Monday’s MLB Odds
(TheSpread) – The MLB Schedule for Labor Day 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 Boston Red Sox hosting the Detroit Tigers at 1:30PM ET (View Matchup). The Red Sox have John Lackey on the mound to face Doug Fister of the Tigers. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Red Sox are favored to win this game, as they have odds of -130 to prevail, while the Tigers have a money line of +120 to win. The over/under total for this game has been set at 9 runs. Boston is 82-56 overall and 45-24 at home while Detroit is 80-57 overall and 36-30 on the road. Detroit has won three of the four meetings this season and the two teams hit the over in their last three games.
The other featured game of the day has the Oakland Athletics hosting the Texas Rangers at 4PM ET (View Matchup). The Athletics have Daniel Straily on the mound to face Derek Holland of the Rangers. According to oddsmakers, Texas is favored on the road, as the Rangers have a money line of -110 to prevail. The Athletics have been given odds of +100 to win, while the over/under total for the game has been set at 8 runs. Oakland is 78-58 overall and 42-25 at home while Texas is 79-57 overall and 40-28 on the road. Texas has won four of its last five against Oakland and the two teams have hit the under in three of their last four meetings.
For odds and run totals for each of Monday’s games, see below.
2013 MLB Odds & Over/Under Totals for Monday, September 2
901 New York Mets (Matsuzaka) +185 (8.5)
902 Atlanta Braves (Maholm) -200
903 St. Louis Cardinals (Wainwright) +105 (7.5)
904 Cincinnati Reds (Latos) -115
905 Pittsburgh Pirates (Morton) -125 (8.5)
906 Milwaukee Brewers (Thronburg) +115
907 Miami Marlins (Alvarez) +135 (N/A)
908 Chicago Cubs (Wood) -145
909 San Francisco Giants (Zito) +145 (8)
910 San Diego Padres (Kennedy) -155
911 Los Angeles Dodgers (Kershaw) -190 (8.5)
912 Colorado Rockies (Bettis) +180
913 Washington Nationals (Strasburg) -115 (6.5)
914 Philadelphia Phillies (Hamels) +105
915 Chicago White Sox (Quintana) +130 (8.5)
916 New York Yankees (Hughes) -140
917 Detroit Tigers (Fister) +120 (9)
918 Boston Red Sox (Lackey) -130
919 Seattle Mariners (Hernandez) -115 (7.5)
920 Kansas City Royals (Duffy) +105
921 Minnesota Twins (Albers) -120 (8.5)
922 Houston Astros (Clemens) +110
923 Baltimore Orioles (Norris) +135 (8.5)
924 Cleveland Indians (Masterson) -145
925 Texas Rangers (Holland) -110 (8)
926 Oakland Athletics (Straily) +100
927 Tampa Bay Rays (Archer) -125 (7.5)
928 Los Angeles Angels (Richards) +115
929 Toronto Blue Jays (Rogers) +145 (9)
930 Arizona Diamondbacks (McCarthy) -155
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