Saturday’s MLB Odds
(TheSpread) – The MLB Schedule for Saturday 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 Detroit Tigers hosting the Cleveland Indians at 7PM ET (View Matchup). The Tigers have Anibal Sanchez on the mound to face Scott Kazmir of the Indians. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Tigers are favored at home, as they have odds of -165 to win this game, while the Indians have odds of +155 to prevail. The over/under total for this game has been set at 8.5 runs. Detroit is 79-56 overall and 43-26 at home while Cleveland is 71-63 overall and 31-37 on the road. Detroit has now won six straight over Cleveland with Friday’s win in the series opener.
The other featured game of the day has the Pittsburgh Pirates hosting the St. Louis Cardinals at 7PM ET (View Matchup). The Pirates have AJ Burnett on the mound to face Lance Lynn of the Cardinals. According to oddsmakers, Pittsburgh is the favorite to win this game, as the Pirates have odds of -120 to win and the Cardinals have a money line of +110 to prevail. The over/under total for the game has been set at 7.5 runs. St. Louis is 78-56 overall and 37-31 on the road while Pittsburgh is 78-56 overall and 44-24 at home. The home team has won seven of the last nine games in this series and the Pirates have beaten St. Louis in eight of the last 11 meetings.
For odds and run totals for each of Saturday’s games, see below.
2013 MLB Odds & Over/Under Totals for Saturday, August 31
901 Philadelphia Phillies (Lee) -140 (N/A)
902 Chicago Cubs (Rusin) +130
903 New York Mets (Wheeler) +135 (7.5)
904 Washington Nationals (Haren) -145
905 St. Louis Cardinals (Lynn) +110 (7.5)
906 Pittsburgh Pirates (Burnett) -120
907 Miami Marlins (Turner) +200 (7)
908 Atlanta Braves (Minor) -220
909 Cincinnati Reds (Reynolds) -125 (10)
910 Colorado Rockies (Nicasio) +115
911 San Francisco Giants (Vogelsong) +120 (8.5)
912 Arizona Diamondbacks (Cahill) -130
913 San Diego Padres (Cashner) +135 (7.5)
914 Los Angeles Dodgers (Capuano) -145
915 Kansas City Royals (Guthrie) +115 (8.5)
916 Toronto Blue Jays (Dickey) -125
917 Baltimore Orioles (Feldman) +110 (9)
918 New York Yankees (Nova) -120
919 Cleveland Indians (Kazmir) +155 (8.5)
920 Detroit Tigers (Sanchez) -165
921 Chicago White Sox (Danks) +185 (8.5)
922 Boston Red Sox (Peavy) -200
923 Seattle Mariners (Saunders) -110 (9)
924 Houston Astros (Keuchel) +100
925 Minnesota Twins (Pelfrey) +205 (9)
926 Texas Rangers (Garza) -225
927 Tampa Bay Rays (Cobb) +110 (7)
928 Oakland Athletics (Gray) -120
929 Los Angeles Angels (Williams) +130 (8.5)
930 Milwaukee Brewers (Estrada) -140
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