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Here is the CFB schedule for week #2 starting on Friday September.
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First-Inning Report for Saturday, September 6, 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

MLB

(979) Boston Red Sox at (980) Arizona Diamondbacks

8:10pm EDT - Sep 6/2025

THE PLAY: 1I Total Over 0.5 (-110) L Giolito (RHP), B Pfaadt (RHP) Must Start

(979) Boston Red Sox at (980) Arizona Diamondbacks

1I Total Over 0.5 (-110) L Giolito (RHP), B Pfaadt (RHP) Must Start

I am passing on first inning client plays but this play was the closest to being a premium selection.

Boston is 3-1 YRFI with 3 straight YRFI on the road.

The Red Sox have 5 straight YRFI with a total of 9+.

Arizona is 7-1 YRFI at home and 17-4 YRFI at home the L21 games!

Pfaadt has 4 straight games allowing a first inning run.

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Last 20

Date

Sport

Pick

Result

Sep 06

CFB

(335) Illinois at (336) Duke 1H Total Under 24.0 (-110)
(Analysis)

Loss

Sep 06

CFB

1H Oregon -16.5 (-115)
(Analysis)

pending

Sep 05

MLB

(927) Seattle Mariners at (928) Atlanta Braves 1I Total Under 0.5 (-125) L Gilbert (RHP), C Sale (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Sep 03

MLB

(905) Atlanta Braves at (906) Chicago Cubs 1I Total Under 0.5 (-110) B Elder (RHP), C Horton (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

Sep 01

MLB

(915) Seattle Mariners at (916) Tampa Bay Rays 1I Total Under 0.5 (-110) L Castillo (RHP), S Baz (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

Aug 31

MLB

(965) Detroit Tigers at (966) Kansas City Royals 1I Total Under 0.5 (-150) T Skubal (LHP), M Wacha (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

Aug 30

MLB

(903) Atlanta Braves at (904) Philadelphia Phillies 1I Total Under 0.5 (-115) C Sale (LHP), C Sanchez (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

Aug 30

CFB

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

Win

Aug 30

CFB

(215) Rice at (216) UL Lafayette 1H Total Under 23.5 (-110)
(Analysis)

Win

Aug 30

CFB

Coastal Carolina +13.5 (-110)
(Analysis)

Loss

Aug 29

CFB

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

Win

Aug 29

MLB

(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

(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

(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

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

Loss

Aug 23

NFL

Parlay: CLE -380 with MIA -260
(Analysis)

Win

Aug 23

MLB

(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 21

NFL

1H Pittsburgh Steelers -2.5 (-120)
(Analysis)

Loss

Aug 20

MLB

(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

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

Loss

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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