The San Francisco Giants will try and keep their Wild Card hopes alive as they visit the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday at 10:10pm EST on ESPN. The Giants hopes are slim but to have any chance, San Francisco must continue to take care of the Diamondbacks in MLB betting odds. San Francisco sends Jonathan Sanchez to the mound on Wednesday against Arizona’s Kevin Mulvey. Sanchez is 6-12 on the season with a 4.29 ERA while Mulvey is 0-1 with a high ERA of 10.95.

The MLB odds could be a little lopsided on the game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday. The Dodgers send Chad Billingsley to the mound while the Diamondbacks go with Billy Buckner. The Dodgers are -185 favorites against the Diamondbacks in MLB baseball odds at online sportsbooks. The baseball betting numbers have Billingsley at 12-9 on the season with a 3.86 ERA while Buckner is 2-6 with an 8.29 ERA. Billingsley was great for four innings last time out against Arizona and then collapsed giving up four runs in the fifth.

The Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox continue a four game set in Beantown at 7:10pm EST. The White Sox have lost 7 out of 8 at Fenway in MLB betting odds and will send Gaven Floyd to the mound while the Red Sox counter with knuckleballer Tim Wakefield off the disabled list. Freddy Garcia pitched well last night in Game 3 but lost the late decision for the White Sox in MLB odds when Jason Bay nailed a solo home run in the bottom of the eigth to eventually give Boston the 6-3 win in sports betting odds.

The Texas Rangers (62-48) are proving they are not going away this season in sports betting odds as they have moved into the Wild Card race with the Boston Red Sox. Texas is beginning a three-game series in MLB betting on Tuesday at 7:05pm EST against the Cleveland Indians (48-63) as they wrap up a 10-game road trip. Texas is coming off a huge series over the weekend as they took two of three from the Angels. In addition to getting into the Wild Card race they are only 3.5 games behind Los Angeles in MLB betting odds for the American League West.

The Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays complete a brief two-game series in MLB odds on Wednesday at 8:05pm EST on ESPN. The Red Sox will have to avoid looking ahead since they begin a four-game series against the Yankees tomorrow. The matchup on Wednesday is ESPN’s feature game and has Brad Penny facing David Price. Penny is 7-5 with a 5.07 ERA while Price is 4-4 with a 5.10 ERA in sports odds. Penny was shelled for seven earned runs last week against Oakland in just five innings.

The St. Louis Cardinals have made the first big trade before next week’s deadline, acquiring Matt Holliday from the Oakland A’s for Brett Wallace and two other Minor Leaguers. The addition of Holliday should provide Albert Pujols with some protection in the middle of the St. Louis lineup. The Cardinals are hoping to test out that new lineup in sports odds on Saturday at 4:05pm EST against the Philadelphia Phillies in a nationally televised game on FOX. The Cardinals send Kyle Lohse to the mound on Saturday while Philadelphia counters with Rodrigo Lopez in MLB betting odds.

Two teams that could be headed for the playoffs meet for the first game of a three-game set on Friday at 7:05pm EST as the New York Yankees (51-37) host the Detroit Tigers (48-39). The Tigers are leading a weak American League Central while the Yankees are in prime position in the American League East behind Boston. A.J. Burnett gets the call in baseball betting for New York on Friday while Lucas French starts for Detroit. French is 1-0 in MLB odds for the year with a 1.93 ERA for Detroit while Burnett is 8-4 with a 3.77 ERA for New York.

The Seattle Mariners will try to recover from an epic collapse yesterday when they gave up five runs in the 9th inning to lose to Baltimore 5-3 in MLB odds. Seattle faces a critical series against the Texas Rangers on Thursday at 10:10pm EST before the All-Star break as a winning series would keep them within striking distance in the American League West but a losing series could push them out of the race before the break. The Mariners haven’t won a game so far this season in MLB odds against the Rangers in five tries so this weekend series is big.

The New York Mets have had a lot of trouble this season in baseball betting but they are still right with the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East. While the Mets have gotten much of the attention for their struggles, the Phillies haven’t played much better. "I just see the struggles, and say, 'Hey, OK. We still got a shot,'" New York Mets manager Jerry Manuel said. "We lost a lot of games in that month of June and still somehow remain to have a shot." The Phillies have the home field advantage in MLB odds against the Mets on Saturday at 4:10pm EST on FOX but the Phillies have been terrible at home this season.

The Philadelphia Phillies (39-34) look to continue their dominance of the Atlanta Braves (35-40) as they open up a three-game series on Tuesday at 7:10pm EST. The Phillies have one of the strangest home/road records in recent memory as they have been poor at home in MLB betting odds but great on the road. That home/road dichotomy also applies to facing the Braves. They have lost four of the last six home games in MLB odds to Atlanta but they won all nine games at Turner Field last year and have won 17 of the last 20 in Atlanta.