Sports Betting - Monday 16 May 2011 by

MLB Betting Lines – Blue Jays vs Tigers – Free Pick

With the NBA and NHL Playoffs both on a night off, tonight we bring MLB betting lines for the Toronto Blue Jays vs the Detroit Tigers. Both teams are white hot as the Tigers have won seven straight games while the Blue Jays are on a five game run.

MLB Betting Lines - Blue Jays vs Tigers - Free Pick

MLB Betting Lines – Blue Jays vs Tigers – Free Pick: The Tigers host their long time rival the Blue Jays in Major League Baseball action tonight.

First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 PM ET on Monday, May 16, 2011, from Comerica Park in Detroit, MI.

Tigers vs Blue Jays – MLB Game Preview

The Tigers send out RHP Max Scherzer (6-0, 3.20 ERA) while the Jays counter with RHP Kyle Drabek, (2-2, 4.81 ERA).

Detroit is 9-1 over their last ten games and have been ripping the cover off the baseball. Over that span, the Tigers have scored 63 runs while giving up just 27 runs.

The Tigers went 3-1 against the Jays between May 6 and May 9, 2011, as they outscored Toronto 28-14 – including a 9-0 Justin Verlander No-Hitter.

Betting Liness – Blue Jays @ Tigers – Free Pick

Today’s MLB betting odds are courtesy of the SportsInteraction.com online sportsbook.

Betting Lines Tigers vs Blue Jays

While Drabeck (son of 1990 National League Cy Young Award winner Doug Drabek) is a promising young pitcher, he has some control issues on the young season. Drabek has walked 28 batters in 43 innings.

Detroit has gone 7-1 in Scherzer’s eight starts this season. The powerful right-hander has 51 strikeouts compared to just 48 hits allowed. In his last outing against the Jays, Scherzer allowed just two runs over in five innings as Detroit won 10-5 on May 9, 2011.

Take the Tigers, at home, with the -150 Money Line at SportsInteraction!

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