Friday’s MLB Odds
(TheSpread) – The 2012 MLB Season has a full schedule for Friday, with 15 games taking place. Here is a look at the odds and pitching matchups for each contest.
In the American League, the featured game has the Cleveland Indians hosting the Texas Rangers at 7:05PM ET (View Matchup). Cleveland has Jeanmar Gomez on the mound to counter Colby Lewis of the Rangers. Oddsmakers have the Rangers as the favorite to win this game, giving them a money line of -143, while the Indians have odds of +135 to win at home. Texas is 17-8 on the season and 9-3 on the road while Cleveland is 13-10 overall and 4-7 at home. Texas has won its last four against Cleveland and 9 of its last 10 against the Indians.
In the National League, the Washington Nationals play host to the Philadelphia Phillies at 7:05PM ET (View Matchup). Washington has Stephen Strasburg on the mound to face Kyle Kendrick of the Phillies. The oddsmakers clearly favor Washington, as they have a money line of -207 to win, while the Phillies have odds of +194. Washington is 16-9 on the season and 10-3 at home while Philadelphia is 13-13 overall and 8-8 on the road. Washington has won its last five meetings with Philadelphia. The Nationals are 4-1 with Strasburg on the mound while the Phillies are 0-2 under Kendrick.
For odds and goal totals for each of Friday’s games, see below.
2012 MLB Odds for Friday, May 4
National League
951 Los Angeles Dodgers -136 (C. Billingsley)
952 Chicago Cubs +128 (P. Maholm)
955 Cincinnati Reds -136 (J. Cueto)
956 Pittsburgh Pirates +128 (K. Correia)
953 Philadelphia Phillies +194 (K. Kendrick)
954 Washington Nationals -207 (S. Strasburg)
957 Arizona Diamondbacks -102 (W. Miley)
958 New York Mets -104 (D. Gee)
959 St. Louis Cardinals -153 (K. Lohse)
960 Houston Astros +144 (L. Harrell)
961 Atlanta Braves -118 (T. Hudson)
962 Colorado Rockies +111 (G. Moscoso)
963 Miami Marlins -123 (J. Johnson)
964 San Diego Padres +116 (A. Bass)
965 Milwaukee Brewers +105 (Z. Greinke)
966 San Francisco Giants -111 (T. Lincecum)
American League
967 Chicago White Sox -106 (J. Peavy)
968 Detroit Tigers +100 (D. Smyly)
969 Texas Rangers -143 (C. Lewis)
970 Cleveland Indians +135 (J. Gomez)
973 Baltimore Orioles +155 (W. Chen)
974 Boston Red Sox -165 (J. Lester)
971 Oakland Athletics +186 (T. Ross)
972 Tampa Bay Rays -199 (D. Price)
975 New York Yankees -160 (C. Sabathia)
976 Kansas City Royals +150 (B. Chen)
977 Toronto Blue Jays +111 (H. Alvarez)
978 Los Angeles Angels -118 (E. Santana)
979 Minnesota Twins +122 (C. Pavano)
980 Seattle Mariners -130 (J. Vargas)
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