Detroit Tigers at Baltimore Orioles Odds

Written May 28, 2009 by Jack Jones

tigers-orioles JustBet Sportsbook presents another look at a fantastic MLB betting affair on Wednesday night when the Baltimore Orioles and Detroit Tigers take the field in a game televised nationally on MLBTV. This will be the first meeting between these two American League rivals this year, following a season where the O’s won four of the seven games. Tonight, they’re narrowly expected to start of ’09 on the right foot, as they are -110 favorites, while the ‘total’ is lined at 10 over -105.

Detroit will trot RHP Armando Galarraga to the hill on Thursday night. Following a breakout season in ’08 which saw the righty go 13-7 with a 3.73 ERA, he has come back to earth a bit in his nine starts this season. Galarraga is just 3-4, and hasn’t really figured out his stuff yet on the season. Opposing batters are hitting .271 against him, and he is allowing a bit too much contact to be successful at this level (6.70 K/9). His L/5 starts have been absolutely embarrassing, as he has a 9.93 ERA in those outings, which has seen his ERA over triple from April to May. Galarraga has only made one career start against the Orioles, and that day he allowed five runs (four earned) over 6.2 innings and suffered the loss. Through the month of May you can take advantage of the 35% free play bonus being offered by JustBet on initial deposits.

RHP David Hernandez will be taking the mound for his first career start for the Orioles on Thursday. The righty is completely an unknown commodity at the MLB level, but was having a fantastic start to the season in AAA Norfolk. There, Hernandez was 3-1 with a 2.91 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, and a solid 4.65 K/BB ratio. Scouts know that he has a ton of movement on his pitches and usually has pinpoint control, but may not quite have the gas to get the ball up there past MLB batters. His whopping 12.46 K/9 in Norfolk suggests that his stuff is at least good enough in AAA, but there’s a big question as to how well his stuff will translate to the big leagues. Don’t expect to see Hernandez last too long in this game, as he has been limited to an average of just over 5.1 innings pitched per start in the minors. That’s bad news for a bullpen that has a 4.57 ERA for the season.

It’s hard to like either team’s pitching match-ups in this game. Hernandez is a complete unknown, while Galarraga has been a gas can the entire month of May. The Tigers have scored at least four runs in 11 of their L/14 and is coming off of a three-game set in Kansas City where they scored 22 runs. Baltimore just swept Toronto, and did so by scoring a whopping 25 runs. Expect more runs this evening. The JustBet Insiders play on this game is to take the OVER 10 runs.

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