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Open an Account at Bovada Sportsbook Now! Sign up at Bovada.lv to get up to a $250 Deposit Bonus and to bet all the Web’s best MLB Baseball odds and props! The Cleveland Indians who were one of the preseason favorites to get to the World Series are starting to play like it now. They got off to a horrendous start, but have really turned it around winning 11 of their last 14 overall. Carlos Carrasco shut down the potent Kansas City offense last night 2-1. He allowed the 1 run in 7 innings and four relievers did the rest. The Tribe are now only 1 game below .500 and are just 5 1/2 games behind the Twins in the A.L. Central. One of the reason’s for the Indians’ early troubles and now recent success is ace Corey Kluber. He did not look like a Cy Young winner in his first 7 starts. On May 7th, the Royals tagged him for 5 runs in 5 innings in a 7-4 loss. That was his 4th loss in a row at that point. Since then, he has been brilliant. Check out these numbers in his last 4 starts: 3-0, 32 innings pitched, 1.40 ERA, and 50 strikeouts. The Royals are starting to go in the opposite direction. After last night’s defeat they have lost 6 of 7 and have fallen out of first place in the A.L. Central. Their great offense has been anything but recently. They scored 8 runs in the one game they won last week in Wrigley Field, but the other 6 losses they have scored a combined 7 runs. They still rank 1st in the majors in batting average (.275) and 4th in runs scored (4.59/game), so there’s still potential to break out in a big way. Jason Vargas takes the mound for the Royals tonight. He’ll be making his 7th start this year and he really hasn’t been good. He’s 3-2 with a 5.16 ERA and has allowed a home run in 5 of his 6 starts. He’s actually faced Cleveland twice already this year winning both decisions, but not reaching the 7th inning in either game. Even though Vargas has beaten the Indians twice, the Tribe are a different team and so is Cluber. I really like the Indians in this one. Take the runline. Pick: Indians -1.5 +129 |
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