Indians-Blue Jays Who Will Cover?

The Cleveland Indians and the Toronto Blue Jays will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Rogers Centre. Righthander Paul Byrd will take the mound for the Indians to start this game. Byrd is 6-10 this season with a 4.72 ERA. The Blue Jays will counter Byrd with ace Roy Halladay. Righthander Halladay has a 2.81 ERA to go along with a 13-8 record this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 230-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Indians defeated Toronto 5-2 as a +110 underdog on Friday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (10.5). Anthony Reyes allowed only one run in six 1-3 innings strong innings for Cleveland, while Shin-Soo Choo was 3-4 with a pair of RBI in the win. Rod Barajas was 2-4 with two runs scored for Toronto, while David Purcey took the loss after allowing three runs in six innings, while striking out eight. Team records: Cleveland: 50-64 SU Toronto: 59-57 SU Cleveland most recently: When playing on Saturday are 6-4 Before playing Toronto are 6-4 After playing Toronto are 7-3 After a win are 3-7 Toronto most recently: When playing on Saturday are 5-5 Before playing Cleveland are 3-7 After playing Cleveland are 3-7 After a loss are 7-3 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland's last 6 games when playing Toronto Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Toronto The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Cleveland's last 24 games when playing on the road against Toronto Cleveland is 6-16 SU in its last 22 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Toronto's last 9 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 6 games when playing Cleveland Toronto is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games Next up: Toronto home to Cleveland, Sunday, August 10