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Wednesday, June 09, 2010

MLB Betting: Red Sox vs Indians

Courtesy of OddsShark.com:

The Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Progressive Field.
Righthander Clay Buchholz will take the mound for the Red Sox to start this game. Buchholz is 8-3 this season with a 2.39 ERA.
The Indians will counter Buchholz with Justin Masterson. Righthander Masterson has a 5.46 ERA to go along with a 1-5 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
Tim Wakefield gave up only one earned run over 7 1-3 innings to get the win, as the Red Sox edged the Indians 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Boston won as -165 road favorites, while the teams played UNDER the 9.5-run total listed by oddsmakers.
Kevin Youkilis was 3-for-4 with a run batted in for the Red Sox, who also got RBIs from David Ortiz and Bill Hall in the win.
Shelley Duncan homered for Cleveland, while David Huff took the loss despite allowing no earned runs over six innings for the Indians.
Current streak:
Boston has won 2 straight games.
Cleveland has lost 3 straight games.
Team records:
Boston: 35-25 SU
Cleveland: 21-36 SU
Boston most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 3-7
Before playing Cleveland are 6-4
After playing Cleveland are 7-3
After a win are 7-3

Cleveland most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 6-4
Before playing Boston are 2-8
After playing Boston are 3-7
After a loss are 5-5
A few trends to consider:
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland
Boston is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games on the road
Boston is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Cleveland's last 12 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland's last 6 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland's last 6 games when playing at home against Boston
Cleveland is 6-16 SU in its last 22 games
Next up:
Cleveland home to Boston, Thursday, June 10

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