Monday, May 12, 2008

Yankees-Rays

The New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays will meet on the field at Tropicana Field on Monday in a battle of division rivals.
The Yankees will give the ball to starter Andy Pettitte in this one. Lefthander Pettitte is 3-3 this season with a 3.77 ERA.
The Rays will counter Pettitte with Matt Garza. Righthander Garza has a 4.91 ERA to go along with a 1-1 record this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Rays, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Yankees defeated the Tigers 5-2 in Saturday's middle-game of a three-game set. The Yankees won that game as +105 underdogs, while the seven runs fell UNDER the posted over/under (9.5).
Derek Jeter went 2-for-5 at the plate with a solo home run. Darrell Rasner tossed six innings for his second straight win, giving up two runs off four hits.
Matt Joyce homered and finished 2-for-4 at the plate for the Tigers, who had been favored at -117. Jeremy Bonderman allowed five runs off six hits in four innings of work in the loss.
The Rays defeated the Angels 8-5 as a +100 underdog on Sunday. The 13 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (8).
Carl Crawford was 3-5 with a home run and three RBI for Tampa Bay, while B.J. Upton was 3-5 and scored three runs in the win.
Current streak:
Tampa Bay has won 4 straight games.
Team records:
New York: 19-19 SU
Tampa Bay: 21-16 SU
New York most recently:
When playing on Monday are 9-1
Before playing Tampa Bay are 5-5
After playing Detroit are 5-5
After a win are 5-5

Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Monday are 1-9
Before playing NY Yankees are 5-5
After playing LA Angels are 5-5
After a win are 7-3
A few trends to consider:
NY Yankees are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
NY Yankees are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 5 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Tampa Bay's last 8 games at home
Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games when playing NY Yankees
Next up:
Tampa Bay home to NY Yankees, Tuesday, May 13
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