and 1.63 WHIP in nine nighttime starts. The Braves have averaged 4.5 rpg after getting shut out. 10* (957) Atlanta Braves

The Yankees won the opener of this four-game home-and-home series with the Mets last night as they overcame an early 2-0 deficit and scored the game winning runs in the eighth inning. The Yankees are still playing for much more than the Mets as they are on top of the Wild Card standings in the American League while sitting 4.5 games behind Boston in the East. The Mets are just playing out the string as their pitching has been decimated and they have traded away a good amount of offense. Still, this is the Subway Series and there are games they want nothing more to win. The lone remaining starting pitcher from Opening Day takes the hill tonight and getting Jacob deGrom at a decent underdog price is always worth a look. The Mets have gone 3-1 in his games as an underdog and he has been the most profitable pitcher with New York going 15-8 in his games, netting 4.4 units. 16 of his 23 starts have been quality outings so he has been very consistent. Sonny Gray will be making his third start as a Yankee and he tossed a pair of quality outings since coming over. New York lost both games as the offense gave him one run total and this will be his first start at Yankee Stadium in front of the home crowd so the pressure will be there. 10* (973) New York Mets

It has been a very tough stretch for Atlanta as it went to San Antonio and lost to the Stars to fall to 3-11 on the road and saw its losing streak reach seven games. The Dream are pushing themselves out of the playoff picture as they are now a game and a half outside of the eighth and final playoff spot in the WNBA. They return home to face another tough test in Connecticut and this is the sixth straight home game against teams with winning records. While they have lost seven straight games outright, they have also lost those games against the number and that is putting the vast majority of the public on the road favorite. Connecticut is in first place in the Eastern Conference with a 17-9 record, a game better than Washington and its recent schedule has been very favorable. The Sun have played five straight home games, all resulting in wins, but only one of those came against a team with a winning record. Granted, Atlanta is not a winning team but Connecticut is just 7-6 on the road and while the spread record is better, this is an overadjusted line. The Sun have been favored by four points or more on the road just three times and while they are 2-1 ATS, both of those wins came against 7-22 San Antonio while the other game resulted in an outright loss in Dallas. 10* (652) Atlanta Dream