Friday, August 27, 2010

Tigers vs Blue Jays Baseball Handicapping

Courtesy of OddsShark.com:

The Detroit Tigers and the Toronto Blue Jays will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Rogers Centre.

Ace Justin Verlander will be the starting pitcher for the Tigers on this day. Righthander Verlander is 14-8 this season with a 3.65 ERA.

The Blue Jays will counter Verlander with Shaun Marcum. Righthander Marcum has a 3.70 ERA to go along with a 11-7 record this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Tigers, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

Jhonny Peralta launched a three-run homer and drove in four runs as the Tigers tore apart the Blue Jays 7-1 on Thursday. The Tigers won the game as +125 underdogs, while the eight runs made it OVER the posted over/under (7.5) set by sportsbooks.

Max Scherzer scattered six hits and one run over eight solid innings to earn the victory for the Tigers.

Ricky Romero gave up six runs off four hits over 5 2-3 innings in the Blue Jays loss.

Team records:
Detroit: 64-64 SU
Toronto: 66-61 SU

Detroit most recently:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing Toronto are 4-6
After playing Toronto are 4-6
After a win are 6-4

Toronto most recently:
When playing on Friday are 3-7
Before playing Detroit are 6-4
After playing Detroit are 7-3
After a loss are 7-3

A few trends to consider:
Detroit is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Detroit's last 8 games when playing on the road against Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Toronto's last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Toronto's last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto's last 8 games when playing at home against Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Toronto's last 9 games when playing Detroit

Next up:
Toronto home to Detroit, Saturday, August 28

 

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