Saturday, May 17, 2008

Mets-Yankees Preview

The New York Mets will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Saturday when they take on the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.
The Mets will give the ball to ace starter Johan Santana in this one. Lefthander Santana is 4-2 this season with a 3.10 ERA.
Starting this game for the Yankees will be Andy Pettitte. The lefthander has a 4.40 ERA to go along with a 3-4 record this season.
Odds aren't yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total.
The Mets were shut out 1-0 by the Nationals as -175 favorites last time out. The team's played UNDER the posted over/under (9.5).
Luis Castillo had two hits for the Mets, while Mike Pelfrey gave up the only run over 7 2-3 innings in a losing effort.
The Yankees fell 5-2 to the Rays on Thursday and dropped the series 3-1 at Tropicana Field. The Yankees were +140 underdogs, while the seven runs fell UNDER the posted over/under (8.5).
Melky Cabrera had two hits and drove in one run for the Yankees. Ian Kennedy gave up five runs over five innings to suffer his third straight loss.
Current streak:
New York has lost 2 straight games.
Team records:
New York: 20-19 SU
New York: 20-22 SU
New York most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing NY Yankees are 5-5
After playing Washington are 4-6
After a loss are 7-3

New York most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing NY Mets are 5-5
After playing Tampa Bay are 5-5
After a loss are 5-5
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Mets's last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees
The total has gone OVER in 11 of NY Mets's last 16 games when playing NY Yankees
The total has gone OVER in 6 of NY Mets's last 9 games
NY Mets are 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees's last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 5 games when playing at home against NY Mets
NY Yankees are 18-7 SU in their last 25 games when playing at home against NY Mets
Next up:
NY Yankees home to NY Mets, Sunday, May 18
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