MLB odds: How bettors cashed in on 28-5 game
Some fans may have thought football season started early when they saw a score Friday.
The Toronto Blue Jays rolled to a 28-5 victory over the Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on Friday night.
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Raimel Tapia helped the Toronto Blue Jays gain a comfortable 10-0 lead against the Boston Red Sox thanks to a bizarre inside-the-park grand slam in the third inning.
Toronto scored the third-most runs in a game in the modern era, but it was the first 28-5 game in MLB history (the NFL has not had a 28-5 game either).
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The Texas Rangers hold the MLB record for their 30-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Aug. 22, 2007.
The people with the biggest smiles Friday night were Blue Jays players and fans — and backers who were on the over in the over/under of 11.
"It's not surprising that yesterday's game cost us some money on the over, with nearly 80% of O/U bets expecting more than 11 runs to be scored," FOX Bet senior sports trader Dylan Brossman said.
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Sports books don't like big losses on one game, so the oddsmakers have adjusted their lines for Saturday's Blue Jays-Red Sox tilt.
"Today's O/U is set at 9.5 reflecting a better pitching matchup, but bettors have been hammering the lower line after watching 33 runs come in yesterday," Brossman said. "So far we've laid nearly 90% of bets and money on the over and have adjusted the number up half a point from 9 earlier today.
"Recency bias always heavily influences bettors – we are happy with our current line but will be cheering on the under this afternoon."
Toronto Blue Jays (51-43) at Boston Red Sox (48-46), 4:10 p.m. ET Saturday
Point spread: Blue Jays -1.5 (Blue Jays favored to win by more than 1.5 runs, otherwise Red Sox cover)
Moneyline: Blue Jays -167 favorites to win (bet $10 to win $15.99 total); Red Sox +140 underdogs to win (bet $10 to win $24 total)
Total scoring over/under: 9 runs scored by both teams combined
Some odds and ends from Friday's blowout for the Blue Jays:
– Toronto scored in each of the first six innings, scoring seven runs in the third and getting 11 more in the fifth.
– The Red Sox held Toronto scoreless in the seventh (Jake Diekman) and eighth (Hirokazu Sawamura) innings.
– The 28 runs were the most allowed in Red Sox history, surpassing the 27 by Cleveland in 1923.
– Raimel Tapia got an inside-the-park grand slam when the Red Sox misplayed a fly ball in the third inning. Tapia and Danny Jansen each had six RBIs in the game.
– Lourdes Gurriel Jr. tied Frank Catalanotto's Toronto record with six hits (6-for-7), and he drove in five.
– It was not a Red Sox record for largest margin of defeat. Boston lost by 24 (27-3) in that 1923 game.
– The Blue Jays set a franchise record for most runs in a game, breaking the previous mark of 24 set in 1978. They broke that record in the fifth inning.
– Toronto hit five home runs, two by catcher Jansen.
– Each of Boston's first four pitchers allowed more runs than they recorded outs – starter Nathan Eovaldi allowed nine runs while getting eight outs, Austin Davis five runs in four outs, Kaleb Ort eight runs in two-thirds of an inning and Darwinzon Hernandez five runs in four outs.
– After losing their final two games to the Yankees before the All-Star Break, Boston has been outscored 55-8 in its past three games.
– That minus-47 run differential for three games is the worst by any team ever in the modern era, according to ESPN research.
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