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THE SATURDAY WAGERTALK MLB FIRST INNING REPORT

First-Inning Report for Saturday, April 19, 2025.

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

Full game lines and totals
Who 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

(957) St. Louis Cardinals at (958) New York Mets

4:05pm EDT - Apr 19/2025

THE PLAY: 1I Total Under 0.5 (-105) M Liberatore (LHP), K Senga (RHP) Must Start

(957) St. Louis Cardinals at (958) New York Mets

2% First Inning Total Under 0.5 (-105) M Liberatore (LHP), K Senga (RHP) Must Start

St Louis is 8-2 NRFI and have not scored a first inning run in 11 straight games.

The Mets are 8-1 NRFI and have scored a first inning run only once in their L13 games.

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Date

Sport

Pick

Result

Apr 19

MLB

2% – Walker (PHI) K’s recorded over 4.5 (-125)
(Analysis)

pending

Apr 19

NBA

2% – Milwaukee Bucks +6.0 (-110)
(Analysis)

pending

Apr 18

MLB

1% – (905) St. Louis Cardinals at (906) New York Mets 1I Total Under 0.5 (-105) M Mikolas (RHP), D Peterson (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

Apr 18

MLB

3% – 1H San Francisco Giants -135 L Webb (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Apr 17

MLB

3% – 1H Pittsburgh Pirates -136 T Williams (RHP), A Heaney (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

Apr 17

MLB

1% – (951) Arizona Diamondbacks at (952) Miami Marlins 1I Total Under 0.5 (-120) E Rodriguez (LHP), E Cabrera (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Apr 16

MLB

3% – Washington Nationals -104 M Parker (LHP), B Falter (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Apr 16

MLB

1.5% – (927) Houston Astros at (928) St. Louis Cardinals 1I Total Under 0.5 (-115) R Blanco (RHP), S Matz (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Apr 15

NBA

2% – (577) Atlanta Hawks at (578) Orlando Magic Total Under 218.5 (-110)
(Analysis)

Win

Apr 15

MLB

2% – (965) Kansas City Royals at (966) New York Yankees: Max Fried WILL record the win
(Analysis)

Win

Apr 15

MLB

1% – (979) Houston Astros at (980) St. Louis Cardinals 1I Total Under 0.5 (-140) H Brown (RHP), E Fedde (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

Apr 15

NHL

5% – Minnesota Wild -1.5 (-102)
(Analysis)

Loss

Apr 14

MLB

3% – (907) Colorado Rockies at (908) Los Angeles Dodgers: Dustin May WILL record the win
(Analysis)

Win

Apr 14

MLB

2% – (901) Washington Nationals at (902) Pittsburgh Pirates 1I Total Under 0.5 (-140) B Lord (RHP), P Skenes (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Apr 13

MLB

1.5% – (953) Pittsburgh Pirates at (954) Cincinnati Reds 1I Total Under 0.5 (-138) C Mlodzinski (RHP), H Greene (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

Apr 13

MLB

2% – (971) Detroit Tigers at (972) Minnesota Twins 1H Detroit Tigers Total Over 2.5 (+135) C Mize (RHP), S Woods Richardson (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Apr 12

MLB

3% – 1H Miami Marlins -155 T Williams (RHP), S Alcantara (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

Apr 12

MLB

2% – Baltimore Orioles -122 B Francis (RHP), T Sugano (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

Apr 12

MLB

1% – (909) Colorado Rockies at (910) San Diego Padres 1I Total Under 0.5 (-120) C Dollander (RHP), K Hart (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Apr 11

MLB

1.5% – (951) Pittsburgh Pirates at (952) Cincinnati Reds 1I Total Under 0.5 (-135) B Falter (LHP), B Singer (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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