Thursday, May 22, 2008

Orioles-Yankees Who Will Cover?

The Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees will meet on the field at Yankee Stadium on Thursday in a battle of division rivals.
Brian Burres will be the starting pitcher for the Orioles on this day. Lefthander Burres is 4-4 this season with a 3.54 ERA.
Burres's opponent in this one will be Ian Kennedy. The Yankees righthander has a 8.77 ERA to go along with a 0-3 record this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the Orioles, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Yankees piled on the roles as Johnny Damon and Alex Rodriguez had three RBIs in the 8-0 win Wednesday over the Orioles. The Yankees won that game -150 favorites, while the eight runs fell UNDER the posted over/under (9).
Rodriguez led the way with three hits in four trips to the plate for the Yankees. Darrell Rasner tossed seven shutout innings for the win.
Nick Markakis went 2-for-4 at the plate for the Orioles, who were +125 underdogs. Garrett Olson surrendered six runs and eight hits in just 2 2-3 innings in the loss.
Team records:
Baltimore: 24-21 SU
New York: 21-25 SU
Baltimore most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing Tampa Bay are 3-7
After playing NY Yankees are 2-8
After a loss are 5-5

New York most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 7-3
Before playing Seattle are 5-5
After playing Baltimore are 7-3
After a win are 4-6
A few trends to consider:
Baltimore is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games
Baltimore is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Baltimore is 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees
NY Yankees are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Baltimore
NY Yankees are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games at home
NY Yankees are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games
Next up:
Baltimore at Tampa Bay, Friday, May 23
NY Yankees home to Seattle, Friday, May 23
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