New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Yankees -120 / Tigers +100 / O/U 10 runs
Time: 7:05 PM EST Monday May 10, 2010 on ESPN
Tonight in an AL match up of a couple of 2nd place teams the Detroit Tigers host the New York Yankees. The Tigers are coming off a loss, are 6-4 in their last 10 games, and are in 2nd place in the AL Central 3.5 games back of the Minnesota Twins. The Yankees are also coming off a loss, are 8-2 in their last 10 games, and only trail the Tampa Bay Rays by ½ game in the AL East.
The Yankees took 2 of 3 against the Boston Red Sox this past weekend and even though they only scored 3 runs yesterday they scored 27 in the series. The Tigers split a 2 game series with the Cleveland Indians this past weekend with Game 1 being rained out.
This season the Tigers are 9-3 at home and the Yankees are 11-7 on the road.
In their last games both teams lost yesterday, as the Yankees lost to the Boston Red Sox 9-3 and the Tigers lost to the Cleveland Indians 7-4.
This is the first game this season between these 2 teams and last season the Yankees won 5 of 6 against the Tigers.
Dontrelle Willis (1-1 3.99 ERA) will be taking the mound for the Tigers and he had a decent last outing giving up 3 earned runs in 5 innings in a no-decision. Taking the hill for the Yankees tonight is Sergio Mitre (0-0 2.79), who's making start for Andy Pettitte, who has elbow inflammation. In his last appearance Mitre gave up 2 earned runs in 2 innings in a no-decision.
Willis has not faced the Yankees since he was with the Florida Marlins in 2006 and Mitre was 3-3 with a 7.16 in 9 starts last season and tonight's game will be his first start of this season.
The Tigers' pitching has been decent this season, but will be facing a Yankees' offense that has scored the most runs in the Majors.
Mitre has to worry about Austin Jackson (.371) and Miguel Cabrera (.370), who rank #1 and #2 in batting average in the AL and Cabrera has the most RBI's (33). Cabrera has hit safely in all 15 games he has played against the Yankees in his career.
The Yankees bullpen may have to carry a big load tonight, as Mitre will be limited to 70 pitches.
Betting Trends
New York is 4-1 in their last 5 road games, 5-1 in their last 6 road games against teams with a winning record, and has an Over record of 4-0 in their last 4 games.
Detroit is 1-4 in their last 5 games, 4-0 in their last 4 home games against a right-handed starter, and has an Over record of 6-2 in their last 8 home games against a right-handed starter.
The Yankees have won 4 of their last 5 games against the Tigers in Detroit.
Our Selection : Yankee pitcher S. Mitre will be making his first start of the season. While he has pitched adequately in relief he hasn't had much success as a starter. In his last two starts in 2009 he was crushed for 16 runs in only 9.1 innings. Tigers starter D. Willis may have returned to his early career form, but I'm going to take a wait and see stance. Both teams have been hitting well and the posted line of 10 is not overly inflated. Take Over 10 runs at 5Dimes.
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