Cappers Sports Picks

This is a play on the WASHINGTON NATIONALS for our MLB Sunday Sweet Spot. Washington is coming off a 9-5 loss to the Dodgers on Saturday which was its fourth straight loss to fall to 1-4 on the season. The Nationals did score five runs after getting shut out in their previous two games and the Nationals are 7-3 in their last 10 games as an underdog. The Dodgers have won seven of their last eight games and sit atop the MLB West Division with a 7-2 record. We are getting great value with Max Scherzer who is elite despite allowing four home runs in his first start of the season against the Braves. Scherzer is 5-4 lifetime against the Dodgers in 14 appearances (12 starts) and has a 2.76 ERA. Here, we play against National League favorites with a money line of -125 to -175 averaging 5.5 or more rpg on the season, after scoring nine runs or more. This situation is 25-13 (65.8 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (959) Washington Nationals

This is a play on the NEW YORK ISLANDERS for our NHL Sunday Breakaway. The Islanders had a four-game winning streak snapped on Friday with a 4-1 loss to the Rangers so it is bounce back time with revenge on top of it. They have now fallen into a first place tie with Washington in the NHL East Division with 56 points and they still have the best home record in the league at 17-2-2. The Islanders are 7-0 in their last seven games in the fourth game of a 4-in-6 situation. The Rangers have won four of their last six games but are still five points out of the fourth playoff spot in the division. That is keeping this price down, even lower from the matchup on Friday. The Rangers are 5-12 in their last 17 games as a road underdog. Here, we play on teams against the money line revenging a home loss of three goals or more, with a winning percentage between .600 and .700 or more on the season. This situation is 78-32 (70.9 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (74) New York Islanders