Mike Lundin

MIKE LUNDIN'S CARDINALS @ REDS FREE PICK

The Cincinnati Reds look like a solid home favorite here with their ace Luis Castillo (11-4, 2.69 ERA) on the bump. The 26-year-old right-hander is 7-3 behind a 2.35 ERA in 15 starts home at Great American Ballpark on the season and he has held the Cards to two runs over 12 innings of work this year.

The Reds are 5-0 in Castillo's last 5 starts against the Cardinals, while their starter Adam Wainwright (8-8, 4.35 ERA) owns a 9-12 record with a 5.31 ERA in 31 career appearances (26 starts) versus Cincinnati.

The Reds are 9-3 in their last 12 home games. The Cardinals are 0-6 in their last 6 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.

Free pick on Cincinnati Reds. 

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The Miami Dolphins looked great in their Week 1win over the Falcons! Or did they, or were their opponent simply weak? Note that Atlanta is 0-3 on the preseason with losses to Denver (14-10), Miami (34-27) and the New York Jets (22-10). 

The Dolphins will face a much tougher opponent here in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who didn't look all that bad in their 30-28 loss at the Pittsburgh Steelers last Friday. They outgained the Steelers 479-339 and I expect the Bucs offense to fire on all cylinders here in front of the home town crowd. 

Additionally, with two first-year coaches in Brian Flores (Dolphins) and Bruce Arians (Bucs) I think both will want to see what they have to work with, turning this into an exciting shootout and pushing the score over the total. 

8* play on OVER.

TOP RATED 10* DOLPHINS @ BUCS BEST BET

The Miami Dolphins looked great in their Week 1win over the Falcons! Or did they, or were their opponent simply weak? Note that Atlanta is 0-3 on the preseason with losses to Denver (14-10), Miami (34-27) and the New York Jets (22-10). 

The Dolphins will face a much tougher opponent here in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who didn't look all that bad in their 30-28 loss at the Pittsburgh Steelers last Friday. They outgained the Steelers 479-339 and I expect the Bucs offense to fire on all cylinders here in front of the home town crowd. 

Additionally, with two first-year coaches in Brian Flores (Dolphins) and Bruce Arians (Bucs) I think both will want to see what they have to work with, turning this into an exciting shootout. 

10* play on Tampa Bay Bucs. 

TOP RATED 10* MLB PLAY OF THE DAY

The Philadelphia Phillies are coming off a three-game sweep of the Cubs while the San Diego Padres had lost three on the bounce before putting an end to the skid Thursday night. 

I like the Phillies to keep rolling here against Friars' righty Chris Paddack (7-5, 3.26 ERA) who was tagged with six runs over four innings at LA Dodgers his last time out on the road. The Friars are 2-6 in Paddack's last eight starts away from home and he also struggled when he took on the Phillies back in June when he allowed six runs (five earned) over four-plus innings of a 9-6 loss. 

As for Phillies' starter Vince Velasquez (4-7, 4.30 ERA), the 27-year-old righty owns a 2-0 mark with no runs allowed over 17 1/3 innings against the Padres who have lost nine of their last 13 on the road.

10* play on Philadelphia Phillies. 

FRIDAY NIGHT NATIONAL LEAGUE NO BRAINER

The Chicago Cubs enter Friday as owners of the wild cards in the National League, despite dropping five of their last six games. They must like their chances of finally hitting a winning streak here against the Pittsburgh Pirates who are firmly in last in the NL Central and second to last in the NL. 

Cubs' righty Kyle Hendricks (8-9, 3.48 ERA) gave up seven runs on a career-high 12 hits in a 10-1 Cubs loss Saturday at Cincinnati, but he had posted a 2.35 ERA over a dominant seven-game stretch prior to that outing. He is 4-6 with a 3.25 ERA in 14 career starts against the Pirates who counter with right-hander Joe Musgrove (8-11, 4.71 ERA) who is 2-4 with a 6.53 ERA since the All-Star. 

Pirates are 5-21 in their last 26 overall. Cubs are 4-0 in the last 4 meetings.

8* play on Chicago Cubs.

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The Cleveland Indians won Game 1 of this four-game set 19-5 Thursday night. I think that will make the Bronx Bombers all the more motivated here in Game 2. 

Cleveland right-hander Aaron Civale (1-1, 1.00 ERA) has made just three starts in the big leagues, and he'll be opposed by Yankee veteran Masahiro Tanaka (8-6, 4.64 ERA) blanked Toronto over eight innings last time out. The Yankees are  10-1 in Tanaka's last 11 starts overall and he has been particularly dominant home in the Bronx this season. 

8* play on New York Yankees.