Live Bet Saturday | July 25, 2026 | Hour 3

**Ben Stevens** (0:00)
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**Dustin Swedelson** (0:10)
Back at it on Live Bet Saturday, he is Ben Stevens. I'm Dustin Swedelson. Thanks for hanging out with us this afternoon on the program. You can always check out the show in a variety of ways. SiriusXM Channel 158, YouTube TV, the VSiN Watch app, radio affiliates across the United States of God bless America. Some updates on the action in Major League Baseball.
I'd like to see this for both of us here over in our nation's capital. Arizona leads 2-0 in the third. However, the Nats with a couple of hits in a row with one out, and all of a sudden they have runners on first and third, I believe. No, second and third for Washington. And one of the hottest hitters in baseball at the plate, the shortstop, CJ Abrams. You want an example of why the Detroit Tigers should trade Serik Schubel?
Ask the Nats how they feel about the package they got in return for Juan Soto. Now, that was in the off season. Abrams was one of the pieces. Mackenzie Gore, another one. The other one, James Wood, who is one of, if not the best hitter in the National League right now, not named Shohei Otani.
This is big for you on the over. This is big for me backing the Nationals here to plate a couple runs with guys on base. Over in Boston, Toronto leads 5-0.
George Springer with a home run in that 1-3 run shot. He was 6-1 to cash there. How about Jung-Hoo Lee in San Francisco? We touched on his homer as the Giants are up 5-0 right now against the Angels. Jung-Hoo Lee, 10-1 to hit a homer. And he clears the wall in right field at Oracle. And now San Francisco with the lead. And now Lee with a nice play in right field to prevent a runner getting on base with an extra base hit. And Abrams sends one into center field. We are tied up in Washington, DC. That is a 2-RBI double off the bat of CJ Abrams. And we are back to even. Wow.

**Ben Stevens** (2:03)
The all-star starter for the National League at the shortstop spot is CJ Abrams. If you do not know enough about this Nats team, it is time to learn how explosive offensively they have been all year long. The second best WRC Plus, weighted runs created plus. Basically, how good are you at putting up runs offensively to help your team win baseball games? They are the second best club in baseball all year long, only slightly behind the Dodgers. Since the start of June, Major League Baseball average is 100 WRC Plus. The Nats are 146 as a team. The number is astounding and astronomical, and they are bringing it today. Dustin, right before the break, I had my eyes on this, because the Snakes get to Foster Griffin first. They played two runs, courtesy of Gabriel Moreno. And it looked like a moment, when the total was at 8 1⁄2, when you look at Mitch Pratt making the start, the fourth of his Major League Baseball career for the Dbacks on the other side, the command hadn't been there already two walks given up. He has now given up a third walk. He does not go deep into games, and you are hoping to get to the bullpens here in both of these spots. So now that live total at 10 1⁄2, the over has the Jews. I bet over nine pregame, I'm liking what we are seeing now with the national offense starting to weigh up, and your nationals offense that you needed as well with this Phosphor Griffin start.

**Dustin Swedelson** (3:23)
Yeah, I like the idea of the over right now, over 10 1⁄2 minus 103 The Nats bullpen, as soon as it comes in, you're always concerned. I am concerned about my play on Washington. I need them to get runs early because you just need a little bit of cushion as the game goes on. Now, the opposite of that would be when you're dealing with the San Diego Padres bullpen, especially with Mason Miller on the back end. But more importantly, the bridge getting to him is still elite. They are up to nothing right now down in Miami.
And that's Ty France who drove into runs for them. However, Randy Vasquez in the bottom half of the third inning, he just hit Otto Lopez to begin the third. I initially would normally think, you know what, San Diego has a lead. It's Randy Vasquez, a guy who pitches to contact, going through the order at least one more time here as we're in the third inning. He just put the leadoff runner on. San Diego, San Diego minus 170, I'm sorry, Miami plus 135, and the Marlins plus one and a half is minus 134