VSiN PrimeTime | August 5, 2026 | Hour 3

**SPEAKER_1** (0:01)
This is VSiN PrimeTime. Live from the Circus Sportsbook in downtown Las Vegas on VSiN, the SportsBetting Network.

**Femi Abebefe** (0:13)
Welcome back. It is our number three of VSiN PrimeTime here on VSiN, the SportsBetting Network, Femi Abebefe alongside Will Hill here at the Circus Resort and Casino in downtown Las Vegas. As always, you can watch us at vsin.com/watch, the VSiN Watch app, and you can listen live on SiriusXM channel 158, where our game of the night tonight on VSiN PrimeTime, between the Pirates and the Brewers, Paul Skeens on the mound, has settled back in, I guess, here in the bottom of the fifth, but had a rough fourth, which has been the difference here in this contest. Milwaukee has a 3-0 lead.
I am on the, or at least I was on, the Pirates in the first five. That bet has since lost. Will, you are currently sweating the over for the full game, over seven and a half. You just need the Pirates to kind of get something rolling or to get Paul Skeens pulled out of this game here, so at least maybe the Brewers can add some more to what they've already done.

**Will Hill** (1:10)
Yeah, some sort of runs would be nice from the Pirates, hasn't happened so far.
That's been a theme for first Skeens through his Pirates career, whether he's pitching well or he's pitching great. They just don't seem to score for him for whatever reason. For the first couple of years, they just had a bad offense. This year, the offense is better, but just, you know, he's not himself, but the Pirates not helping him out here. Three nothing, two outs in the bottom of the fifth. So the stat line is not going to look awful. They had five innings, three runs. OK, it's not like, you know, he's given up six runs in the first inning as he gives up a line drive out there. So that will probably close the book on Skeens, you would think. That was a pretty quick inning. But five innings, two hits, you know, it's not terrible, but just seems off. Doesn't seem like himself. And I would think that ends it. So we'll see if we'll see if the Pirates can get something going. Other scores, Yankees and Cardinals still scoreless. Bottom of the third, the Nationals took a 3-2 lead over Philly.
As a boy, I thought that was actually a little cheap on Philly today with no James Wood, no Garcia. I mean, that whole team, their strength is their offense. And you know, the bullpen stinks and that, if you're going to take away two big cogs of the offense, they might be a bet against team the rest of the year. And maybe they still will be. This game is far from over with that Nationals bullpen. That's actually good. Now that I mentioned it, what's the price on the Phillies? Because we got Philly here down 3-2, let's see, minus 190 So are there guys on base? Oh, I guess there are. That's kind of blocked in the corner. They do have men on first and second. So we had the right idea, but just a little late to the party there is they got a couple of guys on them and that's just, that's odd to see Femi when you have a team down 3-2 and they're minus 2 favorites. But 2-1 nobody out, they got the extra bat here being the home team and that Nationals bullpen is about as bad as it gets.

**Femi Abebefe** (2:46)
Yeah. So maybe a chance there for those. Now it's minus 219 I'm assuming is Rio Muto about to get walked here? I don't know what's about to happen.
But minus 219 is where you can find Philadelphia. Nats plus 188 total is at 8 and a half. So that's what's going on around the big leagues in Major League Baseball. But Will, we have the National Football League that is on the horizon. Regular season, a little over a month ago, still got some time. But the preseason, my friend, oh baby, in less than 24 hours, we might not see NFL caliber football, but it'll be players wearing NFL uniforms. Yes, sir.
As the Cardinals and the Panthers take off and face off, I should say, in Canton, Ohio, for the preseason Hall of Fame game. Looking at the betting market over at DraftKings, Carolina is laying one and a half, totals at 35 and a half. The big news with that game, Carson Beck will be starting at quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals. I believe Kenny Pickett will be starting for Carolina. How long will he play? I'm guessing like a series or two, given that it's a Hall of Fame game.