World Series Odds: Game 5 Yankees vs Phillies MLB Odds Preview
World Series Odds - Game 5 Yankees vs Phillies MLB Odds Preview: The World Series title will be on the line tonight as the Yankees lead the 2009 World Series with a 3-1 MLB picks lead over the Phillies. According to the MLB odds makers at the best online sportsbooks the Philadelphia Phillies are listed as the -149 World Series odds favorite. The total score for the World Series Game 5 MLB picks matchup is set to 8 1/2 ( ov+100).
The Philadelphia Phillies started off the 2009 World Series odds matchup with a win but have since been unable to beat the Yankees. Alex Rodriguez has come alive and could pay off for online sports handicappers who have made A-Rod their 2009 World Series MVP pick. The New York Yankees 13-1 postseason record when going up three game could seal the 2009 World Series win if the record holds true and they win tonight's Game 5 World Series odds matchup in Citizens Ball Park.
The Philadelphia Phillies bullpen and closer Brad Lidge was unable to close 11 MLB picks matchups this season for the Phillies and with hopes of putting the negative behind him the Phillies closer failed once again. Tonight the Game 1 winner for the Phillies Cliff Lee will take the mound vs Yankees pitcher A.J. Burnett. Both pitchers are 1-0 in the 2009 World Series.
Will A-Rod be able to provide a 2009 World Series MVP performance in Game 5 of baseball's greatest series? Find the best MLB odds and betting lines for the 2009 World Series.
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2009 World Series Odds Game 1 - Philadelphia Phillies at New York Yankees
A great pitching match-up begins the 2009 World Series on Wednesday night at 7:57pm EST as the New York Yankees host the Philadelphia Phillies in a game that can be seen on FOX. It will be Cliff Lee going for the Phillies while CC Sabathia takes the mound for the Yankees in 2009 World Series odds for Game 1. These former teammates have pitched extremely well during the postseason and each could get three starts in this series if it goes seven games. Bet the Yankees -170 favorite with a total of 7.5 at online sportsbooks.
Unlike past match-ups in World Series odds, this one has everything. Each team has a premier ace pitcher, both teams have MVP sluggers and both teams can hit home runs. The teams met earlier this season in MLB odds for a series at Yankee Stadium and the Phillies took two of three. The Phillies are trying to become the first team to repeat as World Series champs since the 1998-2000 Yankees, and the first team to do it in the National League since the 1975-76 Cincinnati Reds. The Yankees are well aware that it won't be easy against the defending champs. "They're the defending champs. They're playing extremely well," manager Joe Girardi said. "We know they're an extremely tough opponent."
The Yankees had the most wins in baseball this season and had little trouble getting past Minnesota and the Angels for the first two rounds of the playoffs. Alex Rodriguez has been superb in the postseason and Sabathia has been almost unhittable. On the other side, the Phillies got amazing pitching from Cliff Lee while Ryan Howard had 14 RBIs in nine games against Colorado and the Dodgers this postseason. Wednesday's game should be a great duel as far as World Series odds are concerned with Lee going 2-0 in three starts this postseason with a 0.74 ERA.
Sabathia is 3-0 this postseason with a 1.19 ERA heading into 2009 World Series odds. The only thing that might prevent a pitcher's duel is their career numbers. Sabathia is 1-2 with a 5.55 ERA in four career starts against the Phillies while Lee is 4-4 with a 5.02 ERA in nine career starts against New York. The Phillies are 8-3 in their last 11 games as a road underdog. The Phillies are 6-2 in Lee's last 8 road starts. The Yankees are 41-10 in their last 51 home games. The Yankees are 10-1 in Sabathia's last 11 starts as a home favorite.
Bower's 2009 World Series Picks: Well the playoffs are over and the 2009 World Series is here but despite the jokes about George Steinbrenner's money buying championships, the Yankees have earned their position in this year's final against the defending champs. My MLB pick for game 1 between the Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees in World Series odds will be to take the Yanks -170 at home to the OVER in a 2-team parlay at BetUS. Vegas odds at the MGM Mirage sportsbook have the Yankees -170 favorites against the Phillies +150 with a betting total of 8 UNDER -130.
