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The Angels head to Great American Ball Park on Friday night at 6-7, looking to stop a two-game skid after dropping the final two games in Atlanta. Cincinnati is 8-5 and has been one of the steadier early teams in the NL Central, even with a recent stumble against Miami. First pitch is set for 6:45 p.m. ET, and the opener of this interleague series puts a live underdog lineup against one of the better early pitching stories in the National League. The starting matchup is Jack Kochanowicz for Los Angeles against Chase Burns for Cincinnati. Kochanowicz enters 1-0 with a 4.66 ERA, while Burns has opened 1-0 with a 0.82 ERA and quickly become a big reason the Reds

Minnesota heads to Rogers Centre on Friday night at 7-6 after sweeping Detroit and extending its winning streak to four games. Toronto is 5-7 and finally snapped a six-game skid with a 4-3 win over the Dodgers on Wednesday, so this opener has two teams arriving with very different recent momentum. First pitch is set for 7:07 p.m. ET in Toronto, and the listed pitching matchup is Simeon Woods Richardson for the Twins against Patrick Corbin for the Blue Jays. This one is interesting because the market still leans Toronto at home even though Minnesota has been the hotter team. A big part of that is venue and lineup context, but there is also some uncertainty around how much to

The Athletics head to Citi Field on Friday night at 5-7, while the Mets come in at 7-6 and trying to stop a two-game slide. First pitch is set for 7:10 p.m. ET in Queens. The market has New York installed as a moderate home favorite, and that makes sense on the surface because this matchup starts with Clay Holmes on one side and J.T. Ginn on the other. The A’s do bring some momentum after taking the last two games in New York against the Yankees, including a 1-0 win on Thursday, but this is still a different pitching environment than the one they just left. The key info is pretty straightforward here. It is the Athletics against the

New York opens this three-game AL East series at 8-4, while Tampa Bay comes in at 5-7 and trying to stop a two-game skid. First pitch is set for 7:10 p.m. ET on Friday, April 10, at Tropicana Field, with YES and Rays.TV carrying the broadcast. The Yankees have lost two straight, but they still sit atop the division, and the market has kept them favored on the road because the bigger team profile still points their way. Tampa Bay has been shakier, especially on the pitching side, though the dome takes weather out of the equation and keeps this handicap centered on the starters and lineup matchups. The actual pitching matchup is Luis Gil for New York against Steven