Aces Take the Mound All Day in Favorable MLB Matchups and Tracking a Potential Repeat at the Indy 500

In today’s newsletter…

- Leading Off: Indy 500 repeat?
- MLB: Sunday night pitchers’ duel
- Soccer: Roma motivation
- News: French Open preview

The Indianapolis 500 begins at 12:45pm ET today with one team earning a front row lockout for just the second time in race history. Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin was the top qualifier, followed by teammates Will Power and Josef Newgarden. Arrow McLaren drivers are in the next two spots with Alexander Rossi and Kyle Larson starting fourth and fifth. A.J. Foyt’s Santino Ferrucci is the final driver starting from Row 2 in the Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

Last year’s winner Newgarden is the betting favorite at +460, followed by the pole sitter McLaughlin, who had fastest four-lap average pole speed in race history yesterday, at +550. Larson is next at +600, and Indycar series leader Alex Palou qualified 14th and is at +1300.

In today’s newsletter, Craig is following the streaking Royals and a lot of good MLB pitching matchups all day. In soccer, Sam is tracking Roma to have more motivation than the sportsbooks think. And look for our coverage of a must-win game for Minnesota on Sportmoney.com this afternoon as the NBA’s Western Conference finals move to Dallas.