by Big Al Staff
Thursday, Jul 24, 2025The Thursday sports card features MLB and CFL action.
Major League Baseball has five games scheduled. The Cleveland Guardians host the Baltimore Orioles at 1:10 p.m. ET. The Guardians have four games in a row and seven of their last eight contests after a 3-2 victory against the Orioles on Wednesday. Cleveland is in second place in the American League Central with a 51-50 record. They are eight games behind the Detroit Tigers for first place. Baltimore has lost three games in a row and seven of their last eight contests. They are in last place in the AL East with a 44-57 record, trailing the Toronto Blue Jays by 15 1/2 games. The Guardians send out Logan Allen to pitch against the Orioles’ Charlie Morton. Cleveland is a -120 money-line favorite with the total set at 9 (all odds from DraftKings).
Detroit plays at home against Toronto at 6:40 p.m. ET. The Tigers have lost three games in a row and nine of their last ten contests after a 6-1 loss at Philadelphia yesterday. With a 60-43 record, Detroit is in first place in the AL Central. The Blue Jays won for the fifth time in their last six games with an 8-4 victory against the New York Yankees on Wednesday. They are in first place in the AL East with a 60-42 record, up four games on the Yankees in second place. Reese Olson takes the ball for the Tigers to face Eric Lauer for Toronto. Detroit is a -136 money-line favorite with an over/under of 9.
The St. Louis Cardinals are home against the San Diego Padres at 7:45 p.m. ET. The Cardinals lost for the fifth time in their last six games in a 6-0 loss on the road against Colorado on Wednesday. They are in fourth place in the National League Central with a 52-51 record, trailing the first-place Milwaukee Brewers by 9 1/2 games. The Padres have lost two in a row after a 3-2 loss at Miami yesterday. They are in second place in the NL West with a 55-47 record, trailing the Los Angeles Dodgers by 4 1/2 games. St. Louis taps Sonny Gray to take on San Diego’s Yu Darvish. The Cardinals are a -137 money-line favorite with a total of 8.5.
The Houston Astros host the Athletics at 8:10 p.m. ET. The Astros are on a four-game winning streak after a 4-3 victory at Arizona yesterday. With a 60-42 record, they are in first place in the AL West with a six-game lead on the Seattle Mariners in second place. The Athletics are on a three-game losing streak after a 2-1 loss at Texas on Wednesday. They are in last place in the AL West with a 42-62 record, trailing Houston by 19 games. Jason Alexander takes the mound for the Astros to challenge Luis Severino for the Athletics. Houston is a -123 money-line favorite with an over/under of 8.
The Los Angeles Angels play at home against Seattle at 9:38 p.m. ET. The Angels have lost three games in a row after a 6-3 loss in New York against the Mets on Wednesday. They are in fourth place in the AL West with a 49-53 record, trailing the Astros by 11 games. The Mariners lost for the third time in their last four games in a 10-2 loss at home against Milwaukee yesterday. They are in second place in the AL West with a 54-48 record. Los Angeles turns to Yusei Kikuchi to battle against Seattle’s Logan Evans. The Angels are a -120 money-line favorite with a total of 9.
Week 8 in the Canadian Football League kicks off with one game. The Calgary Stampeders are home against the Montreal Alouettes on the CBS Sports Network at 9:00 p.m. ET. The Stampeders are on a three-game winning streak after a 41-20 upset victory at Winnipeg as a 4-point underdog last Friday. They are tied with Saskatchewan for first place in the West Division with a 5-1 record. The Alouettes ended a two-game losing streak with a 26-25 victory at home against Toronto as a 9.5-point favorite last Thursday. They are in first place in the East Division with a 4-2 record, a half-game ahead of Hamilton. Calgary is a 7-point favorite with an over/under of 49.5.
