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Las Vegas - You might not have heard of Botafogo and Palmeiras, but we can shed some light. The matchup of Brazilian rivals in the Club World Cup today should be tense and very tight. Both teams play in the top flight (Brasileiro Serie A) with Botafogo living in Rio and Palmeiras working out of Sao Paulo. These squads met back in March and played to a 0-0 draw in Sao Paulo. Fogo has scored one goal per in its last eight games while Palmeiras has
scored five in its last four games. However, we're thinking that each team should score at least one goal in Philly and we're gonna go OVER 1.5 goals at around -$200.

On the MLB board, gonna shock the world and pick against the GREAT Shohei Ohtani. You CRAZY Eck? Not really. Ohtani has not been stretched out yet, so this becomes a bullpen game. In his first start against the Padres, Shohei had 28 pitches in one inning of work. In his second start against the Nationals, he threw 18 pitches in one inning of work. The other arm, Seth Lugo, has been fire. In his last three starts, Lugo has allowed only two earned runs over 18 innings for a gorgeous 1.00 ERA. The Dodgers have to lose every now and then. This is THEN and we're getting a nice underdog price (around +$150), so gimme Kaycee for the money.

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