Sports Betting – A Look At Thursday’s Betting Schedule

[Freddy Wills]

While some may be confused as to why there was Olympic soccer action for the women on Wednesday, the actual ceremonies aren’t until Friday and there is a full day of sports on Saturday, so you can put that on the backburner for now. On Thursday, the focus will be on baseball and the first round of the Canadian Open, which is still a solid draw despite being held the week after the British Open.

MLB Betting

Rays Orioles Odds (12:35 PM ET): Players that use price per head bookie (read more about it software will have an eye on this game as James Shields could be making his final start for Tampa Bay, who could be looking to trade their former All-Star before the July 31st deadline. Shields will get the call against Baltimore’s Chris Tillman.

Dodgers Cardinals Odds (1:45 PM ET): Chris Capuano will go on the hill for Los Angeles, who recently traded for Hanley Ramirez, while Jake Westbrook will be on the mound for St. Louis as both teams are trying to keep pace in the wild-card race in the National League.

Tigers Indians Odds (7:05 PM ET): Detroit’s Justin Verlander has been brilliant since the All-Star break, and he’ll be out for revenge against Cleveland, who beat him earlier this season. The Indians counter with Zach McAllister, and Detroit should be the favorite at .

Pirates Astros Odds (8:05 PM ET): Pittsburgh’s A.J. Burnett has been one of the stories of the season, much like the ascent of his team, and he’ll get the ball on Thursday night in Houston, where the Astros will go with Dallas Keuchel.

Nationals Brewers Odds (8:10 PM ET): Washington’s Edwin Jackson has been pretty solid for a pitching staff that has been phenomenal this season, and he’ll go up against Milwaukee’s Yovani Gallardo in a National League meeting.

Golf Odds

Canadian Open Odds (tee times start at 7:10 AM ET): Ernie Els scared the promoters of the Canadian Open in Hamilton as he said he was going to skip the event after benefitting from Adam Scott’s collapse in England, but the South African will be teeing it up with another favorite, Matt Kuchar and Vijay Singh at 1:10 PM ET. Defending champion Sean O’Hair will go off in the next group with Hunter Mahan and Canadian hero Mike Weir at 1:20 PM ET, and these two groups will get the majority of the attention when the action begins on Thursday morning. Even though the Canadian Open is a bad place on the schedule after a major, it still manages to pull in a decent field, but the winner could come from these two groups at the .