Monday’s MLB Odds
LAS VEGAS, NV (TheSpread) – Monday’s MLB Schedule has a set of 11 games set to take place today. Here is a look at the odds for today’s top action.
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The featured game of the day has the Pittsburgh Pirates (61-43) hosting the Chicago Cubs (54-52) at 7PM ET. The Cubs have Jon Lester (6-8, 3.26 ERA) on the mound to face Francisco Liriano (7-6, 2.92). According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Pirates are favored at home, as they are getting odds of -125 to win, while the Cubs are getting a money line of +115 to win. The over/under total for the game has been set at 6.5 runs. The Cubs have hit the under in 13 of Lester’s last 17 starts and in 15 of their last 21 Monday games. Pittsburgh is 38-15 in its last 53 games as a favorite.
Another featured game today has the Toronto Blue Jays (54-52) hosting the Minnesota Twins (54-50) at 1:07PM ET. The Twins have Ervin Santana (2-1, 3.78) on the mound to face David Price (9-4, 2.53) in his Toronto debut. Oddsmakers have Toronto favored at home in this game, as the Jays are getting odds of -210 to win, while the Twins have a money line of +190 to prevail. The over/under total for the game has been set at 8.5 runs. The Twins are just 8-20 in their last 28 trips to Toronto and these two have hit the under in 6 of their last 8 meetings in Toronto.
Another game of note has the Texas Rangers (51-53) hosting the Houston Astros (60-46) at 8:05PM ET. Houston has Lance McCullers (5-3, 2.48) on the mound to face Colby Lewis (11-4, 4.42) of the Rangers. Oddsmakers have the Astros favored on the road, as they are getting odds of -125 to win, while the Rangers are getting odds of +115 to prevail. The over/under total for the game has been set at 9 runs. Houston is just 8-21 in its last 29 trips to Texas. These two have hit the under in 10 of their last 14 meetings and Houston has hit the under 8 of its last 9 road games.
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