It’s Friday, May 23 and the Cubs (30-20) are in Cincinnati to take on the Reds (25-26). Matthew Boyd is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Hunter Greene for Cincinnati. Chicago has won back-to-back games and five of the past six, plus three-straight series. The Reds have lost back-to-back games after winning five straight contests,

The Reds are back at home after a 1-2 trip to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Cincinnati has followed up an 11-5 stretch from April 11-28 with a 9-13 spell since. The Reds have logged a strikeout-heavy .664 OPS in the latter stretch.

Play $100 on the Padres. We blew two games on Wednesday. And still won them both. The first pitch of the Twins/Guardians game was Monday. The gap between pitches was bigger than the one between Michael Strahan’s teeth.