Friday’s MLB Odds
(TheSpread) – The MLB Schedule for Friday has a set of 16 games. Here is a look at the odds and pitching matchups for all 16 games.
The featured game of the day has the Oakland Athletics hosting the Cleveland Indians at 10PM ET (View Matchup). The Indians have Justin Masterson on the mound to face A.J. Griffin of the Athletics. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Athletics are favored at home, as they have odds of -130 to win, while the Indians have a money line of +120 to prevail. The over/under total for this contest has been set at 7 runs. Oakland is 68-52 on the season and 36-22 at home while Cleveland is 65-56 overall and 27-31 on the road. Cleveland has won all four meetings this year against Oakland. The two have hit the over in four of their last six meetings as well.
The other featured game of the day has the Boston Red Sox hosting the New York Yankees at 7PM ET (View Matchup). The Red Sox have Felix Doubront on the mound to face Andy Pettitte of the Yankees. According to oddsmakers, the Red Sox are the favorite at home, as they have odds of -185 to win, while the Yankees have a money line of +175. The over/under total for the contest has been set at 9 runs. Boston is 72-51 overall and 39-21 at home while New York is 62-58 overall and 28-31 on the road. Boston has won four of its last five over New York and the two teams have hit the under in five of their last seven meetings.
For odds and run totals for each of Friday’s games, see below.
2013 MLB Odds & Over/Under Totals for Friday, August 16
951 St. Louis Cardinals (Westbrook) -145 (N/A)
952 Chicago Cubs (Arrieta) +135
953 Arizona Diamondbacks (McCarthy) +135 (7.5)
954 Pittsburgh Pirates (Cole) -145
955 Los Angeles Dodgers (Greinke) -115 (7)
956 Philadelphia Phillies (Lee) +105
957 San Francisco Giants (Gaudin) +105 (7)
958 Miami Marlins (Eovaldi) -115
959 Washington Nationals (Jordan) +155 (7.5)
960 Atlanta Braves (Wood) -165
961 Cincinnati Reds (Leake) -135 (8)
962 Milwaukee Brewers (Gorzelanny) +125
963 New York Mets (Niese) +135 (7)
964 San Diego Padres (Kennedy) -145
965 Kansas City Royals (Shields) +140 (7.5)
966 Detroit Tigers (Verlander) -150
967 Kansas City Royals (Duffy) N/A
968 Detroit Tigers (Alvarez) N/A
969 New York Yankees (Pettitte) +175 (9)
970 Boston Red Sox (Doubront) -185
971 Toronto Blue Jays (Dickey) +125 (8)
972 Tampa Bay Rays (Hernandez) -135
973 Seattle Mariners (Iwakuma) +155 (8.5)
974 Texas Rangers (Holland) -165
975 Chicago White Sox (Quintana) +115 (8.5)
976 Minnesota Twins (Correia) -125
977 Cleveland Indians (Masterson) +120 (7)
978 Oakland Athletics (Griffin) -130
979 Houston Astros (Peacock) +150 (9)
980 Los Angeles Angels (Williams) -160
981 Colorado Rockies (Nicasio) +165 (9)
982 Baltimore Orioles (Chen) -175
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