This is a play on the ST. LOUIS CARDINALS for our MLB Tuesday Sweet Spot. St. Louis lost the opener of this series 4-1 on Monday which snapped a four-game winning streak. The Cardinals are a game over .500 and are one of three teams vying for two playoff spots and those teams are separated by just one game so every game is huge in this final week of the regular season. They have been able to adjust as the Cardinals are 6-1 in their last seven games during Game Two of a series. The Royals are 10 games under .500 and are just playing out the season meaning a lot of young players are getting looks. The Royals are 2-6 in their last eight Interleague games against teams with a winning record. Austin Gomber gets the ball for St. Louis and he has been solid with a 2.37 ERA over 19 innings which includes two starts. He likely will not go deep but will hand off to a St. Louis bullpen that has been solid of late. Brady Singer is coming off a pair of impressive starts, but he has a 6.75 ERA in three home starts. 10* (969) St. Louis Cardinals

This is a play on the LOS ANGELES LAKERS for our NBA Tuesday Enforcer. The Lakers stole Game Two away from Denver as Anthony Davis hit a game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer to give Los Angeles a 2-0 series lead in the Western Conference Finals. While Denver could have won the game, two things took away an even better chance as the Nuggets hit just 3 of their 13 attempts from three in second half and missed eight free throws on the night. That was a huge, missed opportunity and the Lakers, as we have seen in this postseason, take advantage of these situations of busting out after a close game or a loss. Here, we play against underdogs off a cover where the team lost the game straight up as an underdog, in a game involving two teams with winning percentages between .600 and .750. This situation is 70-21 ATS (76.9 percent) since 1996. 10* (707) Los Angeles Lakers

This is a play on the ST. LOUIS CARDINALS for our MLB Wednesday Sweet Spot. We won with St. Louis last night and we will be backing the Cardinals again tonight in what is another big game. They are a game over .500 and are sitting in second place in the National League Central which is an automatic playoff spot this season. St. Louis is a game ahead of Milwaukee and they will play a four-game series which will determine who moves into the postseason and who could likely be left out. Carlos Martinez allowed five runs, though only one was earned, in his last start against Pittsburgh. He will be facing the Royals for the first time this season. For his career, he is 1-0 with a 1.02 ERA against Kansas City, allowing two earned runs on 16 hits in 17.2 innings. Danny Duffy counters for the Royals and he has been hit or miss this season. He has really struggled of late with a 7.04 ERA and 1.89 WHIP over his last three starts, covering just 15.1 innings. Here, we play on road favorites with a money line of -125 to -175 batting .190 or worse over their last five games, with a bullpen whose WHIP is under 1.00 the last five games. This situation is 53-16 (76.8 percent) since 1997. 10* (925) St. Louis Cardinals

This is a play on the MIAMI HEAT for our NBA Wednesday Enforcer. Boston bounced back from losing the first two games of this series with a resounding 117-106 win that was not as close as that score indicates as the Celtics led by as many as 20 points and Miami never had the lead. The problem here is that Game Three was on Saturday and with three days off, any momentum gain has been lost with the time off. The Heat are insisting that there will be more urgency at the beginning as first quarters have been their problem. In the 36 minutes of first-period action against the Celtics, the Heat have led roughly one-sixth of the time. Boston has won the first quarters by a combined score of 88-68, shooting 54% percent to 32 percent for Miami. From the start, we have said that top to bottom, Miami has the best roster in the NBA and that will make a difference in a rebound win. Here, we play against teams where the line is +3 to -3 outscoring their opponents by six or more ppg, after allowing 105 points or more in three straight games. This situation is 36-12 ATS (75 percent) since 1996. 10* (714) Miami Heat

This is a play on the TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING for our NHL Wednesday Breakaway. Tampa Bay avoided a 2-0 hole in this series as it won on Monday 3-2, jumping out to a 3-0 lead in the first period before hanging on. Tampa Bay recorded its sixth straight game of outshooting its opponent and its fifth straight game of allowing fewer than 30 shots. The Lightning are just 3-3 over this stretch as the power play was a letdown, going 0-14 during a four-game stretch prior to converting two of four opportunities on Monday. While the goalies are most important during the postseason, and rightfully so, the Lightning have the best player on the ice in Nikita Kucherov. He set the franchise record for most points in a single postseason (28), and in Game Two, the Lightning had a ridiculous 1.26-to-0.02 expected goals ratio with Kucherov on the ice, according to Natural Stat Trick. Here, we play on teams against the money line in the second half of the season with a goalie with a save percentage of 91.5 percent or better and the offense having five straight games with 30 or more shots on goal. This situation is 196-118 (62.4 percent) since 1996. 10* (25) Tampa Bay Lightning