Baseball Sports Wagering: Tigers vs Red Sox MLB Lines
Filed Under (Sports) by steve on 10-08-2009
Tagged Under : baseball sports wagering, baseball wagering, Brad Penny, Edwin Jackson, MLB Lines, MLB wagering lines, Red Sox, Tigers
The Boston Red Sox will try and recover from the bad series over the weekend against the Yankees as they begin a four game series against the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park on Monday. The Red Sox send Brad Penny to the mound in this ESPN televised contest against Detroit’s Edwin Jackson live at 7:10 PM EST. Penny is 7-6 on the season with a 5.20 ERA while Jackson is 8-5 with a 2.62 ERA. SBG Global Sportsbook reports that the early baseball sports wagering sees the public taking the Red Sox at home as a -110 favorite with a total 9.5 over -120.
Jackson has been excellent all year for Detroit but he has not pitched well in his career against Boston. He is 2-4 with a 5.44 ERA against Boston in his career, including 0-4 at Fenway. Penny has not been pitching well of late for Boston, giving up five or more runs in three of his last four starts. He is 5-2 at home though, with a 4.72 ERA.
The Tigers are coming off a big win on Sunday against Minnesota as they survived 8-7. "Huge," said catcher Gerald Laird, "That’s a good club right there. They’ve been battling us all year. It seems like they never quit. To be 5 1/2 [games ahead of the Twins] instead of 3 1/2 now, that’s huge. To gain a game on both teams is huge. That’s a game you’ve got to have, especially at home."
Take a look at the MLB Wagering Lines stats for Monday’s game. The Tigers are 4-1 in their last 5 games vs. a right-handed starter. The Tigers are 3-7 in their last 10 vs. the American League East. The Tigers are 2-9 in their last 11 road games. The Tigers are 1-5 in Jackson’s last 6 road starts. The Tigers are 7-19 in the last 26 meetings in Boston. The Red Sox are 5-0 in their last 5 games as a home underdog. The Red Sox are 40-15 in their last 55 vs. the American League Central. The Red Sox are 1-6 in Penny’s last 7 starts.
The Over is 6-1 in the Tigers last 7 overall. The Under is 12-4-1 in the Tigers last 17 road games. The Under is 8-1 in Jackson’s last 9 road starts. The Under is 5-2 in Penny’s last 7 home starts. The Under is 7-1-1 in the last 9 meetings in Boston between the two teams.
