Friday’s MLB Odds
LAS VEGAS, NV (TheSpread) – The Boston Red Sox look to continue a recent hot streak, as do the Kansas City Royals, as both highlight today’s MLB schedule.
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The Red Sox (41-45) seek their fifth straight win tonight when they host the New York Yankees (46-39) at 7:10PM ET. The Sox have Clay Buchholz (7-6, 3.27 ERA) on the mound to face Michael Pineda (8-5, 3.79). According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Sox are the slight favorite at home tonight, as they are getting odds of -110 to win, while the Yankees are getting a money line of +100 to win. The over/under total for the game has been set at 8 runs. The Yankees have won four straight over the Sox this season while Boston is just 3-7 in its last 10 Friday games.
The Royals (50-33) are looking for their sixth straight win tonight when they host the Toronto Blue Jays (44-44) at 8:10PM ET. Toronto has Marco Estrada (6-4, 3.59) on the mound to face Danny Duffy (2-4, 5.14) of the Royals. Oddsmakers have the Jays as the road favorite tonight, as they are getting odds of -115 to win, while the Royals are getting odds of +105 to prevail. The over/under total for the game has been set at 8.5 runs. Kansas City has won 35 of its last 52 home games and 12 of its last 17 games on Friday.
Another big game today has the Pittsburgh Pirates (50-35) hosting the St. Louis Cardinals (56-30) at 7:05PM ET. St. Louis has Lance Lynn (6-4, 2.53) on the mound to face Gerrit Cole (12-3, 2.28). Oddsmakers have the Pirates as a -130 favorite to win today’s game, while the Cardinals are getting odds of +120 to prevail. The over/under total has been set at just 6.5 runs. The Cardinals have won 8 of their last 10 against the Pirates and these two have hit the under in 6 of their last 8 meetings.
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