Today's Best NRFI/YRFI Bets for Friday, April 11

MLB expert Eric Rosales has found three of his favorite No Run/Yes Run First Inning bets for Friday night's massive 15-game MLB slate.

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Eric Rosales • Betting Analyst
Apr 11, 2025 • 09:01 ET • 4 min read
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Friday will be flush with baseball, with all 30 teams in action and 15 games to find the best No Run/Yes Run First Inning bets.

It's an easy enough prop, as you'll only need the first six outs of a game to find out if you're cashing in or out of luck.

All you need to do is pick the matchup where you think the two teams will combine for at least one run in the first inning or not.

Check our free MLB picks and best NRFI bets for Friday, April 11.

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NRFI/YRFI bets for April 11

Pirates vs Reds: NRFI (-119 at ProphetX)

The Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds open a set Friday at the Great American Ball Park, and both teams have been great at keeping a clean and scoreless first inning.
 
Both teams have seen zeroes across the board in the first inning in nine of their first 13 games, tied with the Seattle Mariners for best in the league.

The Reds have gone four straight games with a clean first inning, though they'll be sending out Brady Singer.

Despite going 2-0 with a nice 2.25 ERA, first-inning runs have been scored in both of his starts, though none are his doing.

The Pirates have seen a first-inning run in their road games just twice in their last seven and have only seen a run score in the first in one start against a righty in 11 starts (Singer is a righty).

Tigers vs Twins: YRFI  (-103 at ProphetX)

We go from one end of the spectrum to the other as we examine the Detroit Tigers' upcoming matchup with the Minnesota Twins.

First-inning runs seem to be as common as first-pitch strikes in Minnesota, as the Twins have seen a run plate in the first inning in 10 of their 13 games this season.

Righty David Festa gets his first start of the year against the Tigers. In the final month of his rookie year, he had an inflated 4.91 ERA and allowed a first run in two of five starts.

The Tigers are in the middle of the pack, splitting their 12 games with six YFRI/NFRI each.

They'll be sending out righty Reese Olson, and the righty has been susceptible to getting tagged early, allowing first-inning runs in both of his starts this year while running a high 5.06 ERA.

These teams are tracking to tack one on again in the first inning Friday.

Brewers vs Diamondbacks: YRFI (-108 at ProphetX)

Let's finish with the hottest YFRI team in baseball, the Arizona Diamondbacks. A first-inning run has been scored in their games eight straight times, easily the longest streak in the young season.

Arizona is trotting out Eduardo Rodriguez, and the lefty is coming off a shaky start last time out, surrendering three first-inning runs in an eventual 4-3 loss to the Nationals.

He's got a large 6.10 ERA to start 2025.

Their opponent, the Milwaukee Brewers, has kind of righted the ship after the Yankees lit their pitching staff on fire to start the year.

That started the Brew Crew trailing after the first inning in the first four games of the season.

Milwaukee doesn't even have a starter named for this one as of publication time, but we know a YRFI has occurred in four of its 6 road starts, and I like the beat to go on in the Desert.

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Eric has been involved in sports media in many different capacities since graduating from journalism school in 1999, back when getting your own column in a newspaper was still considered a thing. He doubled down and graduated from broadcast journalism school five years later, which led to a move to Toronto and a career with The Sports Network (TSN). From behind-the-scenes production work, he moved into the digital realm, where he had his own hoops column (At the Buzzer), while regularly live streaming and chatting with fans during broadcasts as the character known as LeBlog James. He was also a key contributor to TSN and CTV’s Olympic programming during the 2012 London Games.

Eric eventually found his way into the sports betting field in 2016 and has been a mainstay ever since. He was tagged on Twitter as a Top 10 NBA sharp during the 2021 season and has been interviewed about basketball and his handicapping process on shows from Vancouver to India. Eric is now a jack-of-all-sports at Covers, where his predictions span the alphabet soup: NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, F1, WNBA, Euro, and Copa.

When making picks, he focuses on finding value first and foremost, and ensuring readers have all the information they need to make an informed choice.

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