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8:10 PM ET, June 4, 2025

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Padres at Giants Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 4  —  It's Wednesday, June 4, and the Padres (35-24) are in San Francisco to take on the Giants (33-28).  Nick Pivetta is slated to take the mound for San Diego against Kyle Harrison for San Francisco.
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Rangers at Rays Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 4  —  It's Wednesday, June 4, and the Rangers (29-32) are in Tampa to take on the Rays (31-29).  Kumar Rocker is slated to take the mound for Texas against Shane Baz for Tampa Bay.
Discussion: Deadspin
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Royals at Cardinals prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 4  —  It's Wednesday, June 4, and the Royals (32-29) are in St. Louis to take on the Cardinals (33-27).  Noah Cameron is slated to take the mound for Kansas City against Miles Mikolas for St. Louis.
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Orioles at Mariners Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 4  —  It's Wednesday, June 4, and the Orioles (23-36) are in Seattle to take on the Mariners (32-27).  Cade Povich is slated to take the mound for Baltimore against Emerson Hancock for Seattle.
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Tigers at White Sox Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 4  —  It's Wednesday, June 4, and the Tigers (40-22) are in Chicago to take on the White Sox (19-42).  Sawyer Gipson-Long is slated to take the mound for Detroit against Sean Burke for Chicago.
Discussion: South Side Sox
Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
Guardians at Yankees Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 4  —  It's Wednesday, June 4 and the Guardians (32-27) are in Bronx to take on the Yankees (37-22).  Luis L. Ortiz is slated to take the mound for Cleveland against Clarke Schmidt for New York.
Discussion: Plain Dealer
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Diamondbacks at Braves prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, trends, and stats for June 4  —  Its Wednesday, June 4 and the Diamondbacks (29-31) are in Atlanta to take on the Braves (27-32).  —  Merrill Kelly is slated to take the mound for Arizona against Chris Sale for Atlanta.
Discussion: Battery Power and Arizona Sports
Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
Cubs at Nationals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 4
NBCSports.com:   Mets at Dodgers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 4
Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
Astros at Pirates Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 4
Discussion: The Crawfish Boxes
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Phillies at Blue Jays Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 4
Discussion: Deadspin
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Rockies at Marlins prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 4
Discussion: Deadspin
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Brewers at Reds prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 4
Discussion: Redleg Nation
Associated Press:
Guardians pitcher Ben Lively has Tommy John surgery, expected to miss 12-18 months  —  CLEVELAND — Guardians pitcher Ben Lively had Tommy John surgery on his right elbow Wednesday morning.  —  Dr. Keith Meister did a right elbow ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction with a flexor tendon repair on the 33-year-old Lively in Dallas.
Phillip Martinez / SNY:
Mets, Brandon Nimmo discuss play on Freddie Freeman's fly ball in 10th inning: 'It's not as routine as it looked'  —  Freeman's fly ball dropped in for a double to score Dodgers' game-winner  —  POPULAR IN THE COMMUNITY RECENT STORIES  —  BEGLEY  —  Mets blow ninth-inning lead, lose to Dodgers in extras
Discussion: New Jersey Online and True Blue LA
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Laura Albanese / Newsday:
Mets, down early, take lead, then fail to hold on in 9th and 10th in loss to Dodgers
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
New York Mets  —  Objective: Get Juan Soto really going and run away with the NL East.  —  Best fit: Cedric Mullins  —  What to know: The Mets have the best record in the NL, and that's without Soto having his typical year and with a patchwork rotation that has managed to be the game's best.
Discussion: Yahoo Sports and New Jersey Online
Associated Press:
Rockies' 2nd straight win in Miami ends MLB-record streak of series losses at 22  —  MIAMI — The woeful Colorado Rockies have ended their ignominious, record-setting MLB streak of 22 consecutive series losses, which dated to last season.  —  A nervy 3-2 victory at Miami …
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Reds place Hunter Greene on 15-day injured list and sign Wade Miley to 1-year contract  —  CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds placed ace pitcher Hunter Greene on the 15-day injured list with a right groin strain and signed veteran left-hander Wade Miley to a one-year contract.
Associated Press:
Cool Jazz back at Yankee Stadium as Chisholm's homer sparks New York to 3-2 win over Cleveland  —  NEW YORK — The New York Yankees had been missing their cool Jazz.  —  Sidelined since April 29 by a strained right oblique, Jazz Chisholm Jr. drove Tanner Bibee's first pitch of the seventh inning toward the right-center stands.
 
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