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MLB Playoffs: Phillies 3-1 Lead on Dodgers 2009 NLCS Odds
MLB Playoffs: Phillies 3-1 Lead on Dodgers 2009 NLCS Odds: Randy Wolf's return to Philly was spoiled in the bottom of the 9th inning, as Dodgers closer Jonathan Broxton surrendered the tying and go-ahead runs on a double by Jimmy Rollins and the Phillies now hold a commanding 3-1 lead in this best-of-seven 2009 NLCS Odds series. "It was a fastball on the outer third," Broxton said. "He put some good wood on it. We played a good game and let it get away in the ninth."
Going into this game, the Philadelphia Phillies [-120 ML] had been listed as the sports betting odds favorites to take Game 4 against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers [+100 ML] on Monday night. "Really, it was funny, right before he threw it, I'd say, 'Hit a ball in the right-center field gap,'" Rollins explained his train of thought against Broxton. "Kemp was playing me slightly to left-center. [Andre] Ethier was squeezing. I was like, 'Hit the ball in the gap right over Broxton's head. That's at least one run.' And it went all the way to the fence, so we were able to get two and a victory."
But who would have ever thought that it would be the Dodgers bullpen to blame? If you're Joe Torre and you're going into the bottom of the ninth with a one run lead and Broxton on the hill, you certainly have to feel good about your chances. But that wasn't the case last night.
It was like deja vu! In last year's NLCS, Matt Stairs served up a 2-run, moon-shot out right-center field off Broxton that gave Philadelphia a 3-1 lead. The difference between then and now is that if the Dodgers are able to win Game 5, the series would shift back to SO CAL.
"All we have to do is win three in a row," Randy Wolf said. ''No matter how you spin it, when you're that close, it hurts. You feel stunned. It's not a good feeling and you've just got to move on. It's always tough to swallow. Now we have the opportunity to make something magical happen."
This series resumes on Wednesday night, as Torre and the Dodgers will pin their hopes to extend this series on their MVP of the postseason, RHP Vicente Padilla (2009 MLB Playoffs: 1-0, 0.63 ERA in 2 starts) as he takes on LHP Cole Hamels (2009 MLB Playoffs: 1-1, 6.97 ERA). "Based on what I've seen and knowing how I try to ride the hot hand, all that stuff," Torre said. "You don't know how long a stretch like that can last."
We will have the MLB Playoffs: Dodgers vs. Phillies Game 5 of 2009 NLCS Odds as soon as they become available. In the meantime, Bet the Yankees vs Angels Game 4.
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ALDS Game 3 Betting Odds: Yankees sweep
In the ALDS Game 3 betting odds on Sunday the Yankees look to finish off the Twins on the road. I see the Yankees will move on stay alive this postseason.
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The Yankees magical season has continued and although they are laying a decent amount against the betting line and odds on Sunday, they should be able to put the series away. Mark Teixeira really did Minnesota in after A-Rod tied it with a 2 run homer off the Minnesota closer, Joe Nathan. The Yankees have owned Minnesota this season and they should not struggle against these MLB betting odds in this Game 3 on Sunday night. Pettitte will face Pavano, a former Yankee. Pavano has faced NY since, and has not pitched bad against them.
The Yankees got 11 runs in Pavano's two outings this season, while Minnesota has scored 13 runs total vs. Pettitte and the Yankees over the last 3 times facing him. Pettitte has shown 4 ER's allowed in his last 2 games in Minnesota, so look for a minimal scoring game on both sides tonight. In the ALDS the Yankees show a 6-3 record in game 3's over their last 9 playoff appearances. Minnesota is 0-4 in Game 3 in the ALDS over their last 4 occurrences. Number 1 seeds are 2-0 in close-out games after leading 2-0 in the ALDS, on the road. Yanks beat the betting odds for a third straight time, win by a 6-4 margin.
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Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins October 6th
Players Only is one of the first sportsbooks to offer odds on this one-game playoff.
Is there anyone in the baseball world that actually thinks that the Tigers are going to beat the Twins in the one-game playoff that takes place on October 6th? Wouldn't that be absolutely sick if the Tigers did win?
You know what it would be like actually? It would be like that time John Tyler High School infamously gave up 4 touchdowns in the dying minutes of its 1994 game against Plano East High School. John Tyler, ahead by a TON of points with hardly any time left, let their opponent back into the game, lost the lead, and then in the dying seconds of the game ran back a kickoff for the sickest win in history.
