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For the second time in two weeks, the Houston Astros lost the historic favorite title with Justin Verlander on the mound, helping betting at a profitable night on Wednesday.
Despite the closure of +435 outsiders at the Caesars Sportsbook and the management of only two hits against Verlander in their 2-1 win, Tigers visitors recorded the biggest surprise of the last 15 years, according to the sportsbook BetLabsSports.com.
Just 10 days ago, the Astros were favorites over -460 over the Baltimore Orioles (+390). Houston lost that game 8-7 before Wednesday, which was the biggest surprise since the Washington Nationals defeated the Minnesota Twins with a score of +395 outsiders in 2007.
| Team | odds | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| Tigers 2019 | +435 | Astros |
| 2007 Championships | +395 | twins |
| Orioles 2019 | +390 | Astros |
| Royals 2018 | +360 | Yankees |
| Tigers 2018 | +351 | Astros |
| – ESPN Statistics & Information Search / BetLabsSports | ||
On Wednesday night, Houston closed as favorite -560 in Caesars and -600 in MGM and FanDuel.
"We took some bets on the Astros and a series of games over $ 500 that had either the Astros money line or a pass line," Jeff Davis, commercial director of Caesars told ESPN.
Scott Shelton, the manager of the sports betting teams at Mirage / MGM, said he won more than six digits of the game, with a $ 55,000 bet on Houston at -550 (to win $ 10,000) and a bet of 63 $ 520 on Houston at -575 to win $ 11,000.
Westgate Superbook also said that he had played well, taking a package of -1.5 online bets on the Astros at over 200.
Verlander pulled out the first 14 batters he faced, with six strikeouts, before Ronny Rodriguez scored a round with two points in the fifth. The veteran right-hander scored another 10 games in a row before John Hicks took ninth, leading the Tigers, the worst MLB players, to win their 38th win of the season.
"It's the biggest win for us for a very long time, especially against a premium team like this, a World Series contender and Verlander on the mound," said Ron Gardenhire, the coach of Tigers.
Betting on the big underdogs has been a profitable strategy in the Major League Baseball.
In the past 15 seasons, 19 teams have had at least +345 outsiders. These teams are now 10-9 in these games. The Astros are now the big favorite of the road (August 11th) and the biggest favorite of the world (Wednesday night) during the last 15 years, losing both.
Houston will play the series final on Thursday against the United States in Houston with Gerrit Cole as favorite -500, making it the second-highest line in 15 years.
Information provided by ESPN's David Purdum and Ben Fawkes has been used in this report.
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