MLB Picks & Predictions: American League Best Bets for Tuesday July 8

Last Updated on July 8, 2008 9:49 am by admin

AL Best Bets for Tuesday

Our writers poured over the American League game for Tuesday so you don’t have to. What they came up with are two best bets for July 8, 2008.

Indians 37-51 at Tigers 44-44

Matchup Report | Best Odds OTB SBG

Cleveland was among the favorites to represent the

AL in the World Series in 2008 after coming within one game of doing so last season. But injuries to Victor Martinez and Travis Hafner – its two biggest run producers in 2007 – have hampered a lineup that’s hitting .246, worst in the

AL.

Losers of eight in a row, the Indians will try to move on without the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner – dealt to
Milwaukee on Monday – when they open a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers at

Comerica
Park.

Detroit is back home after a 3-4 road trip. But starting with an 8-4 win over

Cleveland on June 7, the Tigers have gone 20-8 – the best record in baseball over that stretch – to climb back in the AL Central race.

THESPREAD PICK:

DETROIT TIGERS

White Sox at

Kansas City

Matchup Report | Best Odds -120 SBG

The White Sox, winners of 10 of their last 13 overall, open a six-game road trip on Tuesday night with the first of three games against the Kansas City Royals.

The White Sox, though, have dropped 10 of their last 12 contests as visitors, and with

Minnesota just 1 1/2 games back of the Central lead, there isn’t much room for error on the road, where they are 19-24.

The White Sox aim to pick up a sixth straight victory over the Royals, who were swept in three straight games at U.S. Cellular Field from June 3-5.

THESPREAD PICK:

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

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