Wednesday MLB Opening Odds
(The Spread) – The Diamondbacks, Yankees and Phillies keep winning while the Pirates and Giants can’t buy a victory at the moment.
After beating the Giants once again on Tuesday night, the Diamondbacks are now tied with San Francisco atop the NL West standings. They’ll go for the sweep today at 3:45PM ET, although oddsmakers still favor the Giants at –140 despite the fact that they’ve lost five in a row. Visiting Arizona is +130 on the money line for today’s game.
Another NL team that has the opportunity to sweep today is the Philadelphia Phillies, who will play the Rockies at 3:10PM ET. With Roy Halladay on the hill, the Phillies are –190 money line favorites against the Rockies, who are +180 on the ML. Philadelphia is now 8-1 in its last nine road games against the Rockies and 21-6 in its last 27 games overall versus Colorado.
Like San Francisco, Pittsburgh is struggling mightily at the moment. The Pirates are now 3-7 in their last 10 games and have lost five straight. For a team that showed so much hope a week ago, the Bucs are in danger of losing their third straight game to the lowly Cubs. In fact, oddsmakers from online sports book Bodog have made the visiting Cubs –110 money line favorites over the Pirates, who are +100 on the ML.
In the American League, the Yankees remain one game behind the Red Sox in the East after notching their fifth-straight game on Tuesday. They’ll once again take on the White Sox, who have opened as +100 money line underdogs against New York (-110). According to latest MLB trends, the Bombers are 5-1 in their last five road games against the White Sox and 12-4 in their last 16 meetings overall with Chicago.
For a complete list of opening MLB odds and totals, see below.
MLB Opening Odds & Totals for August 3, 2011
901 Atlanta Braves –155 (8.5)
902 Washington Nationals +145 (8.5)
903 St. Louis Cardinals +110 (8.5)
904 Milwaukee Brewers –120 (8.5)
905 Philadelphia Phillies –190 (8)
906 Colorado Rockies +180 (8)
907 Arizona Diamondbacks +130 (7.5)
908 San Francisco Giants –140 (7.5)
909 Chicago Cubs –110 (7.5)
910 Pittsburgh Pirates +100 (7.5)
911 Florida marlins +115 (8.5)
912 New York Mets –125 (8.5)
913 Cincinnati Reds –125 (8.5)
914 Houston Astros +115 (8.5)
915 Los Angeles Dodgers +110 (6.5)
916 San Diego Padres –120 (6.5)
917 Oakland A’s –130 (7)
918 Seattle Mariners +120 (7)
919 Texas Rangers –120 (9)
920 Detroit Tigers +110 (9)
921 Cleveland Indians +165 (10.5)
922 Boston Red Sox –175 (10.5)
923 Toronto Blue Jays +145 (7.5)
924 Tampa Bay Rays –155 (7.5)
925 Baltimore Orioles +110 (9)
926 Kansas City Royals –120 (9)
927 New York Yankees –110 (9)
928 Chicago White Sox +100 (9)
929 Minnesota Twins –105 (8)
930 Los Angeles Angels –105 (8)
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