Big Al's Daily Angle: NHL and MLB Previews and Odds - 05/20/2024
by Big Al Staff
Monday, May 20, 2024The Monday sports card features NHL and MLB action.The National Hockey League playoffs continue with one game on ESPN. The Vancouver Canucks host the Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinals series on ESPN at 9:10 p.m. ET. The Oilers evened this series at 3-3 with a -1 victory at home on Saturday. Edmonton is a -166 money-line road favorite with the total set at 5.5 (all odds from DraftKings unless indicated otherwise). The Monday card in Major League Baseball has 12 games on its schedule. The Atlanta Braves play at home against the San Diego Padres at 12:20 p.m. ET in the opening game of their doubleheader. Roberto Lopez takes the ball for the Braves to pitch against Dylan Cease for the Padres. Atlanta is a -130 money-line favorite with an over/under of 8. The Toronto Blue Jays are at home against the Chicago White Sox at 3:07 p.m. ET. The Blue Jays turn to Jose Berrios to face Erick Fedde for the White Sox as a -205 money-line favorite with a total of 8. The Cleveland Guardians host the New York Mets at 6:10 p.m. ET. Ben Lively takes the mound for the Guardians to battle against Trevor Megill for the Mets. Cleveland is a -130 money-line favorite with an over/under of 8.5. The Atlanta Braves play at home against the San Diego Padres at 6:20 p.m. ET in the second game of their doubleheader. The Braves tap Chris Sale to take the ball to pitch against the Padres' Randy Vasquez. Atlanta is a -225 money-line favorite with a total of 8.5. The Milwaukee Brewers travel to Miami to play the Marlins at 6:40 p.m. ET. Joe Ross takes the hill for the Brewers to face Ryan Weathers for the Marlins. Milwaukee is a -130 money-line road favorite with an over/under of 8. The Minnesota Twins play in Washington against the Nationals at 6:45 p.m. ET. The Twins tap Pablo Lopez to take the ball to go against Mitchell Parker for the Nationals. Minnesota is a -166 money-line road favorite with a total of 8. The Tampa Bay Rays are at home against the Boston Red Sox at 6:50 p.m. ET. Taj Bradley takes the mound for the Rays to pitch against Tanner Houck for the Red Sox. Tampa Bay is a -112 money-line favorite with an over/under of 7.5.The New York Yankees host the Seattle Mariners at 7:05 p.m. ET. The Yankees turn to Marcus Stroman to take the mound to face the Mariners’ Logan Gilbert. New York is a -135 money-line favorite with a total of 8. The Kansas City Royals play at home against the Detroit Tigers on FS1 at 7:40 p.m. ET. Michael Wacha takes the hill for the Royals to face Reese Olson for the Tigers. Kansas City is a -118 money-line favorite with an over/under of 8. The St. Louis Cardinals are at home against the Baltimore Orioles at 7:40 p.m. ET. The Cardinals turn to Sonny Gray to battle against the Orioles’ Dean Kremer. St. Louis is a -115 money-line favorite with a total of 7.5. The Houston Astros host the Los Angeles Angels at 8:10 p.m. ET. Framber Valdez takes the mound for the Astros to battle Reid Detmers for the Angels. Houston is a -205 money-line favorite with an over/under of 8.5. The Los Angeles Dodgers play at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks at 10:10 p.m. ET. The Dodgers turn to Yamamota Yoshinobu to duel against the Diamondbacks’ Slade Cecconi. Los Angeles is a -250 money-line favorite at BetMGM with a total of 8.5.
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