Saturday MLB Opening Odds
(The Spread) – The pennant and wild card races in both leagues are really heating up throughout baseball. Check out Saturday’s lines.
With their win on Friday night, the Red Sox padded to their lead in the AL Wild Card standings over the Rays. Boston is now four games ahead of Tampa Bay with a chance to be five games up with a win on Saturday afternoon. Oddsmakers have made the Red Sox –170 money line favorites over the Rays, who are +160 on the ML for today’s 4:10PM ET.
In the National League, the Braves now only hold a 3.5-game lead over the Cardinals in the Wild Card race after losing to the Mets on Friday. Oddsmakers have installed Atlanta as a –175 money line favorites over New York, which is +165 on the ML. The Mets are 28-58 in their last 86 games against the Braves and 2-5 in their last seven meetings versus New York.
In the NL West, the Diamondbacks’ lead over the Giants continues to shrink. While San Francisco has won six straight, Arizona has dropped two in a row and is now only six games ahead of the Giants in the division after leading by 9.5 only a couple of days ago. The Diamondbacks (-155) will try to get back on track with a win tonight in San Diego (+145).
Speaking of the Giants, they’ll go for their seventh straight win when they take on the Rockies again in Colorado. According to latest MLB trends, the Giants are 12-5 in their last 17 games against the Rockies, while the over is 5-1 in the last six meetings between these two teams in Colorado. San Fran is +130 on the money line, while Colorado is –140 and the over/under total is 9.5.
For a complete list of opening odds for Saturday’s MLB games, see below.
MLB Opening Odds & Totals for Saturday, September 17, 2011
951 Houston Astros +135
952 Chicago Cubs –145
953 St. Louis Cardinals
954 Philadelphia Phillies
955 Florida Marlins +210 (7.5)
956 Washington Nationals –230
957 New York Mets +165 (7.5)
958 Atlanta Braves –175
959 Milwaukee Brewers –140 (8.5)
960 Cincinnati Reds +130
961 San Francisco Giants +130 (9.5)
962 Colorado Rockies –140
963 Arizona Diamondbacks –155 (7)
964 San Diego Padres +145
965 Pittsburgh Pirates +155 (7)
966 Los Angeles Dodgers –165
967 New York Yankees –150 (9)
968 Toronto Blue Jays +140
969 Cleveland Indians +115 (8.5)
970 Minnesota Twins –125
971 Detroit Tigers
972 Oakland A’s
973 Los Angeles Angels –165 (9)
974 Baltimore Orioles +155
975 Chicago White Sox +135 (9)
976 Kansas City Royals –145
977 Tampa Bay Rays +160 (8.5)
978 Boston Red Sox –170
979 Texas Rangers –190 (8)
980 Seattle Mariners +180
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