The footage was all over the television shortly after and the game is frequently mentioned whenever someone compiles an all time sports comeback list.
If the Tigers won the one-game playoff and took the AL Central divisional title it would be the sickest divisional pennant in the history of Major League Baseball. Don't go buying t-shirts that say "Detroit Tigers: 2009 American League Central Champion" on them. Don't remove your hat or shed a tear when they lift the banner to the ceiling next year either. Just recognize it for what it would be: fair and square but sick as hell.
With 25 games to go in the regular season, the Detroit Tigers had a 7 game lead in their division and they squandered that lead which also included a 3 game lead with just 4 games to go.
Players Only looks like they want people to bet on this game with them as they have already posted the odds. Minnesota, correctly, is favored at home at -160 (5/8) while the Detroit Tigers are road underdogs at +140 (7/5).
With the way the Tigers have limped into this game and with the way that Minnesota has been surging you would think that the Tigers would have longer odds than what they do. While both teams have identical records it is Minnesota that has, by far, been the better team down the stretch. The fact that they have the same winning percentage going into this game should be deemed irrevelant: their winning percentages are partly reflective of games that took place in April, May, and June, events that don't reveal how the teams have played lately.
As always though, the pitching match-up must be examined before a call is made and what we have is rookie Rick Porcello (who is only 20 years old) going head to head against Scott Baker, a veteran of a handful of Major League Baseball seasons. Both pitchers are pretty even when judged in terms of ERA and they both have similar records. Porcello, turning in a 14-9 record and 4.04 ERA in just his first season in the big leagues, might be a special pitcher in time, but for now he and Baker are pretty even.
The key to this game is not the pitching match-up however, but the fact that Minnesota is as hot as Detroit is cold. Also the home field advantage belongs to Minnesota and, relevantly, the one-game playoff was awarded to Minnesota on the basis of the fact that they have beaten Detroit more times this year than they've lost to them.
Our recommendation both of mind and of sentimentality is to pick the Twins to win this game. They are hotter, they are at home, and it would just seem right.
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Angels Look to Stay Hot with AL West Title in Hand
The Angels jumped all over the Texas Rangers (85-71 SU, 82-74 RL, 58-90-8 O/U) 11-0 in a good old fashioned beat-down on Monday night. The win was a statement to the rest of the AL but it also gave the Halos their third consecutive AL West title. Los Angeles (92-64 SU, 85-70 RL, 82-67-6 O/U) look like they will be putting the pedal to the metal as they close out their regular season schedule in anticipation of the upcoming postseason.
Ervin Santana pitched a complete-game shutout on Monday to help Los Angeles cash in as -165 home favorites while the game's 11 total runs played Over the 9.5-run O/U total.
Kendry Morales blasted a two-run homer and had three RBI for the Angels while Maicer Izturis went 3-for-4 and added two RBI for Los Angeles.
Michael Young went 2-for-3 for Texas while Tommy Hunter was pounded for six runs in just 2.1 innings to record the loss for the Rangers.
Tonight, the Rangers will give the ball to right-hander Scott Feldman (17-6, 3.58 ERA) while the Angels counter with left-hander Scott Kazmir (9-9, 5.06 ERA).
Here is a look at tonight's key trends and MLB Odds, followed by my in-depth analysis and expert MLB Free Picks.
Rangers are 4-1 in their last 5 games following a loss.
Rangers are 3-9 in their last 12 vs. American League West.
Rangers are 1-4 in their last 5 games vs. a left-handed starter.
Rangers are 10-2 in Feldman's last 12 starts vs. American League West.
Rangers are 5-1 in Feldman's last 6 road starts vs. a team with a winning record.
Angels are 6-2 in their last 8 home games vs. a team with a winning record.
Angels are 5-2 in their last 7 home games vs. a right-handed starter.
Angels are 7-3 in their last 10 vs. American League West.
Rangers are 5-0 in Feldman's last 5 starts vs. Angels.
MLB Odds
Texas Rangers +1 1/2 -175
Scott Feldman -R +115
Los Angeles Angels -1 1/2 +155
Scott Kazmir -L -135
Over 8 1/2 -120
Under 8 1/2 Ev.
