Saturday’s MLB Odds
(TheSpread) – The MLB Schedule for Saturday features a total of 15 games. Here is a look at the odds and pitching matchups for each of the contests.
The featured game of the day has the Baltimore Orioles hosting the Tampa Bay Rays at 4PM ET (View Matchup). The Rays have Roberto Hernandez on the mound to face Jair Jurrjens of the Orioles. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Orioles are the slight favorite at home, as they have odds of -110 to win this game, while the Rays have a money line of +100. The over/under total for the game has been set at 9.5 runs. Baltimore is 23-18 on the season and 9-9 at home while Tampa Bay is 21-20 overall and 7-12 on the road. Tampa Bay won the series opener, but the Orioles have won four of the seven meetings this year. The two teams have not hit the over in all seven meetings this season.
The other featured game on the day has the Philadelphia Phillies hosting the Cincinnati Reds at 4PM ET (View Matchup). The Reds have Bronson Arroyo on the mound to face Kyle Kendrick of the Phillies. According to oddsmakers, the Phillies are the slight favorite to win, as they have odds of -110 for this game, while Cincinnati has been given a money line of +100 for this contest. The over/under total for the contest has been set at 8 runs. Philadelphia is 20-22 overall and 10-11 at home while Cincinnati is 25-17 overall and 9-11 on the road. The home team has won all four games between these two teams this season. Arroyo has a win over the Phillies this year, while Kendrick has lost his last two outings against the Reds.
For odds and run totals for each of Saturday’s games, see below.
2013 MLB Odds & Over/Under Totals for Saturday, May 18
951 New York Mets (Hefner) +130 (N/A)
952 Chicago Cubs (Feldman) -140
953 Cincinnati Reds (Arroyo) +100 (8)
954 Philadelphia Phillies (Kendrick) +135
955 Arizona Diamondbacks (McCarthy) -145 (8)
956 Miami Marlins (Koehler) +135
957 Los Angeles Dodgers (Capuano) +165 (8)
958 Atlanta Braves (Medlen) -175
959 Milwaukee Brewers (Estrada) +170 (8)
960 St. Louis Cardinals (Lynn) -180
961 San Francisco Giants (Lincecum) +100 (10)
962 Colorado Rockies (Nicasio) -110
963 Washington Nationals (Zimmerman) -155 (6.5)
964 San Diego Padres (Stults) +145
965 Seattle Mariners (Saunders) +145 (8.5)
966 Cleveland Indians (McAllister) -155
967 Toronto Blue Jays (Morrow) +120 (8.5)
968 New York Yankees (Phelps) -130
969 Tampa Bay Rays (Hernandez) +100 (9.5)
970 Baltimore Orioles (Jurrjens) -110
971 Chicago White Sox (Santiago) +105 (9)
972 Los Angeles Angels (Blanton) -115
973 Boston Red Sox (Dempster) -120 (8.5)
974 Minnesota Twins (Diamond) +110
975 Detroit Tigers (Sanchez) -135 (9.5)
976 Texas Rangers (Grimm) +125
977 Kansas City Royals (Santana) +110 (7.5)
978 Oakland Athletics (Milone) -120
979 Houston Astros (Bedard) +215 (7.5)
980 Pittsburgh Pirates (Burnett) -235
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