Sunday June 30 Best Sports Betting Picks For MLB & WNBA Predictions | Deadspin.com

Perhaps putting a little extra cash in your pocket can help ward off the Sunday blues. 

With a full slate of baseball that is scheduled to start before noon and a healthy dose of WNBA action, there’s no better time to build some positive momentum for the week ahead. 

Pittsburgh Pirates at Atlanta Braves

First pitch is set for 11:35 a.m. ET, so if you were planning on rolling out of bed, wolfing down breakfast and heading right over to the board, this is the game for you. There’s no harm in picking up the lines live either. 

Atlanta will be gunning for a three-game series sweep of Pittsburgh, but it’s been a relatively quiet series for Braves designated hitter Marcell Ozuna. 

Ozuna has gone just 1-for-6, but he’s got an extremely favorable matchup on deck, as the Pirates plan to send left-hander Bailey Falter to the mound on Sunday. In four career starts against Atlanta, Falter is 1-1 with a 6.41 ERA. 

Better yet, Ozuna is 4-for-9 (.444) against Falter in his career, although he hasn’t been able to rip off a multi-hit game against him. 

That changes on Sunday. 

You could play it safe and go with an alternate line here, but why not get a little risky to start the day? 

Marcell Ozuna over 1.5 hits, +165 (DraftKings) 

Indiana Fever at Phoenix Mercury

Defense has seemingly been optional for both Indiana and Phoenix this season. 

Opponents are scoring a league-high 87.9 points per game against the Fever, while the Mercury are permitting the fourth-most points per game (84.6) in the 12-team WNBA. 

There should be plenty of points to go around on both sides, and while everyone else’s attention is going to be on Caitlin Clark, we’re focused on Kelsey Mitchell. 

Mitchell has been sizzling over her past six games, averaging 19.8 points while shooting 53.8 percent from the field and 52.9 percent from 3-point range. She should absolutely feast against a Phoenix team that lets guards score a whopping 64.3 points per game against it. 

Kelsey Mitchell over 16.5 points, -115 (DraftKings)

Washington Nationals at Tampa Bay Rays

Where do we go when we die? What came first, the chicken or the egg? How is Washington’s Patrick Corbin still pitching in the majors? These are all questions we may never get answers to.

Corbin is 1-7 with a 5.46 ERA this year, and he’s led the National League in losses in each of the past three seasons. We do have to give him credit where credit is due, though, as he has pitched to a 2.60 ERA over his past three outings. 

Meanwhile, Tampa Bay’s offense has been quiet. Too quiet. 

The Rays have averaged just two runs across the first two games of their three-game set with Washington, and if they want to have a breakthrough, Corbin is the guy to have one against. He is 0-1 with a 7.36 ERA in two career starts against Tampa Bay, and on five days of rest, he is 0-3 with a 6.94 ERA this season. 

Corbin has had the past five days off, so you know what that means. It’s time to hammer the Rays. 

Rays team total over 4.5 runs, -105 (DraftKings)