Saturday’s MLB Odds
(TheSpread) – Major League Baseball has a set of 16 games taking place on Saturday, including one doubleheader. Here is a look at the odds for each of the games on the day.
The American League, the featured game of the day is a battle for the lead in the AL Central with the Detroit Tigers hosting the Chicago White Sox at 4:05PM ET (View Matchup). The Sox have Chris Sale on the mound to face Rick Porcello of the Tigers. According to oddsmakers, the White Sox are favored in this game, as they have odds of -115 on the road, while the Tigers have odds of +105 to win. The over/under for the game has been set at 8.5 runs. Chicago has a ½ game lead on Detroit for first in the AL Central. Chicago is 50-43 overall and 26-21 on the road while Detroit is 50-44 overall and 26-21 at home. The Tigers have won three of their last four against the White Sox.
In the National League the Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals have the doubleheader with a game at 1:05PM ET (View Matchup) and 7:05PM ET. For the first game, the Braves have Ben Sheets on the mound to face Edwin Jackson of the Nationals. According to oddsmakers, the Nationals are a slight favorite at home in this game, as they have odds of -115 to win, while the Braves have a money line of +105. The over/under total for the game has been set at 8 runs. Atlanta is 50-42 overall and 26-18 on the road while the Nationals are 54-37 overall and 27-17 at home. The Nationals have won nine of their last 11 against the Braves.
For odds and goal totals for each of Saturday’s games, see below.
2012 MLB Odds for Saturday, July 21
National League
951 Los Angeles Dodgers -115 (8.5) (Capuano)
952 New York Mets +105 (Batista)
953 Chicago Cubs +130 (8.5) (Garza)
954 St. Louis Cardinals -140 (Westbrook)
955 San Francisco Giants +110 (7) (Cain)
956 Philadelphia Phillies -120 (Hamels)
957 Atlanta Braves +105 (8.5) (Delgado)
958 Washington Nationals -115 (Lannan)
959 Miami Marlins +120 (8) (Zambrano)
960 Pittsburgh Pirates -130 (Burnett)
961 Milwaukee Brewers +100 (8.5) (Gallardo)
962 Cincinnati Reds -110 (Arroyo)
963 Houston Astros N/A (Keuchel)
964 Arizona Diamondbacks (Miley)
965 Colorado Rockies -105 (7) (Francis)
966 San Diego Padres -105 (Wells)
981 Atlanta Braves +105 (8) (Sheets)
982 Washington Nationals -115 (Jackson)
American League
967 Texas Rangers -120 (8) (Darvish)
968 Los Angeles Angels +110 (Santana)
969 Baltimore Orioles +130 (9) (Tillman)
970 Cleveland Indians -140 (McAllister)
971 Chicago White Sox -115 (8.5) (Sale)
972 Detroit Tigers +105 (Porcello)
973 Minnesota Twins +115 (9.5) (Diamond)
974 Kansas City Royals -125 (Mendoza)
975 Toronto Blue Jays +120 (10) (Villanueva)
976 Boston Red Sox -130 (Cook)
977 Seattle Mariners +140 (8) (Vargas)
978 Tampa Bay Rays -150 (Cobb)
979 New York Yankees -125 (7.5) (Hughes)
980 Oakland Athletics +115 (Parker)
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