Posted on 5/5/2008 2:20:30 PM

MLB Baseball Betting - Boston Red Sox vs. Detroit Tigers

By D.S Williamson

It’s the week where we, as BetUS online betting aficionados, start looking towards trends in order to find winning online wagers. We will definitely keep paying attention to the pitchers from each team, but we will tweak our emphasis to pitcher trend-betting as enough games have been played in the season for us to get a clear picture of what’s going on in MLB betting.

First, we need to take a look at the pitchers. The Boston Red Sox send Daisuke Matsuzaka to the mound. Matsuzaka is as solid as a pitcher can get. His ERA is 2.52 and he has a record of 4 and 0 on the season. He’s a terrific guy to key online wagers around as there is no doubt that the big bats up and down the Red Sox line-up love to hit the ball for Dice-K.

The Tigers counter with Jeremy Bonderman. Bonderman is an off and on sort. He can have terrific games, but more likely than not he simply won’t get it done on a game-by-game basis. His ERA is only 3.82 on the season but he has a record of 2 and 2. Of course, both of those losses really can’t be blamed on Bonderman. When you have the batting line-up that the Tigers have you are expected to score more then a fair share of runs.

Before getting into trends, let’s check out the BetUS online sportsbook betting odds for this game.

Boston Red Sox

Daisuke Matsuzaka – R - 1 ½ + 130 - 120 O 9 - 110

Detroit Tigers

Jeremy Bonderman – R + 1 ½ - 150 Ev U 9 - 110

Now, let’s take a look at some trends:

The Boston Red Sox are 7 and 0 in Dice-K’s last seven starts on grass.

The Boston Red Sox are 11 and 1 in Dice-K’s last twelve starts.

The Detroit Tigers are 0 and 4 in Jeremy Bonderman’s last four starts versus a team with a winning record.

Dice-K will eventually fall on his face in a game this year. He has to. Nobody can keep it up the way Dice-K is doing. Well, not in today’s MLB where batters are as specific to pitchers as the pitchers are to the batters. Somebody in the American League is going to figure Dice-K out, but I doubt it will be tonight.

The Red Sox are the defending champions for a reason. The online betting trends above point to the Red Sox simply dominating this game from start to finish.

The BetUS online betting odds on the Red Sox to win straight-up are – 120 but I like to shoot for the stars in situations like this.

I’ll make an online wager on Dice-K at – 1 ½ runs at + 130. To me that’s a terrific online bet to make.

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