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This is a play on the MINNESOTA LYNX for our WNBA Sunday Terminator. Minnesota had a horrific start to the season based on its standards, but it was able to regroup and put together a seven-game winning streak. However, the Lynx have regressed by going 2-3 over their last five games with the three losses all coming against losing teams that are a combined 19-45. Connecticut snapped a three-game slide with a home win over Phoenix on Friday, but the road has been a challenge as the Sun are 2-9 ATS over their last 11 road games. They won the first meeting by 14 points but that is part of a great situation for Minnesota where we play on home favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points in the second half of the season that are revenging a road loss by 10 points or more, with a winning percentage between .501 and .600, playing a winning team. This situation is 27-6 ATS (81.8 percent) since 1997. 10* (622) Minnesota Lynx

This is a play on the CLEVELAND INDIANS as part of our MLB Sunday Triple Play. Luckily for Cleveland, it resides in the worst division in baseball as it has a 7.5-game lead over the Twins but if not for that, it would be 6.5 games out of the second Wild Card spot in the American League. The Indians have dropped two of the first three games against New York and we foresee them heading into the break with a series split. New York has won two of three in Cleveland thus far, but it is just 8-8 over its last 16 road games and has a tough task at hand today. Trevor Bauer is one of the best stories this season as he has never posted an ERA under 4.00 in a season, but he has a 2.23 ERA through 19 starts and he has a ridiculous 168:41 K:BB ratio. Masahiro Tanaka is making his second start since coming off the DL and his first was not pretty. He has a 4.91 ERA on the road yet has not lost thanks to 6.8 rpg of support but that changes today. 9* (918) Cleveland Indians

This is a play on the TORONTO BLUE JAYS as part of our MLB Sunday Triple Play. Boston was able to extract some revenge after getting its 10-game winning streak snapped on Friday as Xander Bogaerts hit a walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning to pull out a 6-2 win. Toronto can even the series today before heading into the break in what has been a very disappointing season. Marcus Stroman has been at the top of that disappointment list, but he has been a lot better since coming off the DL as he has a 3.04 ERA in four starts including three where he allowed one run or less. Brian Johnson will be making his fourth start of the season as he has been activated from the DL and while Boston has gone 8-0 in his last eight starts, the numbers are not on his side here. He has a 5.33 ERA at home while allowing a .313 average against right-handed hitters and the projected Blue Jays lineup shows not a single lefty in it today. 10* (915) Toronto Blue Jays

This is a play on the ST. LOUIS CARDINALS as part of our MLB Sunday Triple Play. The Cardinals have dropped the first two games of this series against the Reds by a combined score of 17-3 and apparently, upper management had seen enough as manager Mike Matheny was unexpectedly fired after the loss yesterday. This is the type of spot where a team rallies around something like that. The Reds season was heading to nowhere, but they have been playing much better of late, winning 21 of their last 30 games but they are still nine games under .500 on the season. Miles Mikolas has been outstanding with a 2.65 ERA through 18 starts as he has allowed more than three runs only four times. Only one of those has been at home where he has a 1.65 ERA in eight starts. The Reds counter with Anthony DeSclafani who has pitched well since coming back from injury but is put in the worst possible spot today. 9* (910) St. Louis Cardinals