Blue Jays vs. Twins prediction: MLB picks, best bets Sunday
The Blue Birds play the Twinkies in Minnesota.
Toronto's Bowden Francis was gone faster than President Trump's Tesla after he was shelled for six runs in just 1 ²/₃ innings by the Phillies in his most recent outing on June 3.
The Twins' Joe Ryan has won two in a row, but the mighty Athletics scored four runs over five frames in his most recent start.
We will take Ryan and the Twins for $50.
Bowden Francis
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Pitchers' duel in St. Louis.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Erick Fedde survived the duel.
We got shot in the foot.
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Yamamoto pitched six scoreless innings. Fedde threw 5 ¹/₃ innings.
The Dodgers scored a run off Ryan Helsley.
The Cardinals scored two off Ben Casparius and beat L.A. Final 2-1.
Nolan Arenado with the walk-off hit.
Heavy loss takes us to -352 birdstones. Too bad Baeza didn't come through in the Belmont Stakes.
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