Cleveland has won 20 straight games over Detroit while going 18-2 on the run line. The Indians are 45-8 vs. the Tigers in their past 53 games and 41-12 on the run line.
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“Vegas Dave” Oancea is confident his singular Mike Trout baseball card will break the record $3.12 million paid for a Honus Wagner tobacco card.
The BetMGM bettor hit a five-team money-line parlay Tuesday of the Nets (13-1), Suns (+310), Blazers (+145), Heat (+135) and Pacers (Even).
The William Hill bettor hit an $88, 12-team money-line parlay that paid $43,082.23 and a $180, 12-team money-line round robin that paid $53,424.52.
More members of the St. Louis Cardinals tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday, leading MLB’s 17th postponement in 10 days.
The Cardinals-Brewers game in Milwaukee on Saturday was postponed after one more player and three staff members with St. Louis tested positive for the coronavirus, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.
A coronavirus outbreak causing the postponement of several games is only one of the challenges books are dealing with in the shortened season.
The 1918 flu pandemic devastated the sports landscape, but what followed was a new golden age. Something similar could happen after the COVID-19 crisis subsides.
Even without NFL preseason games, the month still shapes up as the biggest August ever with the NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball back on the betting board.
The Miami Marlins have had 18 players and two coaches test positive for COVID-19, leading to a least a temporary suspension of their season.
Coronavirus threat forces Henderson’s Ken Korach to call Athletics road games from home in a nod to re-created games of baseball’s past.
Henderson’s Richard Lovelady has a cardboard cutout of himself at Oakland Athletics home games this season, and a foul ball hit it on Friday.
Major League Baseball temporarily suspended the Miami Marlins’ season through Sunday because of their worsening coronavirus outbreak.
A DraftKings sportsbook bettor turned $2 into $1,923.38 after hitting a seven-team baseball parlay Sunday at 961-1 odds. The gambler played seven underdogs on the money line.
Relief pitcher stuck in Philadelphia hotel room awaiting latest test results as COVID-19 runs wild in Marlins’ dugout.