Saturday’s MLB Odds
(TheSpread) – Major League Baseball has a full set of 15 games on the schedule for Saturday. Here is a look at the odds and pitching matchups for each contest.
In the American League, the featured game has the Tampa Bay Rays hosting the Baltimore Orioles at 7:10PM ET (View Matchup). The Orioles send Wei Yin Chen to the mound to face Jeremy Hellickson of the Rays. According to oddsmakers, the Rays are the favorite to win, as they have odds of -135 to win, while the Orioles have a money line of +125. The over/under total for the game has been set at 7.5 runs. Baltimore is 55-51 overall and 30-25 on the road while the Rays are 56-50 overall and 29-25 at home. Tampa Bay has won six of its last eight over Baltimore.
In the National League the featured game has the Cincinnati Reds host the Pittsburgh Pirates at 7:10PM ET (View Matchup). The Pirates will have James McDonald on the mound to face Mike Leake of the Reds. According to oddsmakers, the Reds are a slight favorite to win this game, as they have odds of -125, while the Pirates come in with a money line of +115. The over/under total has been set at 9 runs. The Pirates are 60-45 overall and 27-29 on the road while the Reds are 65-41 overall and 35-19 at home. The Pirates have won three of their last five against the Reds, but Cincinnati won the series opener.
For odds and goal totals for each of Saturday’s games, see below.
2012 MLB Odds for Saturday, August 4
National League
951 Miami Marlins +160 (7.5) (Buehrle)
952 Washington Nationals -170 (Zimmerman)
953 Arizona Diamondbacks +135 (8) (Saunders)
954 Philadelphia Phillies -145 (Halladay)
955 Pittsburgh Pirates +115 (9) (McDonald)
956 Cincinnati Reds -125 (Leake)
957 Houston Astros +182 (8) (Harrell)
958 Atlanta Braves -195 (Maholm)
959 Milwaukee Brewers +185 (9) (Rogers)
960 St. Louis Cardinals -200 (Wainwright)
961 San Francisco Giants -145 (10) (Bumgarner)
962 Colorado Rockies +135 (Francis)
963 New York Mets +125 (6.5) (Hefner)
964 San Diego Padres -135 (Volquez)
965 Chicago Cubs +225 (7) (Volstad)
966 Los Angeles Dodgers -245 (Kershaw)
American League
967 Seattle Mariners +135 (8) (Hernandez)
968 New York Yankees -145 (Kuroda)
969 Toronto Blue Jays +135 (7.5) (Romero)
970 Oakland Athletics -145 (Griffin)
971 Texas Rangers -155 (10) (Feldman)
972 Kansas City Royals +145 (Smith)
973 Cleveland Indians +180 (9) (Jimenez)
974 Detroit Tigers -190 (Fister)
975 Baltimore Orioles +125 (7.5) (Chen)
976 Tampa Bay Rays -135 (Hellickson)
977 Minnesota Twins +175 (10) (DeVries)
978 Boston Red Sox -185 (Buchholz)
979 Los Angeles Angels +115 (10) (Santana)
980 Chicago White Sox -125 (Floyd)
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