Friday’s MLB Odds
(TheSpread) – The MLB Season has a full schedule of 15 games on Friday. Here is a look at the odds and pitching matchups for each contest on the docket.
The featured game in the A.L. has the Boston Red Sox hosting the New York Yankees at 3:05pM ET (View Matchup). The Sox have Clay Buchholz on the mound to face New York’s Ivan Nova. Oddsmakers have the Sox as the favorite in this game, as they have a money line of -108 to win, while the Yankees have a money line of +102. The over/under total for the game has been set at 10 runs. New York is 6-6 on the season and 3-3 on the road while Boston is 4-8 overall and 3-3 at home. The Yankees have won three of their last four games against the Red Sox.
In the N.L., the New York Mets will be hosting the San Francisco Giants at 7:10PM ET (View Matchup). The Mets have Jon Niese on the mound to counter Barry Zito of the San Francisco Giants. The Mets are the favorite to win this game, with a money line of -131 to win. The Giants have odds of +123 to prevail, while the over/under total has been set at 7.5 runs. The Giants are 6-6 on the season and 2-4 on the road while the Mets are 7-5 overall and 4-2 at home. The Giants have won four of their last five against the Mets.
For odds and goal totals for each of Friday’s games, see below.
2012 MLB Odds for Friday, April 20
National League
951 Cincinnati Reds -119 (H. Bailey)
952 Chicago Cubs +112 (C. Volstad)
955 Miami Marlins +106 (7.5) (C. Zambrano)
956 Washington Nationals -113 (R. Detwiler)
953 St. Louis Cardinals -127 (L. Lynn)
954 Pittsburgh Pirates +120 (C. Morton)
957 San Francisco Giants +126 (7.5) (B. Zito)
958 New York Mets -134 (J. Niese)
959 Los Angeles Dodgers -126 (7.5) (T. Lilly)
960 Houston Astros +119 (J. Happ)
961 Colorado Rockies +120 (8.5) (J. Chacin)
962 Milwaukee Brewers -127 (S. Marcum)
963 Atlanta Braves -113 (9) (B. Beachy)
964 Arizona Diamondbacks +106 (T. Cahill)
965 Philadelphia Phillies -126 (6) (C. Hamels)
966 San Diego Padres +119 (E. Volquez)
American League
967 New York Yankees +102 (10) (I. Nova)
968 Boston Red Sox -108 (C. Buchholz)
969 Texas Rangers +101 (9) (M. Harrison)
970 Detroit Tigers -107 (R. Porcello)
971 Minnesota Timberwolves +162 (8) (L. Hendriks)
972 Tampa Bay Rays -173 (M. Moore)
973 Toronto Blue Jays +105 (9) (K. Drabek)
974 Kansas City Royals -111 (L. Hochevar)
975 Baltimore Orioles +131 (9) (B. Matusz)
976 Los Angeles Angels -139 (J. Williams)
977 Cleveland Indians -114 (7.5) (U. Jimenez)
978 Oakland Athletics +107 (G. Godfrey)
979 Chicago White Sox -123 (7) (C. Sale)
980 Seattle Mariners +116 (H. Noesi)
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