MLB Betting: Indians vs. Tigers Odds & Predictions: May 1st 2009

Cleveland Indians vs. Detroit Tigers
MLB Prediction: Detroit Tigers
May 1 2009 7:05PM - MLB Odds
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Detroit’s Armando Galarraga was good to me last year and he’s also been treating me kindly so far this season. I’ve backed the Tigers in three of Galarraga’s four starts and they’ve won all three of them. They won those three games by a combined score of 27-5. Thankfully, I stayed off the Tigers in Galarraga’s other start, a 4-3 loss at LA. He still pitched relatively well in that game though and wasn’t the one who took the loss. Overall, Galarraga is 3-0 with an outstanding 1.85 ERA. That includes a 2-0 record with an awesome 0.68 ERA in his two home starts.

The lines on Galarraga’s games have started to climb and today’s line is a little too “expensive” to qualify as one of my “guaranteed” selections. That said, I still feel that the Tigers have an excellent shot at earning another victory.

Pavano goes for the Tribe and his numbers are basically a mirror image of Galarraga’s numbers. Indeed, he’s 0-3 (Indians are 0-4) with a terrible 9.50 ERA and 1.889 WHIP. While Galarraga is averaging better than six innings per start, Pavano is averaging less than five.

As a team, the Tigers are off to a 5-3 start at home while the Indians are a poor 2-8 on the road. Consider laying the wood.

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