posted July 4, 2008 at 16:27 in MLB Articles
MLB Baseball Wagering - Florida Marlins vs. Colorado Rockies
The Colorado Rockies look for their fourth victory in a row on Friday night as they take on the Florida Marlins in the second of a four game sports betting series. After sweeping the San Diego Padres in a mini two game online wagering series, the Rockies beat the Marlins in the first of this four game series on Thursday night. It took extra innings for the Rockies to do it, but they did it. For online baseball betting fans, this probably isn’t exactly a sign of things to come but more a sign that the Rockies can sneak up and take one once in a while. They send pitcher Greg Reynolds to the mound. Reynolds has a 5.75 ERA and a record of 2 and 6 in the 10 games he has started this season.
The Marlins counter Reynolds with pitcher Scott Olsen. Olsen has better stats then Reynolds but his ability to win this game isn’t as obvious as MLB betting fans would like. Olsen has a record of 4 and 4 and an ERA of 3.47.
Here are the BetUS online sportsbook betting odds for this game.
Scott Olsen – L + 1 ½ - 190 + 105 O 10 ½ - 110
Greg Reynolds – R - 1 ½ + 160 - 125 U 10 ½ - 110
Here are a few online wagering trends that might help us find a good online bet in this game.
The Florida Marlins are 7 and 16 in their last 23 games on the road.
The Florida Marlins are 1 and 4 in Scott Olsen’s last 5 starts as the underdog.
The Colorado Rockies are 4 and 0 in their last 4 games versus a left-handed starter.
The Colorado Rockies are 3 and 8 in their last 11 games overall.
The trends say that the Marlins and Rockies play a relatively close game in this July 4th affair.
That shouldn’t surprise any online sportsbook betting fan. The Rockies and Marlins played an 11 game slugfest on Thursday night. Could this Friday night game turn out the same way?
Maybe. It’s going to be close which means an online wager on either pitcher on the run-line probably isn’t the way to go.
I’m inclined to take the underdog in this situation because of the fact that the dog is getting above even money on the BetUS online sportsbook. Florida lost an 11 inning heartbreaker to the Rockies on Thursday night.
I don’t think the same thing happens on July 4th.
I’ll be making an online wagering bet on Scott Olsen and the Florida Marlins to beat the Colorado Rockies on Friday night at the BetUS online sportsbook odds of + 105.
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