Thursday’s MLB Odds
LAS VEGAS, NV (TheSpread) – Thursday’s MLB Schedule features a number of solid games. Here is a look at the odds for today’s top contests.
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The featured game of the day has the St. Louis Cardinals (73-40) hosting the Pittsburgh Pirates (65-46) at 7:15PM ET. The Pirates have Francisco Liriano (7-6, 3.13 ERA) on the mound to face Lance Lynn (9-6, 2.76). According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Cardinals are a slight favorite at home, as they are getting odds of -115 to win, while the Pirates are getting odds of +105 to prevail. The over/under total for the game has been set at 6.5 runs. The home team has won five straight between these two and the Cardinals are 16-5 in their last 21 Thursday games and 57-19 in their last 76 at home.
Another featured game today has the Kansas City Royals (68-45) hosting the Los Angeles Angels (59-54) at 8:10PM ET. The Angels have Garrett Richards (11-9, 3.51) on the mound to face Jeremy Guthrie (8-7, 5.84). Oddsmakers have the Angels as a -110 favorite on the road in this game, while the Royals are getting odds of +100 to prevail. The over/under total has been set at 8 runs. The Royals have won seven straight meetings with the Angels and the Angels are just 1-10 in their last 11 road games. Kansas City has hit the under in 8 of its last 11 home games.
The final game of note today has the San Francisco Giants (60-53) hosting the Washington Nationals (58-55) at 10:15PM ET. The Nationals have Stephen Strasburg (6-5, 4.76) on the mound to face Ryan Vogelsong (7-8, 4.26). Oddsmakers have the Nationals as a -125 road favorite, while the Giants have odds of +115 to win. The over/under total for the game has been set at 7 runs. The Nationals have lost 9 of their last 13 coming in while the Giants have won 9 of their last 11 home games and 8 of their last 10 at home when Vogelsong takes the mound.
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