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OPENING WEEK SCHEDULE WITH LINES AS THE CFB SEASON KICKS OFF ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 23RD!

Take notes and track line moves throughout the Summer.
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First-Inning Report for Saturday, August 30, 2025.

The WagerTalk First Inning Report from Ralph Michaels is your daily cheat sheet for YRFI/NRFI betting.

Full game lines and totals with teams that scored in the first inning (and who gave one up)
Current streaks (3+ straight 1st inning results highlighted)
Starting pitchers listed — Lefty indicators included
* shows which teams faced a lefty

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Game Selection

Game Time

CFB

(219) LSU at (220) Clemson

7:30pm EDT - Aug 30/2025

THE PLAY: Clemson -4.0 (-110)

(219) LSU at (220) Clemson

Clemson -4.0 (-110)

This is my top opinion meaning it was the play that just missed being a client release.
Other plays in which I have a strong lean
Arizona -16.5

Oregon St +1

Under 50.5 UCLA/UTAH

Sport

Game Selection

Game Time

MLB

(903) Atlanta Braves at (904) Philadelphia Phillies

6:05pm EDT - Aug 30/2025

THE PLAY: 1I Total Under 0.5 (-115) C Sale (LHP), C Sanchez (LHP) Must Start

(903) Atlanta Braves at (904) Philadelphia Phillies

1% FIrst Inning Total Under 0.0 (-113) C Sale (LHP), C Sanchez (LHP) Must Start

Much more the starters than the teams current form.
Totals of 7.5 and less are 56% NRFI

Chris Sale has 10 straight starts without allowing a first inning run.

Sanchez has 3 straight without a first inning run and he is 21-5 this season.
Atlanta has not scored a first inning run vs a lefty in 6 straight and only once in the L10.
Philly is 3-1 NRFI and 3-1 NRFI at home.

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Date

Sport

Pick

Result

Aug 30

CFB

2% – (187) Texas at (188) Ohio State 1H Total Under 23.0 (-115)
(Analysis)

pending

Aug 29

CFB

5% – (157) Central Michigan at (158) San Jose State Total Under 51.0 (-110)
(Analysis)

Win

Aug 29

MLB

1.5% – (951) St. Louis Cardinals at (952) Cincinnati Reds Total Under 0.5 (-118) M Liberatore (LHP), Z Littell (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Aug 26

MLB

2% – (915) Tampa Bay Rays at (916) Cleveland Guardians 1I Total Under 0.5 (-120) S Baz (RHP), P Messick (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Aug 25

MLB

2% – (965) Minnesota Twins at (966) Toronto Blue Jays 1I Total Under 0.5 (-125) J Ryan (RHP), M Scherzer (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Aug 24

MLB

4% – (923) Athletics at (924) Seattle Mariners 1I Total Under 0.5 (-125) J Lopez (LHP), L Gilbert (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Aug 23

MLB

2% – (957) New York Mets at (958) Atlanta Braves 1I Total Under 0.5 (+105) C Holmes (RHP), C Quantrill (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

Aug 23

NFL

5% – Parlay: CLE -380 with MIA -260
(Analysis)

Win

Aug 21

NFL

2% – 1H Pittsburgh Steelers -2.5 (-120)
(Analysis)

Loss

Aug 20

MLB

2% – (903) New York Mets at (904) Washington Nationals 1I Total Under 0.5 (-115) K Senga (RHP), B Lord (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

Aug 19

MLB

3% – (971) Toronto Blue Jays at (972) Pittsburgh Pirates 1I Total Under 0.5 (-130) M Scherzer (RHP), M Keller (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Aug 18

MLB

3% – (905) Los Angeles Dodgers at (906) Colorado Rockies 1I Total Over 0.5 (-135) Y Yamamoto (RHP), K Freeland (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Aug 17

MLB

2% – (953) Milwaukee Brewers at (954) Cincinnati Reds 1I Total Under 0.5 (-135) J Quintana (LHP), A Abbott (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

Aug 17

NFL

2% – (429) Buffalo Bills at (430) Chicago Bears Total Over 40.5 (-110)
(Analysis)

Loss

Aug 17

MLB

2% – (971) Miami Marlins Prop: Junk under 3.5 K’s -130
(Analysis)

Loss

Aug 16

NFL

3% – Tampa Bay Buccaneers -145
(Analysis)

Win

Aug 16

NFL

2% – (409) Carolina Panthers at (410) Houston Texans Total Under 39.5 (-105)
(Analysis)

Win

Aug 16

NFL

3% – Las Vegas Raiders -4.0 (-115)
(Analysis)

Loss

Aug 16

MLB

3% – (917) Detroit Tigers at (918) Minnesota Twins 1H Total Under 0.5 (-110) C Mize (RHP), Z Matthews (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Aug 15

NFL

2% – Seattle Seahawks -155
(Analysis)

Win

Consultant Bio

Ralph was raised in the home of handicappers in Cleveland, Ohio. Starting in the industry as a key member of Phil Steele's early team, which expanded Northcoast Sports during the mid-90s. Ralph's personal following grew fast, allowing him to strike out on his own as the founder of California Sports. Over the next dozen years as General Manager of Phil Steele Publications and lead handicapper of Northcoast Sports, Ralph managed the creation of some of the most popular sports betting content ever, including Phil Steele's College Football Preview Magazine and Northcoast's Power Sweep Newsletter. Content displaying expertise so elite that Ralph was invited into college football's most exclusive club: Heisman Trophy Voter
Ralph Michaels has a math mind, steadily searching for a value in the numbers in addition to matchup edges, situational advantages, and hidden gems of information. Ralph finds more big bets in the college versions of football and basketball, but his handicapping approach also uncovers selective winners in the professional leagues like MLB. Small conferences are particularly profitable due to mispriced injuries and his profiling of exploitable coaching tendencies.

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