Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Yankees -200 / Red Sox +170 O/U 9.5 runs
Time: 7:05 PM EST Monday May 17, 2010 on ESPN
Tonight in the Big Apple the biggest rivalry in baseball, and maybe in sports, is renewed, as the New York Yankees host the Boston Red Sox. Boston may want a little revenge against Yankees, who took 2 of 3 of them last week in Boston and in the 2 losses the Red Sox gave up a total of 24 runs.
The Yankees are coming off a loss, are 5-5 in their last 10 games, and are in 2nd place in the AL East 2 games back of the Tampa Bay Rays. The Red Sox have lost 2 in a row, are also 5-5 in their last 10 games, and are in 4th place in the AL East 7.5 games back of the Rays.
This season the Yankees are 12-3 at home and the Red Sox are 7-8 on the road.
In their last games the Yankees lost to the Minnesota Twins 6-3 yesterday and the Red Sox lost to the Detroit Tigers 5-1 also yesterday.
This is the first meeting of these 2 teams this season in New York and last season the Yankees beat the Red Sox in 5 of 7 games in Yankees Stadium.
Taking the mound tonight for the Red Sox is Daisuke Matsuzaka (2-1 6.35 ERA), who is coming off his best start of the season only giving up 1 earned run in 7 innings in a win. On the hill tonight for the Yankees is Phil Hughes (5-0 1.38 ERA), who has been stellar this season and in his last start went 7 innings and giving up 0 earned runs in a win.
Dice K had an ERA of 9.90 before his last start and in his last start in New York at the end of last season he was solid only giving up 1 earned run in 7 innings, but the Red Sox lost the game 3-0.
Hughes is the Yankees #5 starter, but has been the staff ace so far this season, as he leads the AL in ERA and opponents' batting average (.165), and has 39 strikeouts in 39 innings. In his last 3 starts Hughes has been un-hittable posting an ERA of only 0.86.
The Yankees have yet to lose when Hughes has been on the hill this season and dating back to last season the Red Sox are 5-2 in Matsuzaka's last 7 starts as a road underdog.
Boston will have to deal with a Yankees team that has scored the most runs in the AL and has given up the 2nd fewest runs in the AL.
Betting Trends
Boston is 1-5 in their last 6 road games, 6-2 in their last 8 games during game 1 of a series, and has an Under record of 3-1-1 in their last 5 games.
New York is 1-4 in their last 5 games when their opponent allows 5 runs or more in their previous game and has an Under record of 6-1 in their last 7 games.
In the last 6 games between these 2 teams in New York the Under record is 5-1.
Our Selection : With Red Sox starter D. Matsuzaka rounding into form after tossing 7 innings of 1 run ball vs. Jays in his last start and Yanks starter P. Hughes (1.38 ERA) outstanding all season on the mound tonight, I'm going to jump on the total. Take the under 9 +105 at Bodog.
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