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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

MLB Betting: Blue Jays vs Red Sox

 

Courtesy of OddsShark.com:

The Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox will meet on the field at Fenway Park on Wednesday in a battle of division rivals.
The Blue Jays will give the ball to starter Shaun Marcum in this one. Righthander Marcum is 1-1 this season with a 3.19 ERA.
The Red Sox will counter Marcum with Tim Wakefield. Righthander Wakefield has a 5.40 ERA to go along with a 0-1 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Blue Jays, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
Daisuke Matsuzaka allowed one run over seven innings to get the win, as the Red Sox downed the Blue Jays 6-1 on Tuesday night.
Boston won as -150 home favorites, while the game played UNDER the 10.5-run total listed by sportsbooks.
Jason Varitek was 2-for-3 with a big fly for the Red Sox, as J.D. Drew went 2-for-4 with a run batted in for Boston.
Fred Lewis went 2-for-4 with an RBI for Toronto, while losing pitcher Dana Eveland was roughed up for five earned runs over four innings for the Blue Jays.
Current streak:
Toronto has lost 2 straight games.
Boston has won 3 straight games.
Team records:
Toronto: 19-16 SU
Boston: 18-16 SU
Toronto most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 3-7
Before playing Texas are 6-4
After playing Boston are 4-6
After a loss are 5-5

Boston most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 8-2
Before playing Detroit are 8-2
After playing Toronto are 7-3
After a win are 7-3
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
Toronto is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games on the road
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games when playing at home against Toronto
Next up:
Toronto home to Texas, Friday, May 14
Boston at Detroit, Friday, May 14

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