Rovell’s Best Thursday MLB Bet: Twins vs. Mariners, Orioles vs. Rays

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Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images. Pictured: Randy Arozarena of the Tampa Bay Rays.

We are two for two this week on our best bets and we've got another heater for you on Thursday.

Like yesterday, we’re going to focus on a parlay total and give you one under and one over.

For the under, we go to the Trop in Tampa Bay, one of the best pitcher parks in all of baseball. The Rays are great at home, but they’ve been horrific recently at scoring. They haven’t scored more than three runs in six of the last 10 games and even though the Orioles are potent, the teams scored 3, 6 and 3 runs when they played at Tampa earlier this season.

The under is 8 (-110). I like buying it to 9 and smashing that mark at -165.

My over today is Twins vs. Mariners. This is the fourth game of the homestand and the previous games have yielded 13, 13 and 9 runs. Today’s pitchers, George Kirby and Pablo Lopez, leave a lot to be desired. And both teams are averaging about 8 runs total over their last 20 games.

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Take the over 7.5 (+100) and buy back a run to 6.5 (-160).

So, to review, we’re taking the Orioles vs. Rays under 9 and the Twins vs. Mariners over 6.5. At BetMGM, you can play that at stellar +161 odds.

About the Author
Darren is a Senior Executive Producer at The Action Network, covering all angles of the sports betting world. He spent two stints at ESPN, from 2000-06 and 2012-18, he regularly wrote for ESPN.com and contributed to ESPN shows, including SportsCenter and Outside The Lines. He also served as a business correspondent for ABC News, where he made appearances on the network’s flagship shows, including “Good Morning America,” “World News Tonight” and “Nightline.” While at CNBC from 2006-2012, Rovell anchored five primetime documentaries, including “Swoosh! Inside Nike,” which was nominated for an Emmy. Rovell also contributed to NBC News, where he earned an Emmy as a correspondent for the network’s Presidential Election coverage.

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