Monday’s MLB Odds
(TheSpread) – The MLB Schedule for Monday features just 12 games. Here is a breakdown of the top games taking place on this day.
The featured game of the day has the Detroit Tigers hosting the Kansas City Royals at 7:08PM ET. The Tigers have Justin Verlander (6-6) on the mound to face Jason Vargas (6-2) of the Royals. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, Detroit is favored at home tonight, as the Tigers have odds of -145 to win, while the Royals have odds of +135 to prevail. The over/under total for the game has been set at 8.5 runs. Detroit is 36-29 on the season and 18-16 at home while Kansas City is 36-32 overall and 18-16 on the road. Detroit has won all five meetings with the Royals this season and the two have hit the over in their last three meetings.
Another featured game today has the Oakland Athletics hosting the Texas Rangers at 10:05PM ET. The Athletics have Drew Pomeranz (5-3) on the mound to face Colby Lewis (4-4) of the Rangers. Oddsmakers have Oakland favored at home, as the Athletics have odds of -155 to win, while the Rangers have odds of +145 to prevail. The over/under total for the game has been set at 8 runs. Texas is 34-35 on the season and 18-16 on the road while Oakland is 42-27 overall and 19-13 at home. These two have met six times this season and the road team has won all six games. The road team has actually won nine straight between these two.
The third game of note has the Los Angeles Dodgers hosting the Colorado Rockies at 10:10PM ET. The Dodgers have Hyun-Jin Ryu (7-3) on the mound to face Tyler Matzek (1-0) of the Rockies. Oddsmakers have the Dodgers favored at home, as they have odds of -170 to win, while the Rockies have a money line of +160 to win. The over/under total for the game has been set at 7 runs. Los Angeles is 37-34 overall and 15-20 at home while Colorado is 34-35 overall and 15-21 on the road. These two have met six times this year, with each team getting three wins. Colorado has won five of its last eight against the Dodgers dating back to last season. These two have hit the under in three straight meetings.
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