Analysis: The Texas Rangers have gone a robust 10-2 in Scott Feldman's last 12 starts against AL West ballclubs and a solid 5-1 in Feldman's last six road starts versus a team with a winning record, but I like the Angels to win their third consecutive game after clinching the AL West title on Monday night
The Angels have gone a solid 6-2 in their last eight home games versus a team with a winning record while also going 5-2 in their last seven home games against a right-handed starter and 7-3 in their last 10 games against AL West opponents.
While the Rangers have gone a perfect 5-0 in Scott Feldman's last five starts against the Angels, Texas has also gone just 1-4 in their last five games against a left-handed starter.
I know southpaw Scott Kazmir has never lived up to his vast potential, which is why he was traded by the Tampa Bay Rays to L.A. earlier this season, but when Kazmir is on top of his game, he can be very tough to beat, which I think will be the case tonight as he tries to duplicate Ervin Santana's masterpiece from Monday night.
Take the Angels for the straight up win in this one BetUS MLB sports betting members.
MLB Free Picks: Angels SU Win
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DET-CLE Preview
Cleveland, OH - Barely more than two weeks ago, the Detroit Tigers appeared to be cruising to their first division title in 22 years. Losing nine of 13 has certainly changed that, but facing the slumping Cleveland Indians might help.
Edwin Jackson will try to help the Tigers create some breathing room in the AL Central race when they visit the Indians - losers of eight straight - on Tuesday night.
Oddsmakers from online sportsbook Sports Interaction have made the Tigers -130 moneyline favorites for Tuesday's game against the Indians. Current MLB Public Betting Information shows that 79% of more than 350 bets for this game have been placed on the Tigers -130.
Detroit (79-70) seemed to have a comfortable cushion atop the AL Central, leading Minnesota by seven games after a 5-3 win at Tampa Bay on Sept. 6, but has dropped nine of 13 since.
The Tigers nearly saw their lead reduced to a single game Sunday, but avoided a sweep to the Twins by winning 6-2 at the Metrodome and pulled three games ahead of Minnesota.
"I don't want to sound like a prophet, but I said a long time ago, at the start of the season, that there was a good chance this thing would go to the last week, to the last few games, and it's going to," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said.
Jackson (12-7, 3.37 ERA) earned the win Sept. 6, but has since struggled along with his team, going 0-1 with a 7.50 ERA and serving up four homers over his last two starts.
The right-hander surrendered five runs in five innings of a 9-2 loss to Kansas City on Thursday, prompting Leyland to note Jackson was struggling with his slider.
"He doesn't have a good feel for it right now, for whatever reason, so he probably doesn't have the confidence," Leyland told the Tigers' official Web site.
Jackson is 4-0 with a 3.14 ERA in his last five starts against the Indians (61-88), with three of those victories coming this season.
The Tigers have won 11 of 15 matchups with Cleveland in the season series, including four of six at Progressive Field.
Miguel Cabrera has been a big part of that success, batting .356 with two homers and seven RBIs against the Indians in 2009.
The first baseman collected four hits in the last two games against Minnesota, and continues to rank third in the AL with a .332 average while leading the Tigers with 30 homers and 92 RBIs.
The Indians, on pace for their most losses since setting a franchise record with 105 in 1991, are trying to avoid dropping nine in a row for the first time since a 10-game slide June 28-July 9, 2008.
Cleveland fell 11-4 at Oakland on Sunday to conclude a winless eight-game road trip.
"The way we played on this road trip, we didn't put ourselves in a position to win," manager Eric Wedge told the Indians' official Web site. "These guys need to regroup. The energy level is good, their attitude is good, but we need to work hard to come out and get a win on Tuesday."
Justin Masterson (4-8, 4.49) will take the mound looking to end his own losing streak, but to do that he'll likely need more help from his teammates.
The right-hander is 0-4 with a 4.88 ERA in his last five starts with all of them resulting in losses for Cleveland. However, he's received five total runs of support in that span.
Masterson took another loss Thursday, when he allowed five runs, six hits and four walks in six innings of a 5-2 defeat at Oakland.
He's pitched 3 2-3 scoreless innings of relief in his career against Detroit.
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