Thursday’s MLB Odds
(TheSpread) – The 2012 MLB Schedule for Thursday features a total of 13 games. Here is a look at the odds and pitching matchups for each of the contests.
The featured game of the night in the American League has the Chicago White Sox hosting the Texas Rangers at 7:05PM ET (View Matchup). The Sox have Jose Quintana on the mound to face Matt Harrison of the Rangers. According to oddsmakers, the Rangers have odds of -130 to win tonight’s game, while the Sox have odds of +120 to win. The over/under total has been set at 9.5 runs. Chicago is 44-37 overall and 21-21 at home this season while Texas is 50-32 overall and 23-17 on the road. Chicago has won the last two and three of its last four over Texas.
The featured game in the National League has the Arizona Diamondbacks hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers at 9:40PM ET (View Matchup). The D’Backs have Wade Miley on the mound to face Nate Eovaldi of the Dodgers. According to oddsmakers, Arizona is favored in this game, as it has a money line of -165 to win. The Dodgers have been given odds of +155 to prevail The over/under total for this game has been set at 8.5 runs. Los Angeles is 45-37 this season and 19-21 on the road while Arizona is 39-41 overall and 20-19 at home. The Dodgers have won three of the five meetings with the Diamondbacks this year.
For odds and over/under totals for each of Thursday’s games, see below.
2012 MLB Odds for Thursday, July 5
National League
951 Miami Marlins +120 (9) (Buehrle)
952 Milwaukee Brewers -130 (Fiers)
953 Houston Astros +130 (8.5) (Norris0
954 Pittsburgh Pirates -140 (Karstens)
955 San Francisco Giants -120 (7.5) (Cain)
956 Washington Nationals +110 (Detwiler)
957 Chicago Cubs +115 (8.5) (Garza)
958 Atlanta Braves -125 (Minor)
959 Philadelphia Phillies +120 (7) (Hamels0
960 New York Mets -130 (Dickey)
961 Colorado Rockies +180 (Friedrich)
962 St. Louis Cardinals -190 (Lynn)
963 Los Angeles Dodgers +155 (8.5) (Eovaldi)
964 Arizona Diamondbacks -165 (Miley)
965 Cincinnati Reds -135 (6.5) (Latos)
966 San Diego Padres +125 (Volquez)
American League
967 Minnesota Twins +135 (6.5) (Diamond)
968 Detroit Tigers -145 (Porcello)
969 Texas Rangers -130 (9.5) (Harrison)
970 Chicago White Sox +120 (Quintana)
971 Tampa Bay Rays -105 (9.5) (Hellickson)
972 Cleveland Indians -105 (Tomlin)
973 Kansas City Royals +125 (10) (Hochevar)
974 Toronto Blue Jays -135 (Alvarez)
975 Baltimore Orioles +140 (8.5) (Arrieta)
976 Los Angeles Angels -150 (Richards)
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