Posted on
5/6/2008 3:14:08 PM
MLB Online Baseball Betting Odds - Boston at Detroit
By Charles Jay
BetUS MLB baseball betting odds: Detroit -115, Boston -105; Total 10 (Over -115, Under -105)
The Boston Red Sox (21-13), now gathering steam in the American League East, look to extend their winning streak to five games in a row on Tuesday night whent hey take on the Detroit Tigers (14-19), who were expecting to do better things, in an American League battle to begin at 7:05 PM ET at Comerica Park (natural turf) in the Motor City.
Right-handed knuckleball pitcher Tim Wakefield (2-1, 4.03 ERA) will get the start for the Red Sox, while the Tigers will counter with left-hander Nate Robertson (1-3, 6.82 ERA).
At BetUS Sportsbook, Detroit is listed as a -115 favorite (Boston is -105), with a total of ten runs (the Over is -115, the Under is -105).
Here are some of the MLB Baseball betting trends as they relate to this matchup:
(NOTE: These trends may also revert back to the 2007 season)
* BOS has won six of its last seven games
* BOS has lost four of its last six road games
* BOS has played six of its last nine games UNDER the total
* BOS has played four of its last six road games UNDER the total
* DET has lost its last four games
* DET has won six of its last nine home games
In the HEAD-TO-HEAD baseball betting trends:
* BOS has won three of the last four meetings
* Four of the last six meetings have gone UNDER the total
* DET has won three of the last four meetings as the home team
Boston is now starting to win in an effort to put some distance between themselves and the rest of the division. Three different BoSox - Mike Lowell, David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis - hit home runs in Monday night's win, and Dice-K again gave them a good start, albeit a short one.
Boston leads the American League with 4.94 runs per game, and is second in the majors in batting average. But Detroit, after a sluggish start, is not far behind the Sox in run production, at 4.88. However, the power numbers have not come from people like Gary Sheffield, Ivan Rodriguez or Carlos Guillen, and Miguel Cabrera, the big off-season acquisition from Florida, is hitting only .264.
Tim Wakefield gets the start for Boston, and he's given the team some innings. Wakefield has yielded more than three runs in only one of his six starts, although he is going to walk some people (21 in 36 innings). He did well against the Tigers on April 10, allowing just one earned run and three hits in five innings.
Nate Robertson has had a 30-42 record since 2005. In contrast to Wakefield, he has given up four runs or more in each of his six starts, and in only one of those starts has he finished the seventh inning. He has an admirable 3-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio, but eighteen of the 42 hits he's given up have gone for extra bases.
Interestingly, in this game Detroit is in three roles where it has not excelled - at home (6-9), against a right-hander (10-18) and as a favorite 97-12). We'll take the underdog Red Sox at the price of -105 as it is posted in the BetUS Major League Baseball betting odds.
JAY'S PLAY: BOSTON (-105)
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