Thursday’s MLB Odds
LAS VEGAS, NV (TheSpread) – There are 10 games on the MLB schedule for Thursday, including some key afternoon clashes. Here is a look at the odds for today’s top games.
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The Kansas City Royals (49-33) play host to the Tampa Bay Rays (43-44) today at 2:10PM ET. The Rays have Nathan Karns (4-4, 3.21 ERA) on the mound to face Yordano Ventura (3-6, 4.68) of the Royals. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Royals are favored at home, as they are getting odds of -135 to win, while the Rays are getting a money line of +125 to prevail. The over/under total for the game has been set at 7 runs. The Royals have taken the first three games in this series and they are 13-3 in their last 16 games as a favorite.
The big night game features two of the best in the NL as the Pittsburgh Pirates (50-340 host the St. Louis Cardinals (55-30) at 7:05PM ET. Pittsburgh has Jeff Locke (5-4, 4.15) on the mound to face Carlos Martinez (9-3, 2.70) of the Cardinals. Oddsmakers have the Cardinals slightly favored on the road, as they are getting odds of -110 to win, while the Pirates have a money line of +100 to prevail. The over/under total has been set at 7 runs. These two have met six times this year so far, with St. Louis winning four of the six meetings, but the Pirates are 60-28 in their last 88 games at home.
Another game of note is in the AL Central as the Minnesota Twins (46-39) host the Detroit Tigers (43-41) at 8:10PM ET. The Twins have Mike Pelfrey (5-5, 3.94) on the mound to face David Price (8-2, 2.54) of the Tigers. Oddsmakers like the Tigers on the road, as they are getting odds of -145 to win, while the Twins have a money line of +135 to prevail. The over/under total has been set at 8 runs. These two have met nine times this year and Detroit has won seven of those nine meetings. The Tigers have also hit the over in their last 8 games as a favorite.
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