MLB betting trends, odds and predictions for Thursday, June 1st, 2017 from various handicappers and websites
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National League
Diamondbacks @ Marlins
Greinke is 4-1, 3.28 in his last five starts (under 4-0-1).
Locke is making his first ’17 start; he is 35-38, 4.41 in 110 major league starts. He is 1-0, 1.77 in four minor league starts this year. He was 9-8, 5.44 in 19 starts for the Pirates LY.
Arizona is 12-4 in its last 16 games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 games. Snakes are 5-3 in road series openers. Miami won five of last six games; over is 8-3-1 in their last 12 games. Marlins are 3-6 in home series openers.
Dodgers @ Cardinals
McCarthy is 2-0, 0.75 in his last two starts; three of his last four starts went over.
Wainwright is 3-0, 0.44 in his last three starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight.
Dodgers won seven of last nine games; under is 6-3 in their last nine games. St Louis lost nine of last 13 games; over is 5-3 in their last eight home games.
Brewers @ Mets
Anderson is 2-1, 5.88 in five road starts this year (over 4-1).
Wheeler is 2-0, 2.74 in his last four starts (over 7-1-1).
Brewers lost seven of last ten games; over is 6-3 in their last nine road games. Mets are 9-6 in last 15 home games; over is 8-2-1 in their last 11 games.
American League
A’s @ Indians
Cotton is 1-3, 8.14 in his last four starts (over 3-1).
Kluber is making his first start since May 2; he is 3-1, 4.97 in his last four starts, last three of which stayed under.
A’s lost six of last nine games; five of their last seven games stayed under. Cleveland lost six of last nine home games; over is 7-4 in their last 11 home games.
Red Sox @ Orioles
Rodriguez is 4-0, 2.25 in his last seven starts (under 7-2).
Miley is 0-2, 5.82 in his last three starts; under is 3-1 in his home starts.
Boston won eight of last ten games; under is 5-1-1 in last seven Red Sox games. Boston is 2-6 in road series openers. Baltimore lost eight of its last ten games; five of last eight Oriole games stayed under. O’s are 8-1 in home series openers.
New York @ Toronto
Sabathia is 3-0, 2.00 in his last three starts; his last four starts stayed under.
Estrada is 2-0, 1.32 in his last two starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five.
New York is 6-4 in its last ten games; under is 7-3 in last nine Bronx games. NY is 4-5 in road series openers. Blue Jays won eight of last nine games; they won four of last five home series openers. Over is 5-3 in their last eight home games.
Twins @ Angels
Mejia is 1-1, 4.98 in five starts this year (under 3-1-1).
Ramirez is 2-0, 2.18 in his last three starts (under 7-2).
Minnesota lost five of last six games; they’re 6-1 in road series openers. Over is 3-0-1 in their last four games. Angels won six of last seven home games, are 4-4 in home series openers. Four of Halos’ last five home games went over.
Interleague
Rockies @ Mariners
Freeland is 2-2, 5.70 in his last four starts (under 8-2).
Gallardo is 0-2, 13.00 in his last two starts; three of his last four starts went over.
Seattle won its last four games; under is 6-1-1 in last eight Mariner games. Colorado lost four of last five games; over is 5-2-1 in their last eight road games.
Record with this pitcher starting
National League
Az-Mia: Greinke 7-4; Locke 0-0
Mil-NY: Anderson 5-5; Wheeler 4-5
LA-StL: McCarthy 6-2; Wainwright 6-4
American League
A’s-Clev: Cotton 3-5; Kluber 4-2
Bos-Balt: Rodriguez 7-2; Miley 5-5
NY-Tor: Sabathia 8-2; Estrada 6-5
Min-LAA: Mejia 2-3; Ramirez 6-3
Interleague
Col-Sea: Freeland 7-3; Gallardo 3-7
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Az-Mia: Greinke 0-11; Locke 0-0
Mil-NY: Anderson 2-10; Wheeler 3-9
LA-StL: McCarthy 1-8; Wainwright 1-10
American League
A’s-Clev: Cotton 5-8; Kluber 1-6
Bos-Balt: Rodriguez 2-9; Miley 4-9
NY-Tor: Sabathia 3-10; Estrada 4-11
Min-LAA: Mejia 2-5; Ramirez 7-9
Interleague
Col-Sea: Freeland 2-10; Gallardo 5-10
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL– 29-13 AL, favorites +$185
AL @ NL– 28-25 AL, favorites +$202
Total: 57-38 AL, favorites +$387
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 22-23-1
AL @ NL: Over 31-19-1
Total: Over 53-42-2
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Red Sox, Orioles meet in Baltimore
By: StatFox.com
The Orioles will be hoping to earn a big home victory over the Red Sox on Thursday night.
The Red Sox took two of their three games against the White Sox last series, and they have now won each of their past three series. Boston needed to get hot, and that is exactly what the team did. The Sox have won eight of their past 10 and now find themselves in second in the AL East. The Orioles, meanwhile, took two of their three against the first place Yankees. Baltimore had lost seven straight heading into that series with New York, so the team really needed to find a way to win. The starters in this Thursday night game are LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (4-1, 2.77 ERA, 59 K) for the Red Sox and RHP Wade Miley (1-3, 3.02 ERA, 51 K) for the Orioles. Baltimore is 5-4 against Boston on the season thus far, and the Orioles also happen to be 14-3 against the money line when playing at home in June over the past two seasons. They are, however, hurt by the fact that Wade Miley’s teams are 1-11 against the money line in home games against division opponents over the past three seasons.
The Red Sox have found their groove recently and they’ll be hoping that Eduardo Rodriguez can keep them hot on Thursday. The lefty has been incredibly consistent this season, as he has allowed three or fewer earned runs in all but one of his appearances this season. He most recently shutout the Mariners in six innings of work on May 26, and the Sox will be hoping that he can turn in a similar result on Thursday. Offensively, two guys that might be able to really spark Boston in this game are 1B Mitch Moreland (.276 BA, 6 HR, 28 RBI) and OF Mookie Betts (.271 BA, 9 HR, 32 RBI). Moreland is 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBI against Miley in his career, and Betts is 1-for-1 with a double and two RBI. Those are obviously small sample sizes, but Boston will need both guys to come through. Betts is definitely going to need to turn it on soon, as he has really been having a disappointing season. He is, however, far too good of a hitter for that to continue for long.
The Orioles can really use a series victory over the Red Sox and that starts with Thursday’s game. Wade Miley is going to need to turn in a solid start, which is not what he did in his most recent outing. That came against the Astros on May 27, and Miley allowed four earned runs in only five innings. It’s important that he finds a way to work into the sixth at least in this one. With Zach Britton out, this Orioles bullpen is not as good as it usually is. On offense, the Orioles are still waiting for 3B Manny Machado (.205 BA, 10 HR, 25 RBI) to wake up. Machado is 0-for-18 over the past four games, and that is really out of character for him. Machado is a superstar and has never hit lower than .262 in a single season. That means he should be due for a hot streak very shortly.