Best Games to Bet on Today: Chicago Cubs vs. Miami Marlins & Oakland Athletics vs. Los Angeles Angels – June 23, 2016

Bow down to baseball. The NBA and NHL seasons are over. The NFL season is months away from commencing. This leaves us with mostly nothing and baseball. How’d you like that? Below are a pair of MLB games you could bet on today.

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Chicago Cubs vs. Miami Marlins (7:10 PM ET)

Line: Chicago Cubs (-170) vs. Miami Marlins (+150); total: 7.5– view all MLB lines

The Marlins brace for impact later tonight as they prepare for the arrival of the Cubs, who are coming searching for win to stop their three-game skid. Miami, which is fresh off a 3-0 win over Atlanta on Wednesday, will start Wei-Yin Chen for Game 1 of the Chicago series. Chen is 4-2 with a 5.22 ERA thus far this season. The Cubs, meanwhile, will have Jon Lester on the mound. Lester is on a tear right now, having each of last five starts. On the season, Lester is 9-3 with a 2.06 ERA.

Writer’s Prediction

Chicago (-170) wins, 6-2.

Oakland Athletics vs. Los Angeles Angels (8:00 PM ET)

Line: Oakland Athletics (+125) vs. Los Angeles Angels (-135); total: 8.5 – view all MLB lines

Tim Lincecum makes his second start of the season tonight as the Halos host Oakland in Game 1 of a four-game set at Angel Stadium. Lincecum picked up a win last Saturday, allowing just one earned run on four hits in six innings of a 7-1 victory over the A’s. As for Oakland, it’ll send Kendall Graveman (2-6, 4.87 ERA) to the mound. Graveman picked up a no-decision in his last start, in which he limited the Angels to just one run and three hits in seven innings of a 3-2 Oakland victory on June 17.

Writer’s Prediction

Oakland wins, 4-3.

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