MLB Betting Odds Rockies vs Tigers Free Pick
Interleague action continues in Major League Baseball this weekend. Today our daily Free Pick features the Colorado Rockies vs Detroit Tigers with MLB betting odds courtesy of the Bodog online sportsbook. This contest has “slugfest” written all over it as two decent hitting teams will battle it out, in the rare air in Denver, against a couple hurlers that own lofty pitching stats.
MLB Betting Odds Rockies vs Tigers Free Pick: Tied for the AL Central Division lead, Detroit (38-32) is in the rare air of Denver this weekend to face the Rockies. Colorado (34-35) sits third in the NL West Division as they are 4.5 games back of the San Francisco Giants.
First pitch for this Major League Baseball wagering action is slated for 8:10 PM ET on Saturday, June 18, 2011, from beautiful Coors Field in Denver, CO.
MLB Betting Preview – Tigers @ Rockies
Colorado pounded the Tigers 13-6 on Friday as they registered 15 hits. The Rockies have won three straight games and are 6-4 in their last ten games.
Detroit had 12 hits of their own on Friday but they left 18 base runners stranded and allowed a six run second inning by Colorado. The Tigers have lost two of three and are 5-5 over their last ten contests.
Since 2003 Colorado is 8-2 straight up at home against Detroit. This is the Tigers first visit to Coors Field since 6/12/2005 when they dropped two of three to the Rookies.
MLB Betting Odds Tigers vs Rockies Free Picks
Today we present MLB betting odds from the sportsbook at the JustBet.com sports betting website. JustBet is one of just a handful of sportsbooks who are posting Game Total action on this match-up.
Not surprisingly, with two mediocre pitchers on the hill in hitter friendly Coors field, the game total is a lofty -125 OVER 9 runs.
Tigers versus Rockies games usually result in beer league softball type scores and that should hold true tonight. In their last ten games in Denver, Colorado outscored Detroit by a 75-53 margin. At an average of 12.8 runs per game, the total has gone OVER nine runs in eight of the last ten contests.
Detroit has had a coupe of days to get used to the elevation in the “Mile-High City “ and they have the better starting pitcher on the bump in this one. As much as we like them to win tonight, we also like the game total to go over.
After a careful review of this match-up, we are going to stray off our beaten path a bit tonight. We will go with a 50-unit parlay wager along with a 50-unit straight bet for this slugfest in the making.
Take a parlay on Detroit with the Money Line (+140) and OVER at Justbet!
Take the game total to go OVER -125 at JustBet!
