Thursday’s MLB Odds
The MLB Schedule for Thursday features a total of nine games. Here is a look at the odds for today’s top action.
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The featured game of the day is the final game of the series between the Texas Rangers (78-67) and the Houston Astros (77-69) at 8:05PM ET. The Rangers have a 1½ game lead over the Astros for first in the division. Texas is at home and has Colby Lewis (15-8, 4.45 ERA) on the mound to face Lance McCullers (5-5, 3.10) of the Astros. According to oddsmakers at GTBets, the Astros are favored on the road, as they are getting odds of -110 to win, while the Rangers are getting a money line of +100 to prevail. The over/under total for the game has been set at 9 runs. The Rangers have won the first three games of the series and their last six against the Astros. Houston is just 14-38 in its last 51 road games.
Another big game today has the Pittsburgh Pirates (87-58) hosting the Chicago Cubs (84-61) at 12:35PM ET. The Pirates have Charlie Morton (9-7, 4.02) on the mound to face Kyle Hendricks (7-6, 4.08) of the Cubs. Oddsmakers have the Pirates as the favorite at home, as they are getting odds of -130 to win, while the Cubs are getting a money line of +120 to prevail. The over/under total for the game has been set at 8 runs. The over is strong for this game as the Cubs are 7-3-1 with the over in their last 11 games and Pittsburgh is 7-2 with the over in its last 9 games. The Pirates are also 8-1 with the over in their last 9 games following a loss.
The final game of note has the Minnesota Twins (75-70) hosting the Los Angeles Angels (73-72) at 8:10PM ET. The Twins have Tommy Milone (8-5, 3.73) on the mound to face Hector Santiago (8-9, 3.21) of the Angels. Oddsmakers have the Twins as a -120 favorite at home in this game, while the Angels have odds of +110 to win. The over/under total has been set at 8.5 runs. The Angels have won 9 of their last 10 against the Twins and 28 of their last 41 Thursday games.
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