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The Toronto Blue Jays were seeing 68% of the money line action versus the Detroit Tigers. This line was drifting from a high of Toronto -131 to -124. It had dropped as low as -121.
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The Detroit Tigers authored an impressive season-opening win at Toronto, riding phenomenal pitching and one dramatic swing to a 2-0 triumph.
PITCHING MATCHUP: Tigers LH Matthew Boyd (2018: 9-13, 4.39 ERA) vs. Blue Jays RH Matt Shoemaker (2018: 2-2, 4.94)
Boyd set career highs in virtually every category last year while posting the lowest ERA of his four-year career. The former Blue Jay, who was 4-4 with a solid 3.20 ERA through his first 12 starts in 2018, gave up seven runs and 10 hits in 13 innings against Toronto last season. The 28-year-old Boyd had a 5.00 ERA in five spring training starts.
Injuries have limited Shoemaker to 21 starts in the majors over the last two years, but he looked strong in spring training by limiting opponents to 12 hits while striking out 20 in 18 innings. The 32-year-old is 3-1 with a sparkling 0.83 in five career starts against the Tigers, allowing 21 hits - no homers - in 32 2/3 innings. Detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera is 3-for-16 with no extra-base hits and four strikeouts against Shoemaker.
Detroit has won the last three meetings, all in Toronto. They have won five of the last seven head-to-heads. Detroit is 5-12 in the last 17 meetings in Toronto.
Four of the last five have gone UNDER the current total of 9, all taking place in Toronto.
