Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Blue Jays-Yankees Pointers

The Toronto Blue Jays will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Tuesday when they take on the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

The Blue Jays will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Roy Halladay in this game. Halladay has a 6-5 record and a 3.01 ERA this season.

The Yankees will counter Halladay with Joba Chamberlain. Righthander Chamberlain will be making his season debut as a starting pitcher.

NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 123-moneyline favorites versus the Blue Jays, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

The Blue Jays lost to the Angels 4-3 as a -110 favorite on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8).

Rod Barajas hit a solo home run for Toronto and A.J. Burnett allowed two runs on three hits, with eight strikeouts in eight innings.

Alex Rodriguez was 3-for-4 with a two-run dinger for New York in its 6-5 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Monday night.

Minnesota cashed in as +130 home underdogs as the game played over the 9.5-run total set by sportsbooks.

Current streak:
Toronto has lost 2 straight games.
New York has lost 2 straight games.

Team records:
Toronto: 31-28 SU
New York: 28-29 SU

Toronto most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 4-6
Before playing NY Yankees are 3-7
After playing LA Angels are 5-5
After a loss are 5-5

New York most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 9-1
Before playing Toronto are 8-2
After playing Minnesota are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees
Toronto is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games
Toronto is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games on the road
NY Yankees are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 5 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 5 games when playing at home against Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 6 of NY Yankees's last 8 games at home

Next up:
NY Yankees home to Toronto, Wednesday, June 4

 

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