Saturday’s MLB Odds
(TheSpread) – The MLB Schedule for Saturday has a full set of 15 games. Here is a look at the odds and pitching matchups for all 15 games.
The featured game of the day has the Oakland Athletics hosting the Cleveland Indians at 9PM ET (View Matchup). The Indians have Ubaldo Jimenez on the mound to face Daniel Straily of the Athletics. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Athletics are favored at home, as they have odds of -135 to win, while the Indians have a money line of +125 to prevail. The over/under total for this contest has been set at 8 runs. Oakland is 69-52 on the season and 37-22 at home while Cleveland is 65-57 overall and 27-32 on the road. Oakland has won seven of its last 11 against Cleveland. 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 4PM ET (View Matchup). The Red Sox have John Lackey on the mound to face Hiroki Kuroda of the Yankees. According to oddsmakers, the Red Sox are the favorite at home, as they have odds of -135 to win, while the Yankees have a money line of +125. The over/under total for the contest has been set at 8.5 runs. Boston is 72-52 overall and 39-22 at home while New York is 63-58 overall and 29-31 on the road. Boston has won four of its last six over New York.
For odds and run totals for each of Saturday’s games, see below.
2013 MLB Odds & Over/Under Totals for Saturday’s August 17
901 St. Louis Cardinals (Kelly) -135 (N/A)
902 Chicago Cubs (Wood) +125
903 San Francisco Giants (Cain) -125 (7)
904 Miami Marlins (Alvarez) +115
905 Arizona Diamondbacks (Cahill) +150 (7.5)
906 Pittsburgh Pirates (Locke) -160
907 Los Angeles Dodgers (Kershaw) -185 (7.5)
908 Philadelphia Phillies (Kendrick) +175
909 Cincinnati Reds (Latos) -140 (8)
910 Milwaukee Brewers (Gallardo) +130
911 Washington Nationals (Strasburg) +115 (7)
912 Atlanta Braves (Minor) -125
913 New York Mets (Mejia) +115 (7.5)
914 San Diego Padres (Volquez) -125
915 New York Yankees (Kuroda) +125 (8.5)
916 Boston Red Sox (Lackey) -135
917 Kansas City Royals (Davis) +180 (9)
918 Detroit Tigers (Fister) -190
919 Toronto Blue Jays (Happ) +140 (8.5)
920 Tampa Bay Rays (Hernandez) -150
921 Chicago White Sox (Sale) -105 (7)
922 Minnesota Twins (Albers) -105
923 Seattle Mariners (Hernandez) +100 (8)
924 Texas Rangers (Perez) -110
925 Houston Astros (Keuchel) +182 (8.5)
926 Los Angeles Angels (Richards) -195
927 Cleveland Indians (Jimenez) +125 (8)
928 Oakland Athletics (Straily) -135
929 Colorado Rockies (Bettis) +175 (9)
930 Baltimore Orioles (Norris) -185
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