Thursday’s MLB Odds
(TheSpread) – The MLB Schedule for the 4th of July features 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 Pittsburgh Pirates hosting the Philadelphia Phillies at 1:30PM ET (View Matchup). The Pirates have Gerrit Cole on the mound to face Cole Hamels of the Phillies. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, Pittsburgh is the favorite at home, as the Pirates have a money line of -130 to win, while the Phillies have a money line of +110. The over/under total for this game has been set at 7.5 runs. Pittsburgh is 52-31 overall and 29-14 at home while Philadelphia is 40-45 overall and 21-27 on the road. Pittsburgh has won four of the last five against the Phillies.
The other featured game of the day has the Boston Red Sox hosting the San Diego Padres at 1:30PM ET (View Matchup). The Red Sox have Allen Webster on the mound to face Eric Stults of the Padres. According to oddsmakers, Boston is the favorite to win this game, as the Red Sox have odds of -155 to win, while the Padres have a money line of +135. The over/under total for the game has been set at 10 runs. Boston is 52-34 overall and 30-16 at home while San Diego is 40-45 overall and 15-27 on the road. Boston won the first two games in the series and the Sox have won eight of their last 12 against the Padres. These two have also hit the under in nine of their last 12 meetings.
For odds and run totals for each of Thursday’s games, see below.
2013 MLB Odds & Over/Under Totals for Thursday, July 4
901 Milwaukee Brewers (Hand) +140 (8.5)
902 Washington Nationals (Jordan) -160
903 Arizona Diamondbacks (Kennedy) -105 (8)
904 New York Mets (Gee) -115
905 San Francisco Giants (Cain) +125 (7.5)
906 Cincinnati Reds (Leake) -145
907 Philadelphia Phillies (Hamels) +110 (7.5)
908 Pittsburgh Pirates (Cole) -130
909 Miami Marlins (Alvarez) +190 (7.5)
910 Atlanta Braves (Teheran) -240
911 Los Angeles Dodgers (Capuano) +120 (N/A)
912 Colorado Rockies (Chacin) -140
913 Cleveland Indians (Jimenez) +135 (8)
914 Kansas City Royals (Shields) -155
915 New York Yankees (Phelps) +100 (9)
916 Minnesota Twins (Gibson) -120
917 Tampa Bay Rays (Archer) -160 (9)
918 Houston Astros (Lyles) +140
919 Baltimore Orioles (Britton) -110 (9)
920 Chicago White Sox (Quintana) -110
921 Detroit Tigers (Verlander) -145 (9)
922 Toronto Blue Jays (Rogers) +125
923 Seattle Mariners (Iwakuma) +122 (8.5)
924 Texas Rangers (Perez) -142
925 San Diego Padres (Stults) +135 (10)
926 Boston Red Sox (Webster) -155
927 Chicago Cubs (Wood) N/A
928 Oakland Athletics (Straily) N/A
929 St. Louis Cardinals (Wainwright) -140 (8)
930 Los Angeles Angels (Blanton) +120
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