New York Yankees at Texas Rangers Odds Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Yankees -145 / Rangers +135 O/U 8.5 runs
Time: 8 PM EST Friday October 15, 2010 on TBS
On Friday night in the Lone Star State in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series the Texas Rangers host the defending World Series champion New York Yankees. The Yankees swept the Minnesota Twins in the first round of the playoffs and their offense was the reason, as they hit .314, scored 17 runs, and had 11 extra-base hits.
The Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Rays in the first round of the playoffs and it went 5 games with no home team winning one game. The Rangers won their series with pitching, as in the 3 games they won they only gave up a total of 2 runs.
The Rangers are hoping they can break their 2-game home post season losing streak and they have a good chance of doing that since they have beaten the Yankees in 4 of their last 5 games at home. However, the Rangers have lost 9 straight postseason games against the Yankees.
On the hill for the Rangers in game 1 is C.J. Wilson (15-8 3.35 ERA), who was stellar in Game 2 of the Tampa Bay series 2-hitting the Rays and getting the win in a 6-0 shutout. Taking the mound for the Yankees is CC Sabathia (21-7 3.18 ERA), who won Game 1 of the Minnesota series going 6 innings giving up 4 earned runs.
Texas is 15-3 in Wilson's last 18 home starts and New York is 20-8 in Sabathia's last 28 road starts.
In an interesting betting trend the game that Wilson won was last Thursday and Texas is 0-4 in Wilson's last 4 starts when he has had at least 7 days of rest.
The Rangers like to run and there is a lot of pressure on Yankees' C Jorge Posada. If the Rangers run early it will force Posada to call a lot of fastballs, which the Rangers' hitters have been feasting on all season.
Josh Hamilton struggled in the Tampa Bay series only going 2-for-18 (.111) with 2 singles and 6 strikeouts. He has to get back on track in this series.
The Yankees led the Majors in runs scored this season and they had hot bats in their opening playoff sweep. Wilson has to pitch well in this game and if he gets knocked around early the Rangers will be in trouble.
The Yankees are 4-1 in their last 5 playoff games when they are the favorite, but they are only 1-4 in their last 5 League Championship road games.
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