Saturday’s MLB Odds
(TheSpread) – The 2012 MLB Season continues its early season excitement on Saturday with 16 games on the schedule, including a doubleheader between two top teams.
The featured game of the day has the Detroit Tigers hosting the Texas Rangers in a pair of games at 1:05PM ET (View Matchup) and 7:05PM ET. The opener sees the Tigers putting Rick Porcello on the mound to face Matt Harrison for Texas. The oddsmakers see Detroit as the favorite, giving them a money line of -151 to win, while the Rangers have odds of +142 to win the opener. The over/under total has been set at 7 runs. Detroit is 9-4 overall and 5-2 at home while Texas is 11-2 overall and a perfect 6-0 on the road. The Rangers have won six of their last eight against the Tigers.
In the national league, the featured game has the Arizona Diamondbacks hosting the Atlanta Braves at 8:10PM ET (View Matchup). Arizona is putting Joe Saunders on the mound to cover Tommy Hanson of Atlanta. Oddsmakers have the Braves as the favorite in the game, as they have a money line of -130 to win, while Arizona has odds of +122 to win. The over/under total for the game has been set at 8.5 runs. Atlanta is 9-5 on the season and 4-4 on the road while Arizona is 7-7 overall and 4-4 at home. Atlanta has won the last five games in this series.
For odds and goal totals for each of Saturday’s games, see below.
2012 MLB Odds for Saturday, April 21
National League
903 Miami Marlins +149 (6.5) (A. Sanchez)
904 Washington Nationals -159 (S. Strasburg)
901 Cincinnati Reds -124 (M. Leake)
902 Chicago Cubs +117 (P. Maholm)
905 San Francisco Giants +102 (7.5) (R. Vogelsong)
906 New York Mets -108 (M. Pelfrey)
907 Los Angeles Dogers -185 (7) (C. Kershaw)
908 Houston Astros +173 (K. Weiland)
909 St. Louis Cardinals -122 (8) (J. Westbrook)
910 Pittsburgh Pirates +115 (K. Correia)
911 Colorado Rockies N/A (D. Pomeranz)
912 Milwaukee Brewers N/A (M. Estrada)
913 Atlanta Braves -130 (8.5) (T. Hanson)
914 Arizona Diamondbacks +122 (J. Saunders)
915 Philadelphia Phillies -138 (5.5) (R. Halladay)
916 San Diego Padres +130 (C. Luebke)
American League
917 Texas Rangers +142 (7) (M. Harrison) *Game 1*
918 Detroit Tigers -151 (R. Porcello) *Game 1*
Texas Rangers N/A (N. Feliz) *Game 2*
Detroit Tigers N/A (J. Verlander) *Game 2*
919 Chicago White Sox -103 (7.5) (P. Humber)
920 Seattle Mariners -103 (B. Beavan)
921 New York Yankees -101 (11) (F. Garcia)
922 Boston Red Sox -105 (F. Doubront)
925 Minnesota Twins +170 (7.5) (C. Pavano)
926 Tampa Bay Rays -181 (J. Shields)
923 Toronto Blue Jays -117 (9.5) (D. Hutchison)
924 Kansas City Royals +110 (L. Mendoza)
927 Cleveland Indians +123 (7) (J. Gomez)
928 Oakland Athletics -131 (B. McCarthy)
929 Baltimore Orioles +181 (7.5) (J. Arrieta)
930 Los Angeles Angels -193 (J. Weaver
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