Friday’s MLB Odds
(TheSpread) – The MLB Schedule for Friday features a full set of 15 games. Here is a look at the odds and pitching matchups for all 15 contests.
The featured game of the day has the Oakland Athletics hosting the Tampa Bay Rays at 10PM ET (View Matchup). The Athletics have Jarrod Parker on the mound to face David Price of the Rays. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Rays are the slight favorite on the road, as they have odds of -120 to win, while the Athletics have odds of +110 to win. The over/under total for this game has been set at 6.5 runs. Tampa Bay is 75-57 overall and 31-31 on the road while Oakland is 75-58 overall and 39-25 at home. Tampa Bay has won all three meetings with Oakland this year.
The other featured game of the day has the Pittsburgh Pirates hosting the St. Louis Cardinals at 7PM ET (View Matchup). The Pirates have Francisco Liriano on the mound to face Shelby Miller of the Cardinals. According to oddsmakers, Pittsburgh is the favorite to win this game, as the Pirates have odds of -130 to win and the Cardinals have a money line of +120 to prevail. The over/under total for the game has been set at 7 runs. St. Louis is 78-55 overall and 37-30 on the road while Pittsburgh is 77-56 overall and 43-24 at home. The home team has won six of the last eight games in this series and the Pirates have beaten St. Louis in seven of the last 10 meetings.
For odds and run totals for each of Friday’s games, see below.
2013 MLB Odds & Over/Under Totals for Friday, August 30
951 Philadelphia Phillies (Halladay) +100 (N/A)
952 Chicago Cubs (Samardzija) -110
953 St. Louis Cardinals (Miller) +120 (7)
954 Pittsburgh Pirates (Liriano) -130
955 New York Mets (Gee) +160 (7)
956 Washington Nationals (Zimmerman) -170
957 Miami Marlins (Fernandez) +125 (6.5)
958 Atlanta Braves (Teheran) -135
959 Cincinnati Reds (Arroyo) -140 (10)
960 Colorado Rockies (Manship) +130
961 San Francisco Giants (Lincecum) +115 (8)
962 Arizona Diamondbacks (Delgado) -125
963 San Diego Padres (Stults) +185 (7)
964 Los Angeles Dodgers (Ryu) -200
965 Cleveland Indians (McAllister) +135 (9)
966 Detroit Tigers (Porcello) -145
967 Kansas City Royals (Santana) -105 (8.5)
968 Toronto Blue Jays (Buehrle) -105
969 Baltimore Orioles (Gonzalez) +120 (8.5)
970 New York Yankees (Sabathia) -130
971 Chicago White Sox (Santiago) +175 (9.5)
972 Boston Red Sox (Dempster) -185
973 Minnesota Twins (Hendriks) +250 (8)
974 Texas Rangers (Darvish) -300
975 Seattle Mariners (Walker) -110 (9)
976 Houston Astros (Peacock) +100
977 Tampa Bay Rays (Price) -120 (6.5)
978 Oakland Athletics (Parker) +110
979 Los Angeles Angels (Weaver) -125 (8)
980 Milwaukee Brewers (Peralta) +115
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