The morning line

MLB The marquee game tonight is the Los Angeles Dodgers at the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park, though it's sitting in a rain delay before a single pitch has been thrown — two of the hottest teams in the league, so the bullpen managers are probably already sweating the lineup card. The Milwaukee Brewers, who are running away with the best record in the NL at 63-37, host the struggling New York Mets later tonight, and if the Brewers' heart of the order gets into their stuff early, it could be a short night for whoever takes the mound for New York. Keep an eye on the Atlanta Braves hosting the San Diego Padres at Truist Park — the Braves are favored heavy at -149, and if their starter can go deep into the game and keep the Padres' bats quiet, the bullpen might not even need to break a sweat.

MLS The marquee matchup tonight is Chicago Fire FC visiting Inter Miami CF, two of the hotter clubs in the Eastern Conference with Inter Miami sitting at 9-4-2 and Chicago not far behind at 8-2-4 — expect goals, as the over-under is set at 3.5. Out West, Real Salt Lake rolls into Los Angeles to face LAFC on FS1, a clash between two sides with serious Western Conference ambitions and Real Salt Lake favored to make things uncomfortable for the home side. Nashville SC hosting CF Montreal is basically a foregone conclusion on paper — Nashville is the class of the league at 11-3-1 and listed as massive favorites — but the Vancouver Whitecaps at FC Cincinnati game is the sleeper to watch, with the Whitecaps riding a red-hot 10-2-2 record into Cincinnati looking to keep their unreal run going.

WNBA The game to watch tonight is the Las Vegas Aces heading into Washington to take on the Mystics — Las Vegas is 18-7 and has been getting buckets all season, but Washington is right at .500 and has the home court to make it a fight, so expect the Aces to have to earn it rather than just stroll in and splash their way to a W. Over on USA Network, the Indiana Fever host the Connecticut Sun in a matchup where Indiana is favored by double digits — the Fever have been eating teams up lately at 16-10, and a struggling Connecticut squad that's dropped to 7-19 is going to have a hard time keeping pace in the paint. Up in Seattle, the Minnesota Lynx (21-6) could put on an absolute clinic against a Storm team that's sitting at 6-22, though the real story is just how much distance Minnesota can keep putting between themselves and the rest of the league.