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Big Dogs Bite Hard: Padres and Royals Win Longshot Bets

Apr 18, 2012; Chicago, IL, USA; Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Tommy Hunter throws a pitch during the second inning against the Chicago White Sox at US Cellular Field.  Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-US PRESSWIRE
Apr 18, 2012; Chicago, IL, USA; Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Tommy Hunter throws a pitch during the second inning against the Chicago White Sox at US Cellular Field. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-US PRESSWIRE

The two biggest baseball underdogs on the board won Tuesday, and the third-biggest one lost in extra innings.

That run of moneyline profit has fans eyeing another day of MLB dog action Wednesday after the Padres and Royals both paid out 2/1 odds and the Astros just missed in Philadelphia.

"The Twins and Athletics are the biggest underdogs today at Detroit and Texas, respectively, and these plays have been paying off lately," said Mike Pickett of OddsShark.com. "Oakland is particularly interesting, as they send 5-2 Tom Milone to the hill. But he faces Yu Darvish, and Texas is 6-1 in his starts, adding to the risk of the +225 bet."

Felix Hernandez faces Ubaldo Jimenez in one battle of fireballing righties. Seattle is a small road favorite at Cleveland in that game.

The most one-sided betting game of the day so far is Baltimore as a road dog at Kansas City. Nearly 70 percent of bettors are on the Orioles with Tommy Hunter throwing, according to the Odds Shark MLB consensus data.

See the latest MLB odds here at SBNation.com, a service provided by Odds Shark.

LA Dodgers -119 at San Diego +114, Total 6.5 - Chris Capuano (5-0) | Clayton Richard (1-5) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: LA Dodgers are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games when playing San Diego
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Diego's last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers

Minnesota +176 at Detroit -183, Total 9.5 - Nick Blackburn (1-4) | Rick Porcello (3-3) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Minnesota's last 8 games on the road
Detroit is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Minnesota

Seattle -118 at Cleveland +113, Total 7 - Felix Hernandez (3-2) | Ubaldo Jimenez (3-3) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: The total has gone OVER in 7 of Seattle's last 8 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Cleveland's last 8 games when playing at home against Seattle

Pittsburgh +126 at Washington -131, Total 6.5 - Erik Bedard (2-4) | Gio Gonzalez (4-1) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games at home

NY Yankees -122 at Toronto +117, Total 9.5 - Hiroki Kuroda (3-4) | Kyle Drabek (2-4) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: The total has gone UNDER in 12 of NY Yankees's last 16 games
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Toronto's last 14 games at home

Miami +104 at Atlanta -114, Total 8 - Mark Buehrle (2-4) | Mike Minor (2-2) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: Miami is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta's last 6 games when playing at home against Miami

Boston +134 at Tampa Bay -139, Total 8.5 - Clay Buchholz (4-1) | Jeremy Hellickson (3-0) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Tampa Bay is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games at home

Cincinnati +127 at NY Mets -132, Total 7.5 - Mike Leake (0-5) | Johan Santana (1-2) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cincinnati's last 6 games when playing NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 7 of NY Mets's last 8 games

Oakland +225 at Texas -235, Total 9 - Tom Milone (5-2) | Yu Darvish (5-1) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oakland's last 5 games
Texas is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Oakland

Milwaukee +110 at Houston -115, Total 8 - Randy Wolf (2-3) | Bud Norris (3-1) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Houston's last 10 games when playing Milwaukee

Philadelphia at Chi Cubs - Kyle Kendrick (0-2) | Matt Garza (2-1) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Philadelphia's last 8 games when playing Chi Cubs
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi Cubs's last 5 games

Baltimore +122 at Kansas City -127, Total 9 - Tommy Hunter (2-2) | Felipe Paulino (1-1) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: Baltimore is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Kansas City is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games

Arizona +112 at Colorado -117, Total 10.5 - Patrick Corbin (2-1) | Jamie Moyer (1-3) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Arizona's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Colorado's last 5 games at home

Chi White Sox +110 at LA Angels -115, Total 7.5 - Gavin Floyd (3-3) | Jerome Williams (3-1) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 5 games when playing LA Angels
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Angels's last 5 games when playing Chi White Sox

St. Louis -108 at San Francisco +103, Total 6.5 - Jamie Garcia (2-2) | Madison Bumgarner (5-2) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco's last 6 games when playing at home against St. Louis

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