NL West Odds: Arizona Closing Gap On Dodgers, Giants

The Arizona Diamondbacks are the defending champs out in the NL West, and after a slow start to this season they appear ready to make a run at back-to-back division titles.

The D'Backs pulled a little closer to the top of the West on Wednesday by finishing off a sweep of the Dodgers in Los Angeles with a 4-0 victory. Rookie Patrick Corbin threw six innings of shutout ball for the victory, as Arizona cashed in as +105 underdogs.

With first-place San Francisco losing again to the Mets Wednesday, the D'Backs now sit just 2.5 games back of the Giants in the West.

Also on Wednesday, the Texas Rangers scored twice in the bottom of the tenth to beat the Angels 11-10. Their rally bailed out those who had backed Texas as -165 favorites with Yu Darvish starting.

So the Rangers' lead in the AL West is now back to four games over LA, and 4.5 games over Oakland.

As for Thursday's baseball betting action, the Giants, finishing off a four-game series with the Mets, are -130 favorites, as Barry Zito goes against Chris Young; and Texas, with Ryan Dempster making his debut with his new team, is a -115 favorite as it completes its four-game series with the Angels, who will send out former Ranger CJ Wilson.

You also get the chance to wager a first-place team as a home underdog against a last-place team (as the Phillies with Cole Hamels visit Washington).

San Diego +190 at Cincinnati -200, Total 8 - Ross Ohlendorf (1-1) | Johnny Cueto (13-5) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: The total has gone OVER in each of San Diego's last five games when playing on the road against Cincinnati.
The total has gone OVER in each of Cincinnati's last five games when playing at home against San Diego.

NY Mets +124 at San Francisco -129, Total 8 - Chris Young (2-5) | Barry Zito (8-7) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: The total has gone UNDER in four of the Mets' last five games when playing on the road against San Francisco.
The total has gone UNDER in four of San Francisco's last five games when playing at home against the Mets.

Philadelphia -112 at Washington +107, Total 7.5 - Cole Hamels (11-5) | Ross Detwiler (4-4) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: The total has gone OVER in five of Philadelphia's last six games when playing on the road against Washington.
The total has gone OVER in five of Washington's last six games when playing at home against Philadelphia.

Minnesota +182 at Boston -189, Total 10 - Samuel Deduno (2-0) | Jon Lester (5-8) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: The total has gone OVER in each of Minnesota's last 5 games on the road.
Boston is 10-1 SU in their last 11 games when playing at home against Minnesota.

Miami +161 at Atlanta -168, Total 8.5 - Nathan Eovaldi (2-6) | Mike Minor (6-7) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: The total has gone UNDER in seven of Miami's last eight games on the road.
Atlanta is 7-1 SU in its last eight games.

LA Angels +106 at Texas -111, Total 9.5 - C.J. Wilson (9-7) | Ryan Dempster (5-5) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: The total has gone OVER in four of LA Angels's last five games when playing Texas.
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Texas's last 15 games at home.

Cleveland at Kansas City - Corey Kluber (0-0) | Bruce Chen (7-9) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: The total has gone OVER in five of Cleveland's last six games when playing on the road against Kansas City.
Kansas City is 6-1 SU in its last seven games when playing Cleveland.

St. Louis at Colorado - Lance Lynn (13-4) | Alex White (2-6) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: St. Louis is 6-1 SU in its last seven games when playing Colorado.
The total has gone OVER in four of Colorado's last five games when playing at home against St. Louis.

Toronto +124 at Oakland -129, Total 7.5 - Henderson Alvarez (7-7) | Bartolo Colon (7-8) | Matchup Report | SBNation MLB Odds
Trends: The total has gone UNDER in four of Toronto's last five games when playing on the road against Oakland.
The total has gone UNDER in four of Oakland's last five games when playing at home against Toronto.